Best photos from Newsday photographer Steve Pfost
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Stephanie Diller holds her son, Ryan, at the funeral for her husband, slain NYPD Police Officer Jonathan Diller, at St. Rose of Lima R.C. Church in Massapequa March 30.
The casket holding the body of slain NYPD Police Officer Jonathan Diller is carried by an NYPD honor guard from St. Rose of Lima R.C. Church in Massapequa March 30.
Police officers attend the wake for slain NYPD Police Officer Jonathan Diller at a Massapequa Park funeral home March 28.
The NYPD's Pipes and Drums band arrives for the funeral of slain NYPD Police Officer Jonathan Diller in Massapequa on March 30.
Officers at the funeral for slain NYPD Police Officer Jonathan Diller held on March 30.
Officers at the funeral for slain NYPD Police Officer Jonathan Diller on March 30.
Fifteen-year-old Madison Tomaszewski prepares to race at Riverhead Raceway on July 27.
Crew chief Chevy Rommeney, 16, of Bohemia, pushes Madison Tomaszewski, 15, to her starting position at Riverhead Raceway July 27.
Madison Tomaszewski and her mother, Michelle, after a practice race at Riverhead Raceway on July 27.
Crew member Cillian Tennant, 15, of Manorville, far left, race driver Daxx Halpin, 8, of Wading River, center, Madison Tomaszewski, right, and friend Madison Peterson, 13, of Mattituck, before the feature race at Riverhead Raceway on July 27.
Madison Tomaszewski, 15, prepares for her feature race alongside her parents, Zac and Michelle, at Riverhead Raceway on July 27.
A note taped to the inside of Madison Tomaszewski's dashboard at Riverhead Raceway.
Madison Tomaszewski gives a signed cards to Timmy Ryan, 5, of Rocky Point, at Riverhead Raceway on July 27.
Shawn Tomaszewski, 11, waves to his sister Madison before she competes at Riverhead Raceway on July 27.
Madison Tomaszewski in car number 10, races with the Bandolero Outlaws at Riverhead Raceway July 27.
Madison Tomaszewski, gets a high five from her friend Aaron Salerno, 16, of Riverhead after the July 27 race.
Southampton Town police Lt. Susan Ralph, founder of the nonprofit Blue Line Stables, with retired Nassau County police horse DJ at the stables in Smithtown Jan. 5.
Suffolk County Deputy Police Commissioner Risco Mention-Lewis dances her way into retirement at police headquarters in Yaphank on Jan. 10. Mention-Lewis was the department’s first woman and first person of color to hold the civilian position.
William and Melanie Boccasini after getting married on the lanes at Bowlero Melville on March 23.
Parishioners at St. Anne's R.C. Church in Brentwood perform the stations of the cross March 29.
Two-year-old Bobby Fitzgerald, of Miller Place, enjoys the tulip festival at Waterdrinker farm in Riverhead April 17.
Nicky Lech and JP Panebianco compete during the C420 South Shore Championship in the Great South Bay off the Sayville Yacht Club in Blue Point on Aug. 9.
New hope for justice Theresa Cerney's killing is one of at least 66 cases of dead women being reviewed by Suffolk County District Attorney Raymond Tierney's new cold case unit. NewsdayTV's Shari Einhorn and Newsday investigative reporter Sandra Peddie have this exclusive story.