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Liberty to play Commissioner’s Cup final at UBS Arena on Long Island. Barclays out due to NBA draft
By DOUG FEINBERG AP Basketball WriterNEW YORK (AP) — The New York Liberty will play the Commissioner’s Cup championship game on June 25 against the Minnesota Lynx at UBS Arena on Long Island because the NBA draft makes the Barclays Center unavailable, the league announced Monday.The draft is the next night and there wouldn’t be…
Historic SS United States is ordered out of its berth in Philadelphia. Can it find new shores?
PHILADELPHIA (AP) — The SS United States, a historic ship that still holds the transatlantic speed record it set more than 70 years ago, must leave its berth on the Delaware River in Philadelphia by Sept. 12, a federal judge says.The decision issued Friday by U.S. District Judge Anita Brody culminated a years-old rent dispute…
LIRR crime rate hits 18-year high
Newsday is reporting that the crime rate on the Long Island Rail Road last year reached its highest point in at least 18 years, with assaults nearly doubling from the previous year, including more attacks on railroad employees.MTA Police officials have said the rise in assaults is due, in part, to increased police presence on…
Over 75 million people in the US are under heat alerts. Go indoors and hydrate
By ANITA SNOW Associated PressPHOENIX (AP) — Over 75 million people in the United States were under extreme heat alerts Monday as a heat wave moved eastward, and the mid-Atlantic and New England were likely to see highs in the 90s as the week progresses. Excessive humidity will make it feel even more oppressive.The U.S.…
List of winners at the 2024 Tony Awards
By The Associated Press undefinedNEW YORK (AP) — Jeremy Strong won the Tony Award for best actor in a play for his work on the revival of “An Enemy of the People” and Daniel Radcliffe won a featured actor trophy for his revival of “Merrily We Roll Along.” “Suffs” won best book of a musical…
Federal Highway Administration approves congestion pricing
The Federal Highway Administration’s has given final approval for the MTA’s congestion pricing program, even though Gov. Kathy Hochul has put the plan on pause just weeks before it was due to be activated on June 30.Hochul stopped the plan to ease the economic costs to drivers.
Independent report criticizes Cuomo’s ‘top-down’ management of New York’s COVID-19 response
NEW YORK (AP) — An investigation into New York’s handling of the COVID-19 pandemic found former Gov. Andrew Cuomo’s “top down” approach of dictating public health policy through his office, rather than coordinating with state and local agencies, sewed confusion during the crisis.In the state’s nursing homes, where some 15,000 people died, the administration’s lack…
Early voting open for congressional, state legislative primary
Early voting opened Saturday across New York State ahead of the congressional and state legislative primaries on June 25thEarly voting runs from June 15 until June 23, leaving a one day break before the primary on June 25. Polling locations typically differ between early voting and Election Day. Make sure to double check your site…
Abortion pill access is unchanged after the Supreme Court’s decision
Access to the abortion pill mifepristone will not change after the U.S. Supreme Court unanimously rejected an effort Thursday by anti-abortion groups to roll back its availability, a win for abortion rights supporters and millions of women in states where abortion is legal. Despite the ruling, women’s access to mifepristone still largely depends on a…
One Person Shot near LIRR in Long Beach
One person shot near Long Beach LIRR train station The crowd became so large on the beach that the Long Beach Police Department had to call in Nassau County police for assistance at around 6 p.m. in the interest of safety. The crowd became so large on the beach that the Long Beach Police Department…
Skeletal Remains Found at Woodbury Apartment Complex
Nassau County police are investigating the discovery of skeletal remains at a construction site at a Woodbury apartment complex. About 4 p.m., Monday, officers responded to a 911 call for possible human remains at a construction site at Eagle Rock Apartments, at 92 Fairhaven Blvd. “Upon officers’ arrival they noticed skeletal remains while digging into…
LI Shooting Club Links Rex Heuermann
A shooting club helped police in the Gilgo Beach murders investigation. Peconic River Sportsman’s Club provided evidence to detectives that is believed to place Rex Heuermann near an area in Manorville where partial remains were found at a time when one of the victims disappeared. The club said he was not a member, and never…