A Lynbrook woman has been charged with one count of endangering the welfare of a child after she left a 6-year-old child alone on the boardwalk in Long Beach. The child is now being cared for by a relative.
Santos says President Trump will not to pardon him
George Santos who must report to prison by July 25th to serve more than seven years in prison, claimed on social media that House Speaker Mike Johnson had somehow influenced President Trump not to pardon him. Santos also alleged that Nassau GOP chair Joseph Cairo and Nassau County Executive Bruce Blakeman are not supporting him…
Stop & Shop to close 4 Long Island supermarkets
Stop & Shop will close 32 “underperforming” supermarkets across the northeast, including four on Long Island by early November. The company says workers will be given opportunities to transfer to other nearby stores.The stores closing on Long Island are in Greenvale, Coram, Hempstead and East Meadow.
Freed from ICE detention, Mahmoud Khalil files $20 million claim against Trump administration
NEW YORK (AP) — On a recent afternoon, Mahmoud Khalil sat in his Manhattan apartment, cradling his 10-week-old son as he thought back to the pre-dawn hours spent pacing a frigid immigration jail in Louisiana, awaiting news of the child’s birth in New York.For a moment, the outspoken Palestinian activist found himself uncharacteristically speechless.“I cannot…
Over 112 ghost gun found in Medford home
A Medford man is accused of running a large-scale gun manufacturing and trafficking business out of his residence in Medford, making untraceable firearms with no serial numbers using 3D printers and specialized gun-building machinery.A raid on the home resulted in the seizure of more than 112 illegal firearms. The Suffolk County Das office says it…
NYS summer programs safe but concerns remain after-school program cuts with Trump funding freeze
New York State Department of Education says public school summer programs are continue even though the Trump administration has frozen more than $6 billion in federal grants for after-school and summer programs nationwide. The freeze is part of a review to ensure the funding aligns with the White House’s priorities. States and schools had expected…
X CEO Linda Yaccarino resigns after two years at the helm of Elon Musk’s social media platform
By MATT O’BRIEN and BARBARA ORTUTAY AP Technology WritersX CEO Linda Yaccarino said she’s stepping down after two bumpy years running Elon Musk’s social media platform.Yaccarino posted a positive message Wednesday about her tenure at the company formerly known as Twitter and said “the best is yet to come as X enters a new chapter…
Trump says he’s staying out of upcoming New York City mayoral election
(AP) Asked how Republicans should vote in November, Trump said, “I’m not getting involved.” But that was after he criticized the Democratic nominee, Zohran Mamdani as a “disaster” who has sold New Yorkers a “good line of bull—-.” He said Curtis Sliwa, the Republican candidate, “runs every four years” and noted that Eric Adams is…
Mattel introduces its first Barbie with Type 1 diabetes
NEW YORK (AP) — Mattel has introduced its first Barbie representing a person with Type 1 diabetes, as part of wider efforts from the toy maker to increase inclusivity among its dolls.In an announcement Tuesday, Mattel said it had partnered with Breakthrough T1D — a Type 1 diabetes research and advocacy organization formerly known as…
Ex-NYPD chiefs allege corruption and cronyism in lawsuits against Mayor Adams and his allies
NEW YORK (AP) — Four high-ranking former New York City police officials are accusing Mayor Eric Adams and his top deputies of doling out promotions to unqualified allies as part of a scheme that also involved alleged cash bribes paid to the ex-police commissioner.In separate lawsuits filed Monday, the former officials — including the NYPD’s…