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Crowds honor WWII veterans at Normandy D-Day celebrations
COLLEVILLE-SUR-MER, France (AP) — Several dozen World War II veterans are expected to attend D-Day commemoration ceremonies Monday in France. For two years, D-Day ceremonies were reduced to a minimum amid COVID-19 restrictions. This year, crowds of French and international visitors are back in Normandy for the 78th anniversary. The ceremonies pay tribute to the…
NY governor urged to support bill protecting vaccine privacy
NEW YORK (AP) — Privacy advocates are urging New York Gov. Kathy Hochul to sign a bill that would protect sensitive information gathered from people being vaccinated against COVID-19. Advocates say the sharing of information could be misused by a raft of entities, including authorities who the New York Civil Liberties Union suggests could use…
NY girding for shark season with more drones, vigilance
MELVILLE, N.Y. (AP) — A number of factors, including warming ocean temperatures, are contributing to an expected proliferation of sharks along the New York coastline this summer. In response, the state has expanded a drone program designed to keep track of them. Scientists say sharks are swimming north to cooler waters earlier than usual. A…
NY girding for shark season with more drones, vigilance
MELVILLE, N.Y. (AP) — A number of factors, including warming ocean temperatures, are contributing to an expected proliferation of sharks along the New York coastline this summer. In response, the state has expanded a drone program designed to keep track of them. Scientists say sharks are swimming north to cooler waters earlier than usual. A…
2 LI teens arrested for threatening school violence in Suffolk
East Farmingdale, NY- Police on Long Island say there were two more schools who had issues with students threatening school violence on Thursday, including a 15-year-old male student at Riverhead High School and a 13-year-old male student at Westhampton Beach Middle School. Riverhead Police say just one day after a student was arrested for making…
Biden appeals for tougher gun laws: ‘How much more carnage?’
WASHINGTON (AP) — President Joe Biden has delivered an impassioned plea to Congress to act on gun control. In an address to the nation Thursday night, he called on lawmakers to restore limits on the sale of assault-style weapons and high-capacity magazines. He says that if legislators fail to act, voters should use their “outrage”…
NY passes bill raising age to buy, own semi-automatic rifles
ALBANY, N.Y. (AP) — New York’s legislature has voted to ban banning anyone under age 21 from buying or possessing a semi-automatic rifle. The legislation is a major change to state firearm laws. It was passed Thursday, less than three weeks after an 18-year-old used one of the guns to kill 10 people at a…
Buffalo gunman pleads not guilty to domestic terror charge
BUFFALO, N.Y. (AP) — The white gunman who killed 10 Black people at a Buffalo supermarket has pleaded not guilty to hate-motivated domestic terrorism and other charges. It’s the first case to make use of a domestic terrorism hate crime law that New York state passed two years ago. A lawyer entered the plea for…
NY Gov issues proclamation celebrating LGBTQ+ Pride Month
East Farmingdale, NY- New York State Governor Kathy Hochul issued a proclamation designating June 2022, as “LGBTQ+ Pride Month”. State landmarks including One World Trade Center and the Empire State Building will be lit to celebrate LGBTQ+ Pride Month. The state will also raise the LGBTQ+ progress flag across the state and has launched an I LOVE…
NY suspends certain taxes on gas and diesel to provide relief for drivers
East Farmingdale, NY- New York State has suspended certain state taxes on gasoline and diesel fuel, in an effort to lower prices at the pump for drivers. The suspensions on motor fuel excise tax, State sales tax and more will remain suspended through the end of 2022. On average, state officials estimate the suspension will…
Biden says 1st female armed services chief is ‘about time’
WASHINGTON (AP) — President Joe Biden is hailing Adm. Linda Fagan as new Commandant of the U.S. Coast Guard and the armed forces’ first female service chief. He declared during a change of command ceremony on Wednesday, “It’s about time.” Biden said that “the trailblazing career of Admiral Fagan shows young people entering the services,…
Biden says he wasn’t informed early on of baby formula woes
WASHINGTON (AP) — President Joe Biden says he wasn’t briefed on the prospect of nationwide shortages of infant formula for about two months. And he’s acknowledging the strain on families while his administration struggles to address the situation. Yet company executives at a meeting Biden hosted from the White House on Wednesday told the president…