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Stephen Colbert’s ‘Late Show’ canceled by CBS, ends May 2026
By ALICIA RANCILIO and ANDREW DALTON AP Entertainment WritersCBS is canceling “The Late Show With Stephen Colbert” next May, shuttering a decades-old TV institution in a changing media landscape and removing from air one of President Donald Trump’s most prominent and persistent late-night critics.Thursday’s announcement followed Colbert’s criticism on Monday of a settlement between Trump…
Governor Hochul Announces $20 Million State-of-the-Art Semiconductor Research Facility at Stony Brook University
(Press Release) Research at New Center Will Unlock Full Potential of Silicon Carbide Chips, Creating More Powerful, Cleaner and More Efficient Energy Systems New Public-Private Partnership With $8 Million Investment From onsemi To Support Center’s Operations Governor Kathy Hochul today announced a new, public-private partnership between Stony Brook University and onsemi, the largest U.S.-based manufacturer…
Man charged with making terroristic threats toward Nassau County workers over phone
(NCPD Press Release) The Third Squad reports the arrest of a Glenwood Landing man for an incident that occurred on Wednesday, July 16, 2025 at 3:20 pm in Garden City. According to Detectives, Officers responded to the Nassau County Executive Building located at 1 West Street for a disturbance. Upon arrival it was determined that…
Connie Francis, whose hit songs included ‘Who’s Sorry Now?’ and ‘Pretty Little Baby,’ dies at 87
LOS ANGELES (AP) — Connie Francis, the wholesome pop star of the 1950s and ’60s whose hits included “Pretty Little Baby” and “Who’s Sorry Now?” — the latter would serve as an ironic title for a personal life filled with heartbreak and tragedy — has died at age 87.Radio DJ Bruce “Cousin Brucie” Morrow, a…
Trump is checked for lower leg swelling and diagnosed with a common condition in older adults
WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump recently underwent a medical checkup after noticing “mild swelling” in his lower legs and was found to have a condition common in older adults that causes blood to pool in his veins, the White House said Thursday.Press secretary Karoline Leavitt said tests by the White House medical unit showed…
Former Suffolk County Executive Patrick Halpin to run against Garbarino
Former Suffolk County Executive Pat Halpin has launched a campaign to challenge Rep. Andrew Garbarino in the 2nd Congressional District next year.Halpin a Democrat who lives in Oak Beach served as county executive in Suffolk from 1988 to 1991.
Trump slams his own supporters as ‘weaklings’ for falling for what he now calls the Epstein ‘hoax’
NEW YORK (AP) — President Donald Trump is lashing out at his own supporters, accusing them of being duped by Democrats, as he tries to clamp down on criticism over his administration’s handling of much-hyped records in the Jeffrey Epstein sex trafficking investigation, which Trump now calls a “Hoax.”“Their new SCAM is what we will…
Four Nassau county policeofficers file discrimination lawsuit against department over shaving requirements
Four Nassau County police officers have filed a discrimination lawsuit against the department alleging they have been discriminated against because they can’t meet the department’s shaving requirement.They claim they have been harassed and denied opportunities for advancement and overtime because they suffer from a skin condition that makes shaving painful. Nassau police say they can’t…
Ex-NYPD commissioner sues NYC mayor, alleging he ran police department as a ‘criminal enterprise’
NEW YORK (AP) — New York City’s former interim police commissioner is suing Mayor Eric Adams and his top deputies, accusing them of operating the NYPD as a “criminal enterprise.”In a federal racketeering lawsuit filed Wednesday, the ex-commissioner, Thomas Donlon, alleges Adams and his inner circle showered unqualified loyalists with promotions, buried allegations of misconduct…
Human remains discovered in submerged car identified
Suffolk County Police say the skeletal remains found in a PT Cruiser submerged in Mount Sinai Harbor have been identified as a Miller Place man who has been missing for nearly 15 years. Robert Long of Miller Place had been missing since December 22, 2010. His remains were found in a submerged vehicle located by…
Nassau County to fight red-light camera ticket court ruling
Nassau County officials announced Monday they plan to fight a state court’s ruling that drivers were wrongfully charged more than $400 million in red-light camera ticket fees over the last 15 years. Lawmakers have voted to spend $2.5 million in taxpayer money on private law firms to fight the case.The cost of a red-light camera…
The tariff-driven inflation that economists feared begins to emerge
WASHINGTON (AP) — Inflation rose last month to its highest level since February as President Donald Trump’s sweeping tariffs push up the cost of everything from groceries and clothes to furniture and appliances.Consumer prices rose 2.7% in June from a year earlier, the Labor Department said Tuesday, up from an annual increase of 2.4% in…