Long Island officers rescue dogs left outside in the cold

Officers on Long Island rescued several dogs that were left out in the bitter cold in two separate incidents on Tuesday.

Using magic tricks as therapy for sick children

Harrison Pravder is a fourth-year med student doing magic. He is the cofounder of MagicAid, an organization dedicated to improving life at the hospital for children through performing and teaching magic.

Magic therapy for kids
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Harrison Pravder is the cofounder of MagicAid, an organization dedicated to improving life at the hospital for children through performing and teaching magic. Reported by Jodi Goldberg

Stores closing during Penn Station renovations
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Concourse renovations at Penn Station will force the closure of several stores for about two years.

Ex-Suffolk DA Spota on trial in police beating cover-up

Thomas Spota, the longtime district attorney of Suffolk County, Long Island, is accused of conspiring with the police chief and a top deputy in the DA's office to pressure witnesses to not cooperate with an FBI investigation into the 2012 assault.

Residents caught in the middle of conflict between Cuomo and National Grid

Isaac Badaraco closed on his Farmingdale home in February and started construction soon after. The first-time homeowner had an existing meter in the house and called National Grid to get his gas hooked up. However he says he was told by a representative to wait until the work was finished.

Natural gas supply problems
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Gov. Andrew Cuomo is threatening to revoke National Grid's certificate to offer natural gas service in downstate New York. Reported by Jodi Goldberg

Peter King to retire from Congress
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Rep. Peter King of New York announced that he will not seek re-election in 2020. The Long Island Republican has served for 28 years. First elected to Congress in 1992, King serves as a member of the Homeland Security Committee, which he served as chair from 2005-2006 and again from 2011-2012.

Congressman Peter King won't seek re-election

New York congressman Peter King has announced that he will not seek re-election in 2020.

Scallop die-off in Peconic Bay takes toll on local economy

Just one week after the opening of the Peconic Bay scallop season, the harsh reality is setting in: Most of the adult scallops in Peconic Bay are dead.

Peconic Bay scallop crisis
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One week after the opening of the Peconic Bay scallop season, the harsh reality is setting in. Most of the adult scallops in Peconic Bay are dead. Bob Hamilton has been a commercial fisherman for four decades. He is struggling with what the die-off means for him and other baymen, who rely on scalloping during the winter months. Reported by Jodi Goldberg

Families protest outside a school they say is making people sick

Instead of going to school on Thursday, some students and their parents staged a so-called sickout outside to voice concerns about environmental hazards at Northport Middle School.

Students and parents protest outside school
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Instead of going to school on Thursday, some students and their parents staged a so-called sickout outside to voice concerns about environmental hazards at Northport Middle School.

Chinese goods sold to U.S. military
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A Long Island firm sold tens of millions of dollars in Chinese-made surveillance and other sensitive security equipment to customers, including the U.S. military, by falsely claiming it was made in America, federal prosecutors said Thursday. Reported by Teresa Priolo

Feds: NY company illegally sold Chinese surveillance equipment to U.S. military, others

A Long Island firm sold tens of millions of dollars in Chinese-made surveillance and other sensitive security equipment to customers, including the U.S. military, by falsely claiming it was made in America, federal prosecutors said Thursday.

New York judge sets opioid crisis trial for January

A New York judge on Wednesday scheduled what could be the second state-level trial in the U.S. on the toll of opioids.

DA: Massachusetts inmate ran drug ring on Long Island from behind bars

Illegal guns, crack cocaine, and photographs of about 400 grams of almost pure fentanyl seized by investigators were on display Wednesday to highlight what officials are calling the largest fentanyl bust in Nassau County history. The fentanyl is too dangerous to show in public. Nassau County District Attorney Madeline Singas along with federal and local officials arrested 11 people for their apparent roles in violent drug and gun rings.

Nassau County fentanyl bust
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Illegal guns, crack cocaine, and photographs of about 400 grams of almost pure fentanyl seized by investigators were on display Wednesday to highlight what officials are calling the largest fentanyl bust in Nassau County history. The fentanyl is too dangerous to show as evidence.

Suffolk County police officer serving his community after being injured serving his country
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Matias Ferreira,a Suffolk County police officer has been serving his community with honor, even though he lost both his legs below the knee while serving with the U.S. Marine Corps in Afghanistan.