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Last fiscal year, dogs helped agricultural specialists at Kennedy Airport confiscate thousands of food items, plants and animals that, if they get into the U.S., could cause enormous damage.

Like other hospitals across the region, Long Island Jewish in New Hyde Park is enduring a third major COVID-19 wave. Unlike the ones last winter and in spring 2020, this time almost all patients had access to a vaccine that is highly effective at preventing hospitalization.

Saturday should see highs in the 20s with wind chills between -5 and 15 degrees, according to the National Weather Service.

Hochul touted elements of her $216.3 billion budget plan that would fund roads, affordable housing, the Long Island Rail Road and water quality improvements.

In the months after surgeons removed a golf-ball-sized tumor from Luca Zayas' infant brain, he gained the strength to sit and crawl, milestones his parents had feared he might not achieve for years. 

The FBI said that a notebook found near the body of Laundrie — the "person of interest" in the killing of his then-fiancee and fellow Bayport-Blue Point High School graduate, Gabby Petito — contained statements "claiming responsibility for Ms. Petito's death."

Saturday will be sunny with a high temperature of 29 degrees, but the wind chill will be between zero and 10 degrees, the National Weather Service said.

An unvaccinated senior is 49 times more likely to be hospitalized with COVID-19 than someone 65 and older who received a vaccine booster shot, according to newly released federal data.

Kristian Falterman, 40, committed a robbery at a smoke shop and two robberies a week apart at a spa, Suffolk County police said.

Karen Greve Milton spent four decades in public service at the local, state and federal level before starting this week at the Diocese of Rockville Centre's Department. Her mission: Stopping the stream of Catholic schools closing on Long Island because of plummeting enrollment.

Four events were approved over the objections of several residents who voiced concerns about noise disruptions in their neighborhoods and environmental worries regarding the events' effect on the EPCAL property.

The National Weather Service warned of icy spots on untreated roadways created by severe cold moving into the region Thursday night and making for a potentially tricky Friday morning commute.

Long Island ended the year with the addition of 30,800 jobs on a year-over-year basis last month, but is still nearly 100,000 jobs under employment levels in December 2019, before the pandemic began. 

The town will close the airport in Wainscott on Feb. 28 and plans to reopen it as a private facility on March 4. There could be restrictions on type of aircraft, time of day, noise level and many other parameters.

Speaking to lawmakers during his confirmation hearing Wednesday, Janno Lieber called himself a "big user and big enthusiast" of the LIRR. 

"Food is a human right," said Amanda Sweeney, who launched the Brentwood community fridge with the help of her partner and sister. The Brentwood site, which opened in October 2021, is believed to be Long Island's first such fridge. 

Some LI school districts would see a more than 20% hike in state aid, according to a Newsday analysis of Gov. Hochul's state budget proposal.

A wintry mix and then snow will begin to fall in predawn hours Thursday, accumulating about a half-inch by morning, the weather service said, and continuing throughout the first half of the day.

The 11-month-old was the victim of a stray bullet during an exchange of gunfire between gang members at the intersection of Valentine Avenue and 198th Street in the Bronx, the NYPD said.

A school psychologist now sick with COVID-19 says the Connetquot School District is not enforcing a state indoor mask mandate for schools. The district said in a statement: "Throughout the pandemic the district has worked to enforce all state mandates within an educational setting."