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CityMD temporarily closes more locations
News 12 reports that CityMD is temporarily closing more of its locations as it tries to keep up with the overwhelming demand for Covid testing. The Patchogue and Mineola locations are now closed temporarily. That’s in addition to two other locations that closed last week in Bay Shore and Merrick. A total of 31 CityMD…
Ghislaine Maxwell convicted in Epstein sex abuse case
NEW YORK (AP) — The British socialite Ghislaine Maxwell was convicted Wednesday of luring teenage girls to be sexually abused by the American millionaire Jeffrey Epstein. The verdict capped a monthlong trial featuring sordid accounts of the sexual exploitation of girls as young as 14, told by four women who described being abused as teens in the 1990s and…
Cuomo won’t face criminal charges
WHITE PLAINS, N.Y. (AP) — A county prosecutor said Tuesday that former New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo won’t face criminal charges stemming from allegations of unwanted kissing by two women, one of them a state trooper assigned to his detail. Westchester County District Attorney Mimi Rocah said that while there was evidence to conclude the…
White House, Jan. 6 committee agree to shield some documents
WASHINGTON (AP) — The House committee investigating the Jan. 6 insurrection at the Capitol has agreed to defer its attempt to get hundreds of pages of records from the Trump administration, holding off at the request of the Biden White House. The deferral is in response to concerns by the Biden White House that releasing…
Farmingdale and Patchogue cancel New Year’s Eve ball drop
According to Newsday Farmingdale has canceled its planned New Year’s Eve ball drop event due to rising COVID concerns, the village mayor confirmed. Mayor Ralph Ekstrand said in a statement Monday that the board of trustees called off the event that was expected to take place on the Village Green Dec. 31 out of an…
New parking rules At UBS Arena
Local parking is being restricted near the UBS Arena following local residents’ complaints, according to News 12 Residents in Elmont said vehicles have been blocking driveways, and arena customers have been hanging out near homes. The Hempstead Town Board voted unanimously to enact the new regulations. The limits will keep non-residents from parking on roads…
Despite supply issues and omicron, holiday sales rise
(AP) Holiday sales rose at the fastest pace in 17 years, even as shoppers grappled with higher prices, product shortages and a raging new COVID-19 variant in the last few weeks of the season, according to one spending measure. Mastercard SpendingPulse, which tracks all kinds of payments including cash and debit cards, reported Sunday that…
New testing sites open on Long Island
Several new COVID-19 testing sites are opening on Long Island this week Beginning Tuesday, Northwell Health will operate a drive-thru testing sites at Christopher Morley Park in Roslyn and Peconic Bay Medical Center in Riverhead. Community testing sites are also going up at the former Babies R Us in Bohemia and at 1 Marcus Ave.…
Covid quarantine time reduced
U.S. health officials on Monday cut isolation restrictions for Americans who catch the coronavirus from 10 to five days and similarly shortened the time that close contacts need to quarantine. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention officials said the guidance is in keeping with growing evidence that people with the coronavirus are most infectious…
Fight temporarily closes Smith Haven Mall
LAKE GROVE, NY — A fight between teens that led to a trash can being knocked over — causing a loud noise — prompted several 911 calls of possible shots fired and a police presence at Smith Haven Mall on Monday, Suffolk police said. Officers responded to Smith Haven Mall at 4:34 p.m. after multiple…
Jets beat the Jacksonville Jaguars, Giants lose
EAST RUTHERFORD, N.J. (AP) — Zach Wilson ran like no other Jets quarterback in franchise history, tossed a touchdown pass to an offensive lineman, and outdueled Trevor Lawrence. Then he watched New York’s defense use a goal-line stand at the end of the game to hold on and beat the Jacksonville Jaguars 26-21 on Sunday.…
Large number of flights canceled over Christmas weekend
Between flight cancellations and travelers deciding to stay home, The TSA says that airline travel didn’t reach pre-pandemic levels this Christmas weekend The TSA says the more than 1.5 million people were screened at airports Saturday, which is up from the same time last year. However, but that is about 1 million less people that…