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Mulcahy’s Pub honoring SSG James McNaughton
Mulcahy’s Pub & Music Hall in Wantagh will hold the 19th The Annual Tribute honoring SSG James McNaughton Saturday afternoon from 1-7pm. The goal of the event remains to ensure that we keep Jimmy’s memory alive, while honoring all the fallen heroes who have paid the ultimate sacrifice and raising awareness and support for veterans…
Songs by Taylor Swift, Drake and more are starting to disappear from TikTok
NEW YORK (AP) — TikTok may look (or sound) a little different when you scroll through the app going forward. Earlier this week, Universal Music Group — which represents big-name artists like Taylor Swift, Bad Bunny and Drake — said that it would no longer allow its music on TikTok following the Wednesday expiration of…
Long Islanders charged with defrauding two pandemic business-relief programs
Newsday is reporting At least 20 Long Islanders have been charged with defrauding two pandemic business-relief programs of more than $47.9 million.The federal Paycheck Protection Program and COVID-19 Economic Injury Disaster Loan program were meant to help businesses and their employees survive the 2020 economic shutdowns ordered to slow the coronavirus’ spread.It is alleged the…
Northwell nurses vote to authorize strike
A majority of nurses at Northwell’s Long Island Jewish Valley Stream and Peconic Bay Medical Center, have voted to authorize a strike.The nurses are not currently on strike, but the decision allows negotiators to call a strike if needed. The potential strike would include nurses and health care professionals.The workers are demanding fair wages and…
House passes bill to enhance child tax credit, revive key tax breaks for businesses
WASHINGTON (AP) — The House accomplished something unusual Wednesday in passing with broad, bipartisan support a roughly $79 billion tax cut package that would enhance the child tax credit for millions of lower-income families and boost three tax breaks for businesses, a combination that gives lawmakers on both sides of the political aisle coveted policy…
Alec Baldwin pleads not guilty to involuntary manslaughter charge in fatal film set shooting
SANTA FE, N.M. (AP) — Actor Alec Baldwin has pleaded not guilty to an involuntary manslaughter charge in the fatal shooting of a cinematographer during a rehearsal on a Western movie set in New Mexico. Court documents filed Wednesday show Baldwin entered the plea in state district court in Santa Fe, waiving an arraignment that…
Meta, TikTok and other social media CEOs testify in heated Senate hearing on child exploitation
(AP) Sexual predators. Addictive features. Suicide and eating disorders. Unrealistic beauty standards. Bullying. These are just some of the issues young people are dealing with on social media — and children’s advocates and lawmakers say companies are not doing enough to protect them. On Wednesday, the CEOs of Meta, TikTok, X and other social media…
NY Senate majority to pass legislation to make prescription drugs more affordable
(Albany, NY) The Senate Democratic Majority today will advance legislation to reduce the costof prescription drugs, eliminate cost sharing for insulin, and promote health equity for patients inNew York. The proposed legislation includes the “New York State Affordable DrugManufacturing Act.” If signed into law, New York would become the second state in the nationbesides California…
A grainy sonar image reignites excitement and skepticism over Earhart’s final flight
COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) — A grainy sonar image recorded by a private pilot has reinvigorated interest in one of the past century’s most alluring mysteries: What happened to Amelia Earhart when her plane vanished during her flight around the world in 1937? Numerous expeditions have turned up nothing, only confirming that swaths of ocean floor…
Families sue schools over midwife vaccine ban
Two families are suing the Cold Spring Harbor and Franklin Square schools because their children are prohibited from attending school due to a lack of valid immunization records.The lawsuits came after the state Health Department told school districts that Jeanette Breen, a Baldwin midwife, falsified vaccination records for almost 1,500 children in the state.The families…
Coram man arrested in fatal hit-and-run
34-year-old Jonathan Wibben, of Coram, has been charged in connection to a deadly Port Jefferson Station hit-and-run that happened in June of last year. Wibbens is a teacher in the Bethpage School District. The district Superintendent says he has been removed from the classroom pending the outcome of the investigation. Wibben pleaded not guilty at…
Chita Rivera, revered and pioneering Tony-winning dancer and singer, dies at 91
NEW YORK (AP) — Chita Rivera, the dynamic dancer, singer and actor who garnered 10 Tony nominations, winning twice, in a long Broadway career that forged a path for Latina artists and shrugged off a near-fatal car accident, died Tuesday. She was 91. Rivera’s death was announced by her daughter, Lisa Mordente, who said she…