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LIRR ‘Cannonball Train’ returns for Summer 2022
East Farmingdale, NY- The Long Island Rail Road is offering 10 extra eastbound trains out of Penn Station on Friday, May 27th to kick off the Memorial Day Weekend, including the 4:06pm Cannonball train out of Penn. The Cannonball train stops at Westhampton, Southampton, Bridgehampton, East Hampton and Montauk. Return Cannonball service back to Penn…
Ellen DeGeneres signs off for the last time
LOS ANGELES (AP) — Ellen DeGeneres brought her nearly two-decade daytime talk show to an end. She was joined by Jennifer Aniston, Billie Eilish and Pink on her final broadcast, which aired yesterday. The show began in September, 2003 — and aired more than 3,200 episodes. Photo: FILE – In this Oct. 13, 2016, file…
Ray Liotta dies at age 67
UNDATED (AP) — Ray Liotta has died. The blue-eyed actor best known for his roles in “Goodfellas” and “Field of Dreams” died in the Dominican Republic, where he was shooting a new movie. He was 67. His publicist, Jen Allen, says Liotta was in the D.R. working on the movie when he didn’t wake up…
NRA opens gun convention in Texas after school massacre
HOUSTON (AP) — The National Rifle Association begins its annual convention in Houston on Friday, and leaders of the powerful gun-rights lobbying group are gearing up to “reflect on” — and deflect any blame for — the deadly shooting earlier this week of 19 children and two teachers at an elementary school in Uvalde, Texas.…
3 more funerals for Buffalo victims in week of goodbyes
BUFFALO, N.Y. (AP) — A week filled with goodbyes continues for family and friends of victims of the racist attack on a Buffalo supermarket. Funeral services are set for Friday for three of those killed: Geraldine Talley, Andre Mackniel and Margus Morrison. They are among the 10 people killed and three wounded May 14 when…
Trump loses appeal, must testify in New York civil probe
NEW YORK (AP) — A New York appeals court has ruled former President Donald Trump must answer questions under oath in the state’s civil investigation into his business practices. A four-judge panel in the appellate division of the state’s trial court on Thursday upheld Manhattan Judge Arthur Engoron’s Feb. 17 ruling enforcing subpoenas for Trump…
Senate GOP blocks domestic terrorism bill, gun policy debate
WASHINGTON (AP) — A bipartisan group of senators is trying to find a compromise on gun legislation. That’s after Democrats’ first attempt at responding to the back-to-back mass shootings in Buffalo and Uvalde, Texas, failed Thursday in the Senate. Republicans blocked debate on a domestic terrorism bill that would have opened debate on hate crimes…
Pedestrian struck in hit and run crash
East Farmingdale, NY- A Long Island man is listed in serious condition at a local hospital after being struck by a hit and run driver in East Farmingdale. Suffolk County Police say Benedicto Lopez-Rameriz, 41, of Farmningdale was attempting to cross Route 110 by Main Street on Wednesday night at around 9pm, when he was…
Onlookers urged police to charge into Texas school
UVALDE, Texas (AP) — Onlookers urged police officers to charge into the Texas elementary school where a gunman’s rampage killed 19 children and two teachers. That’s what a witness said Wednesday as investigators worked to track the massacre that lasted upwards of 40 minutes and ended when the 18-year-old shooter was killed by a Border…
19 diagnosed with Legionnaires’ Disease in Bronx; 1 death
NEW YORK (AP) — An outbreak of Legionnaires’ Disease in a Bronx neighborhood has sickened 19 people since the beginning of the month, with one person dying. The Health Department says cooling towers in the borough’s Highbridge section have been tested for the presence of the bacteria Legionella which causes the disease, a form of…
US moves to make antiviral drug more available against COVID
WASHINGTON (AP) — The White House has announced more steps to make the antiviral treatment Paxlovid more accessible across the U.S. as it projects COVID-19 infections will continue to spread over the summer travel season. The nation’s first federally backed test-to-treat site is opening Thursday in Rhode Island. The site will provide patients with immediate…
US moves to make antiviral drug more available against COVID
WASHINGTON (AP) — The White House has announced more steps to make the antiviral treatment Paxlovid more accessible across the U.S. as it projects COVID-19 infections will continue to spread over the summer travel season. The nation’s first federally backed test-to-treat site is opening Thursday in Rhode Island. The site will provide patients with immediate…