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PD: Man pulled into alley and robbed at gunpoint
Riverhead, NY- A man was pulled into an alley and robbed a gunpoint Thursday night on West Main Street in Riverhead. Police say the victim, a 32-year-old Riverhead man, was walking westbound near 134 W. Main St, at approximately 8:08pm, when he was pulled into an alley by an unknown man who tried to steal…
Google adds ways to keep personal info private in searches
(AP)-Google has expanded options for keeping personal information private from online searches. The company said Friday it will let people request that more types of information be removed from search results. These include personal contact information like phone numbers and email and physical addresses. The new policy also allows the removal of other information that…
FDA announces plan to ban menthol
(AP) – The U.S. government has released its long-awaited plan to ban menthol cigarettes and flavored cigars. The Food and Drug Administration said phasing out the mint-flavored cigarettes would save hundreds of thousands of lives by helping adult smokers quit. Menthol is the only cigarette flavor that was not banned under the 2009 law that…
Task of drawing NY political maps falls to judge and scholar
ALBANY, N.Y. (AP) — The task of redrawing New York’s congressional district maps has fallen to a rural judge and a researcher at Carnegie Mellon University. That’s after New York’s highest court threw out congressional maps drawn by the state Legislature, and the state Court of Appeals ruled those maps were unconstitutionally gerrymandered Wednesday. That…
Windsurfer rescued from Cold Spring Harbor
Cold Spring Harbor, NY- Wednesday’s gusting winds, found a windsurfer in some trouble in choppy waters in Cold Spring Harbor. Nassau County Police say they got a call about a distressed wind surfer in the water in Cold Spring Harbor around 5:15pm. Nassau County Police Marine bureau worked alongside the Cold Spring Harbor Master, Suffolk…
Nassau teacher charged with submitting fake vaccine card
MINEOLA, N.Y. (AP) — A high school teacher in suburban New York has been charged with submitting a forged COVID-19 vaccination card in an effort to get around the school district’s rule mandating either vaccination or weekly testing for the virus. Sewanhaka High School teacher Tricia Manno was arraigned Wednesday on charges including criminal possession…
In NYC, ads for jobs will have to say what they pay
NEW YORK (AP) — New York City has passed one of the nation’s most far-reaching requirements for employers to tell job-seekers what they can make. Such “pay transparency” laws are championed as giving applicants, particularly women and people of color, a better shot at fair pay. But less than three weeks before New York’s law…
New York court rejects congressional maps drawn by Democrats
ALBANY, N.Y. (AP) — New York’s highest court has rejected new congressional maps widely seen as favoring Democrats. The state’s Court of Appeals agreed Wednesday with a group of Republican voters. The voters said the district boundaries were unconstitutionally gerrymandered and that the Legislature didn’t follow proper procedure in passing the maps. The decision may…
Moderna seeks to be 1st with COVID shots for littlest kids
(AP)- Moderna is asking U.S. regulators to open its COVID-19 vaccine to the nation’s youngest children. Kids under 5 are the only group in the U.S. not yet eligible for vaccination. Frustrated parents are waiting impatiently for a chance to protect them. Moderna submitted data to the Food and Drug Administration Thursday. The company hopes…
Fight over gerrymandering argued at New York’s highest court
ALBANY, N.Y. (AP) — Judges on New York’s high court peppered attorneys with sharp questions as they considered whether to throw out new congressional district maps that Republicans charge are unconstitutionally gerrymandered. Court of Appeals judges heard arguments in a lawsuit brought by a group of Republican voters challenging the legality of the new district…
Group reports record tally of antisemitic incidents in 2021
COLLEGE PARK, Md. (AP) — A Jewish civil rights organization says its annual tally of antisemitic incidents in the U.S. reached a record high last year. A report released Tuesday by the Anti-Defamation League found 2,717 antisemitic incidents of assault, harassment and vandalism in 2021. That’s 34% increase over the previous year and the highest…
PD: NJ teens ram car into Nassau cop cars, injuring officers
NORTH BELLMORE, N.Y. (AP) — Authorities say five police officers were injured on Long Island over the weekend when three New Jersey teenagers rammed their police vehicles with a stolen car. Nassau County Police Commissioner Patrick Ryder said Tuesday some of the officers may have suffered career-ending injuries during the confrontation. Ryder says all five…