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Joel Rodriguez, 17, died after the car he was riding in flipped over on Pine Aire Drive in Bay Shore, while the driver survived, police said

The man sent dozens of hate-filled letters to LGBTQ organizations and leaders, threatening bombings and a mass shooting that would make the 2016 Orlando Pulse Nightclub attack "look like a cakewalk" in comparison, prosecutors said.

Anywhere from a coating to a couple of inches should fall from the system arriving Wednesday, forecasters said, but the highest amounts are predicted for eastern Long Island, the National Weather Service said.

The weather vane stood atop the station as a memorial to the late soldier who made it for more than 30 years, before being removed due to damage. Monday, it was replaced and the veteran honored.

New York State now has 12 confirmed cases, including three in Suffolk County, of the COVID-19 variant, Gov. Kathy Hochul said.

Breeze Airways, a low-cost carrier launched by JetBlue founder David Neeleman, will be the fourth airline to operate out of the Islip Town-owned airport, joining Southwest, American and Frontier.

The East End Food Market, whose vendors sell items including baked goods, oysters, milk, fresh fruits, vegetables and herbs, among others, opened Friday in Riverhead.

On a 45-degree day in late November, Najib Ullah walked several miles to the Flowerfield industrial complex, which sits south of the eponymous wedding venue off Mills Pond Road in St. James. Past the catering hall and its picturesque grounds, a parking lot serves as the entryway to the complex. Around the bend from Seiskaya Ballet and steps from CrossFit, a warehouselike space is home to the Brookhaven Bike Co-op — a community organization that collects and repairs used bicycles before offering them to anyone who wants one, no questions asked.

A cash reward is being offered to anyone who helps detectives find the masked man who burglarized an East Northport auto repair shop last month, Suffolk police said.  

Newsday staffers won three awards from the National Association of Black Journalists on Saturday, with reporter Tory Parrish receiving the organization's President's Award.

The shooting occurred during a fight in the parking lot of Tiffany Plaza, police say.

The National Weather Service said this week's snow won't be a major event, but about a half-inch is expected.

Marty Rosen, who has been operating Five Towns Mini Golf and Batting Range on state-owned land since the 1970s, fears he may not survive a 82% rent hike.

The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services must improve access to free tests at community health centers and mobile sites on Long Island and around the state to slow spread of the omicron variant, U.S. Sen. Chuck Schumer says.

The village will hold a public hearing on a proposed bill to ban retail sales and consumption sites for recreational marijuana, but it plans to still poll residents on the matter next year.

The fishermen charged with criminal trespass in October said a delay in the proceedings violates their right to due process.

The worker, a Holbrook resident, died after being transported to Stony Brook University Hospital, Suffolk police say.

Long Island's death toll from the coronavirus is bigger than the populations of Woodbury, Amityville or Bohemia. It's more than three times higher than the casualties on 9/11.

The district's unique dual-language program serves mostly students who don't speak Spanish at home. For half the school day, students and their teachers do not speak English.

The man pleaded guilty to being under the influence of marijuana and Xanax in September 2020 while driving more than 80 mph when he crashed into a tree and a storefront in Long Beach. A passenger in his vehicle was seriously injured.