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Man shot Thursday in Central Islip
(Central Islip, NY)- Police say a man was shot Thursday night in Central Islip. Officials say the man was parked in his vehicle on Connetquot Avenue at 7:40 p. m., when he shot. The victim was transported to a local hospital for treatment of non-life-threatening injuries. Anyone with information is asked to call Crime Stoppers…
NYC police commissioner tests positive
NEW YORK (AP) — New York City’s police commissioner has tested positive for the coronavirus. The department’s top spokesperson said Friday that Commissioner Dermot Shea is feeling well and running the department remotely from home. Spokesperson Richard Esposito says Shea has remained in regular contact with the department’s senior staff. The 51-year-old commissioner is among…
Cops: LI man arrested for attempted elder scam
(Copiague, NY)- A Copiague man was arrested on Thursday after allegedly attempting to scam a North Carolina grandma, out of money. Officials in Suffolk County say an 80-year-old woman in North Carolina received a call on January 6th from a person claiming to be her grandson. The caller said he was arrested on charges including…
Calls to remove Trump
(East Farmingdale, NY)- The call to remove President Donald Trump from office in his final days is growing on Long Island. New York Democrats including, Long Island Representative Kathleen Rice, Representative Tom Suozi, and New York Senators Kirsten Gillibrand and Chuck Schumer, joined the list of elected officials across the nation that are calling for…
ICU beds in Suffolk County reach 85% capacity
(East Farmingdale, NY)- Suffolk County Department of Health announced Thursday that the county only has 15% of its ICU beds still available. The limited number of ICU beds comes as the number of people infected with COVID-19 in Suffolk County continues to rise, another 2,194 people tested positive in Suffolk County on Thursday. In recent…
LI students named in science competition
(East Farmingdale, NY)- There are some proud families on Long Island today after the Society for Science announced the top scholars in their Renegeron Science Talent Search. 41 Long Island High School students were among the top 300 in the nation. Each student and their school, will receive $2,000. The finalists will be named later…
Unemployment numbers
WASHINGTON (AP) — The number of Americans seeking unemployment aid fell slightly to 787,000, evidence of a job market stumbling in the face of the viral pandemic and the damage it has inflicted on the economy for nearly 10 months. Thursday’s figure from the Labor Department, a slight decline from the previous week, showed that…
Congress confirms President-Elect Joe Biden
(East Farmingdale, NY)- Congressional leaders reconvened at the Capitol last night and continued their work overnight and through the early morning hours before formally validating Joe Biden’s Presidential Election victory. Moments later, just before 4 o’clock Thursday morning, President Donald Trump, issued a statement saying, “there will be an orderly transition on January 20th” (AP…
NY eyes legalized sports betting
ATLANTIC CITY, N.J. (AP) — New York’s governor has done an about-face and now embraces mobile sports betting as a way to deal with financial losses stemming from the coronavirus pandemic. Democratic Gov. Andrew Cuomo’s announcement came as a company that tracks gambling legislation and performance predicted that revenue from legal sports betting could reach…
Legalization efforts in New York State
ALBANY, N.Y. (AP) — New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo is calling for the legalization and regulation of marijuana for recreational use by adults, his third attempt in as many years to get the drug fully legalized in the state. Cuomo, a Democrat, planned to announce his proposal Wednesday as part of his upcoming State of…
Disagreements over NYPD getting vaccine
NEW YORK (AP) — New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio and Gov. Andrew Cuomo are again at odds, this time over city police officers’ eligibility for COVID-19 vaccines. De Blasio said Wednesday that the city hopes to offer the vaccines to 25,000 officers and to provide shots to 10,000 by this Sunday. But Cuomo…
NY sends National Guard to DC
ALBANY, N.Y. (AP) — Members of New York’s National Guard are being sent to Washington, D.C., to help “the peaceful transition of presidential power.” Gov. Andrew Cuomo says 1,000 troops will be sent for up to two weeks, at the request of U.S. National Guard officials. It comes after a mob of President Donald Trump’s…