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Woman charged with leaving child alone boardwalk
A Lynbrook woman has been charged with one count of endangering the welfare of a child after she left a 6-year-old child alone on the boardwalk in Long Beach. The child is now being cared for by a relative.
Santos says President Trump will not to pardon him
George Santos who must report to prison by July 25th to serve more than seven years in prison, claimed on social media that House Speaker Mike Johnson had somehow influenced President Trump not to pardon him. Santos also alleged that Nassau GOP chair Joseph Cairo and Nassau County Executive Bruce Blakeman are not supporting him…
Stop & Shop to close 4 Long Island supermarkets
Stop & Shop will close 32 “underperforming” supermarkets across the northeast, including four on Long Island by early November. The company says workers will be given opportunities to transfer to other nearby stores.The stores closing on Long Island are in Greenvale, Coram, Hempstead and East Meadow.
Freed from ICE detention, Mahmoud Khalil files $20 million claim against Trump administration
NEW YORK (AP) — On a recent afternoon, Mahmoud Khalil sat in his Manhattan apartment, cradling his 10-week-old son as he thought back to the pre-dawn hours spent pacing a frigid immigration jail in Louisiana, awaiting news of the child’s birth in New York.For a moment, the outspoken Palestinian activist found himself uncharacteristically speechless.“I cannot…
Over 112 ghost gun found in Medford home
A Medford man is accused of running a large-scale gun manufacturing and trafficking business out of his residence in Medford, making untraceable firearms with no serial numbers using 3D printers and specialized gun-building machinery.A raid on the home resulted in the seizure of more than 112 illegal firearms. The Suffolk County Das office says it…
NYS summer programs safe but concerns remain after-school program cuts with Trump funding freeze
New York State Department of Education says public school summer programs are continue even though the Trump administration has frozen more than $6 billion in federal grants for after-school and summer programs nationwide. The freeze is part of a review to ensure the funding aligns with the White House’s priorities. States and schools had expected…
X CEO Linda Yaccarino resigns after two years at the helm of Elon Musk’s social media platform
By MATT O’BRIEN and BARBARA ORTUTAY AP Technology WritersX CEO Linda Yaccarino said she’s stepping down after two bumpy years running Elon Musk’s social media platform.Yaccarino posted a positive message Wednesday about her tenure at the company formerly known as Twitter and said “the best is yet to come as X enters a new chapter…
Trump says he’s staying out of upcoming New York City mayoral election
(AP) Asked how Republicans should vote in November, Trump said, “I’m not getting involved.” But that was after he criticized the Democratic nominee, Zohran Mamdani as a “disaster” who has sold New Yorkers a “good line of bull—-.” He said Curtis Sliwa, the Republican candidate, “runs every four years” and noted that Eric Adams is…
Mattel introduces its first Barbie with Type 1 diabetes
NEW YORK (AP) — Mattel has introduced its first Barbie representing a person with Type 1 diabetes, as part of wider efforts from the toy maker to increase inclusivity among its dolls.In an announcement Tuesday, Mattel said it had partnered with Breakthrough T1D — a Type 1 diabetes research and advocacy organization formerly known as…
Sean ‘Diddy’ Combs’ sentencing set for Oct. 3 after split verdict in federal sex crimes case
NEW YORK (AP) — Sean “Diddy” Combs will be sentenced in his federal criminal case on Oct. 3, a judge said Tuesday after probation officials rejected the defense and prosecution’s plan to move the date up by about two weeks.Combs, who remains jailed after a split verdict last week, spoke briefly to his lawyer Marc…
DA considers immunity for LI serial killer for details on 1966 murder
Suffolk County district attorney Ray Tierney says he is considering the request of the family of a woman murdered in 1966 who asked him to grant serial killer Richard Cottingham immunity in the case in exchange for details about what happened to her.Cottingham who has been definitively linked to 19 murders and is serving multiple…
Travelers no longer have to remove their shoes during security screenings at US airports
By MICHELLE CHAPMAN AP Business WriterTravelers racing to catch a flight at U.S. airports no longer are required to remove their shoes during security screenings, Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem said Tuesday.Noem said the end of the ritual put in place almost 20 years ago was effective nationwide effective immediately. She said a pilot program…