<p>If the clouds cooperate, Long Islanders will be able to catch the solar eclipse Monday, when the moon will block&nbsp;90% of the sun, leaving just a sliver of light around the edge, just before 3:30 p.m.</p>


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The Lindenhurst Fire Department is collecting donations to help victims of Hurricane Helene. Donations can be dropped off through the weekend.

'I hope it helps them'

The Amato family of Bellmore received a service dog on Thursday from the nonprofit Law Enforcement Officers Weekend to help the family whose sons have autism and Fragile X syndrome. 

'Today was a special day' 

Joseph Garcia's children were allegedly both excluded from Plainedge schools because the district says they do not have the correct vaccination documents. However, he says he has proof that his children were vaccinated. 

Father says he got kids' blood tested

The U.S. Department of Education's Office for Civil Rights is investigating a discrimination complaint based on color and national origin against the Bellmore-Merrick Central High School District over a teacher's classroom discussions about Israel, according to documents on the department's website.

Feds investigating a discrimination complaint against Bellmore-Merrick Central High School

The attorney in the alleged drunken crash into a Deer Park nail salon, which killed four, said his client's preexisting leg injury may have been a factor. 

'That may have been a factor' 

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Apophis will travel closer to us than any similarly sized astronomical object in recorded history, scientists said. It will offer lessons in defending the planet from future cosmic threats. 

Asteroid will have close encounter with Earth in 2029, and it will be quite a show

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"I was always thinking why I didn't have it," one mother said of her quinceañera. For her daughters, she said, "I want them thinking everything is possible in life."

They never had a quinceañera. Now, these LIers are giving the next generation what they missed out on

Amid talk of a potential public acquisition,private Liberty Utilities looks at longterm repairs after two water main breaks since June in Baldwin.

Aging water main sparks worry after 2nd break

The parent of two students who were excluded from Plainedge schools on Monday said he obtained blood tests to show his children received some of the required vaccines.

LI district bars Wild Child Pediatric patients while parents fight exclusion

Michael Rainford McDougall, 65, was charged with manslaughter and Nichole McDougall Mullings, 55, with endangering the welfare of an incompetent or physically disabled person.

Roosevelt siblings arrested after probe into death of their elderly mother

Daniel Penny, a former Long Islander, was charged in the death of Jordan Neely, a subway performer, on a Manhattan F train in spring 2023.

Marine demonstrated deadly subway chokehold to police, video at hearing shows

Supporters argue the bill creates a greater level of accountability.

Suffolk County legislators divided over nonprofit salary limit bill

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The alleged drunken driver who crashed into a Deer Park nail salon, killing three employees and a customer, bought liquor and drove around the area for about five hours before the crash.

  Timeline of events in fatal Long Island nail salon crash

From 'Saturday Night' to 'Conclave,' Newsday's Rafer Guzmán shows us some films featured at the Hamptons film festival.

An SNL thriller, sex work comedy, drug cartel musical and more

The Smithtown Library, which has been closed indefinitely since Aug. 19, is working on restoring it's flood-damaged basement.

Library spends over $400,000 in repairs after August storm

A new study says Penn Station would need to expand in order to accommodate Amtrak's Gateway Tunnel project, which would build a second tunnel across the Hudson by 2035. Newsday transportation reporter Alfonso Castillo has the story.

'Where are you going to put those tracks'

Prosecutors say it is "quite likely" that New York City Mayor Eric Adams will face two more charges and have co-defendants added to the case.

NYC mayor 'quite likely' to face more charges, prosecutors say

Evan Hirsch, 27, is a rising fashion designer who's made a name for himself with the help of TikTok.

This LI fashion designer is transforming dresses on TikTok

Trotta explains how she was planning to be a teacher until Dave Portnoy called about TikTok.

She wanted to be a teacher until Barstool's Portnoy called 

The Suffolk County Police commissioner said the department is getting help from the NYPD after a 'cyber intrusion' was detected, leading the computer system to be taken offline. The NYPD members are helping Suffolk's emergency call operators who have to take information by hand. NewsdayTV's Cecilia Dowd reports.

Suffolk police get help from the NYPD amid cyber attack

Bellone said the county did not pay, fearing the money would be used to commit crimes.

Suffolk hackers demanded a $2.5 million ransom, Bellone says

Suffolk County announced the hiring of its new "CISO," or chief information security officer, on the same day a special committee investigating the cyberattack met at the Legislature. NewsdayTV's Cecilia Dowd reports.

Suffolk hires new chief information security officer

Following an alert of unusual activity, in an abundance of caution, Suffolk County took aggressive containment measures that included taking email and web-based services offline.

Bellone gives an update on the ongoing investigation of a cyber intrusion

Newsday has learned that an email warned of a "radical malware attack" in Suffolk County on Sept. 8. But it took several hours for all of the county's computer networks to be shut down. NewsdayTV's Cecilia Dowd reports.

4 hours to shut down the computers

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