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Governor Hochul Launches New Website for New York Parents and Students to Find Their School’s Policy for Smartphone Restrictions This Fall
(Press Release 8/14/25) State Law Requires Bell-to-Bell Restrictions on Smartphones and Other Internet-Enabled Personal Devices in K-12 Schools Statewide New Yorkers Can Now Visit ny.gov/phonefree To Look Up Their School’s Policy Website Includes Policies Published By More Than 1,050 Districts and Schools Across New York Governor Kathy Hochul today launched a new website — ny.gov/phonefree — that enables New…
JetBlue adding flights to Fort Myers and Tampa from MacArthur Airport
JetBlue announced it will be adding more flights to Florida from MacArthur Airport starting in December. The new flights will be flying to Fort Myers and Tampa. Flights to Fort Myers begin Dec. 18, the Tampa, flights will be starting on Dec. 19. To/From Tampa (TPA): Launch Timing: Frequency: Introductory fares starting at: Islip (ISP)…
Woman charged in Stanley cup attack on girl at Brentwood High School
A woman was arrested for allegedly assaulting a teenage girl with a Stanley cup during a fight outside Brentwood High School earlier this week. Two girls were arguing outside the school building when the mother of one of the girls allegedly joined the fight and struck the other girl multiple times with a Stanley cup.…
Pete Alonso breaks Darryl Strawberry’s Mets franchise home run record
NEW YORK (AP) — The moment Pete Alonso couldn’t have imagined as a baseball-loving kid growing up in Florida arrived Tuesday night.Alonso broke the Mets’ franchise home run record, going deep twice and knocking in three runs as New York beat the Atlanta Braves 13-5 on Tuesday night.Alonso’s first homer, a two-run shot just beyond…
Billy Joel’s motor cycle shop to close
Billy Joel’s motorcycle shop is closing after 15 years. 20th Century Cycles in Oyster Bay lease expires at the end of September. Joel reportedly is relocating to Florida and will be spending more time there. The store will remain open Saturdays and Sundays in August from 11 a.m. to 4 p.m.
Attorney General James announces arrest of former Nassau County resident for investment fraud scheme targeting the Haitian community
Press Release NEW YORK – New York Attorney General Letitia James today announced the arrest and indictment of Florida resident Marc Henry Menard, formerly of Mineola, New York, for allegedly operating a three-year securities fraud scheme that targeted the Haitian community in New York, Florida, and Georgia, and stealing more than $600,000 from 11 investors.…
Spirit Airlines sounds the alarm on its future ability to stay in business
NEW YORK (AP) — Just five months after emerging from Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection, Spirit Airlines is warning about its future ability to stay in business. Spirit Aviation Holdings, the budget carrier’s parent company, says it has “substantial doubt” about its ability to continue as a going concern over the next year — which is…
Danielle Spencer, who played little sister Dee on ‘What’s Happening!!,’ dies at 60
LOS ANGELES (AP) — Danielle Spencer, who played the wisecracking and tattling little sister Dee Thomas on the 1970s sitcom “What’s Happening!!” has died at 60.Spencer, who became a veterinarian later in life, died Monday at a hospital in Richmond, Virginia, after a yearslong battle with cancer, family spokesperson Sandra Jones said.As Dee, Spencer was…
Judge won’t release grand jury transcripts in Jeffrey Epstein ex-girlfriend’s Ghislaine Maxwell case
NEW YORK (AP) — Transcripts of grand jury testimony that led to sex trafficking charges against Jeffrey Epstein’s longtime confidante Ghislaine Maxwell shouldn’t be released, a judge ruled Monday in a stinging decision suggesting the Trump administration’s real motive for wanting them unsealed was to fool the public with an “illusion” of transparency.U.S. District Judge…
The Latest: Mayor Bowser holds press conference after Trump announces plan to make DC safer
By The Associated PressWashington, D.C., Mayor Muriel Bowser held a press conference Monday following President Donald Trump’s announcement that he’s taking over Washington’s police department and activating 800 members of the National Guard in the hopes of reducing crime and tackling homelessness in the city.The president exaggerated or misstated many of the facts surrounding public…
AOL is finally shutting down its dial-up internet service
NEW YORK (AP) — AOL’s dial-up internet is finally taking its last bow. Yes, while perhaps a dinosaur by today’s digital standards, dial-up is still around. But AOL says it’s officially pulling the plug for its service on Sept. 30, with AOL noting in a brief update that it “routinely evaluates” its offerings and had…
17-year-old shot at Lynbrook train station
A 17-year-old was shot at the Lynbrook LIRR train station just before 8 pm Saturday night. Police were called about gun shots at the train station but when they arrived no victim or shooter was found. Less than an hour later, the victim walked into a hospital with a gunshot wound in the back of…