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What drew 50 Cent to the Gilgo Beach serial killer case? A chilling new docuseries goes inside the suspect’s home

For the first time, a new docuseries goes inside the Long Island home of suspected Gilgo Beach serial killer Rex Heuermann where his family gives never-before-seen interviews about his alleged double life and the disturbing secrets kept in the basement. Andrea Cavallier takes a look at 50 Cent’s surprising new…

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Trump's education secretary says NY discriminating against school with Native American chief mascot

President Donald Trump’s top education official says her department has determined that New York is discriminating against a school district that is refusing a state order to get rid of its Native American chief mascot

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AP PHOTOS: Cicadas swarm parts of US as the screaming insects emerge in Brood XIV's 17-year cycle

Another cicada invasion is here. The large Brood XIV, which emerges every 17 years, is making for a spectacular natural event as billions of periodical cicadas emerge across parts of the Eastern U.S., including in Georgia, southern Ohio, Kentucky, Cape Cod in Massachusetts, and Long Island, New York.

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Billions of cicadas are emerging, from Cape Cod to north Georgia – here’s how and why we map them

If they’re in your area, you’ll know it from their loud droning, chirping and buzzing sounds. Cicadas from Brood XIV – one of the largest groups of cicadas that emerge from underground on a 13-year or 17-year cycle – are surfacing in May and June 2025 across 12 states. This…

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Former New York state trooper pleads guilty to faking his own shooting

A former New York state trooper has pleaded guilty to charges that he shot himself then falsely claimed he was wounded by an unknown gunman on a Long Island highway

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In the Spotlight: Nick LaLota - Roll Call

The Long Islander has teamed with fellow blue-state Republicans in calling for a higher SALT cap in the budget measure.

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A Remarkable Woman’s Quest Over The Ocean: The First American Woman To Sail Around The World Solo

Cole Brauer, a 29-year-old girl from Long Island, New York, made history on the 7th of March when she became the first American woman to race solo around the world.

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Moment ‘inexperienced driver’ has miracle escape after launching off Long Island pier

This is the dramatic moment an “inexperienced driver” accidentally launched her Jeep off the end of a pier but miraculously escaped by landing on a floating dock.

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Hundreds join search for missing New York Democrat on Long Island

Petros Krommidas was last seen near the beach on Long Island on April 23

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Trump supports locals who refuse to cancel a school’s controversial mascot

‘When you think of Massapequa, you think of the Chiefs’

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Class act: can Harrow sell an elitist British boarding school fantasy to New Yorkers?

The private school will open its first US campus in Long Island. Will it assimilate Americans into the upper crust – or is it more about branding?

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Trump administration to investigate New York's funding threat over Long Island tribal school mascot

The U.S. Department of Education says it plans to investigate whether New York education officials are being discriminatory by threatening to withhold funding if a Long Island school district doesn’t stop using a Native American-themed logo

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Remains of ‘Peaches’ and ‘Baby Doe’ found near Gilgo Beach identified after 27 years as army vet and her toddler

Police said they had no evidence at this time to suggest the unsolved killings were linked to Rex Heuermann, who has been charged in the deaths of seven women whose remains were discovered elsewhere on Long Island — but noted that they might be.

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Tragic Long Island animal sanctuary fire killing owner and 160 cats deemed not suspicious, authorities say

The blaze may have been caused by portable heaters

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After decades of sex abuse complaints, a NY pediatrician is ordered to pay $1.6B to over 100 women

A New York court has awarded $1.6 billion to more than 100 women who say they were sexually abused by a former pediatrician on Long Island

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Rep. Laura Gillen on congestion pricing, campus protests and early days in Congress

Her race in Long Island’s swingy Nassau County was a rare bright spot for Democrats last fall. Now Gillen is charting her path in Congress.

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Netflix's new No. 1 show is a tense crime thriller — what to know about ‘Gone Girls: The Long Island Serial Killer’

The true-crime thriller 'Gone Girls' chronicles the hunt for the Long Island serial killer — and it's leading the Netflix top 10 list

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Netflix's Gone Girls: Where is the suspected Long Island serial killer now?

Viewers tuning into Netflix's Gone Girls have been left horrified by the case, and want to find out more about what happened and where the alleged killer is now

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A fire at a New York cat sanctuary kills its founder and dozens of cats

Authorities say a fire burned down a Long Island cat shelter, killing its founder, who lived there, and at least 59 of the felines he rescued

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ITS Environmental Services Prides Itself On Achieving 10 Years Of Empathy-Driven Service, Raising Industry Standards

Currently working in New York, Long Island and the Tristate area, the company provides services such as virus disinfection, water damage and mold remediation, residential disinfection, odor removal and asbestos abatement.

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‘Their voices had been overlooked for so long’: the shocking hunt for the Gilgo Beach killer

The long and often shocking journey to finding the alleged killer of young women in Long Island is brought to a wider audience in a damning new Netflix series

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Suspected Gilgo Beach serial killer and wife reach divorce settlement amid court hearing on DNA evidence

Rex Heuermann, 61, is charged with the murders of seven women on Long Island

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Pirate booted out: popcorn mogul’s coup in New York village falls flat

Pirate’s Booty Snacks founder Robert Ehrlich claimed to be tiny Long Island community’s mayor – voters disagreed

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Long Island brush fires were caused by a resident trying to make s’mores

The Westhampton Pines Fire burned approximately 600 acres before it was contained

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Wildfires Erupt in the Hamptons, New York Governor Kathy Hochul Declares State of Emergency

New York Governor Kathy Hochul declared a state of emergency this weekend as wildfires threatened areas of Long Island.

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