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Probe demanded after LI families receive letters saying dead relatives just registered to vote
Long Island politicians are calling on state elections officials to investigate how a dozen Nassau and Suffolk families wound up receiving letters from two state senators, thanking their dead relatives...
Are you seeing fewer spotted lanternflies? Here's why
The invasive spotted insect was first spotted in our area in 2022 on Staten Island.
NY cops arrest knife-wielding teen migrant after first-in-the-nation public mask ban
Nassau County has made its first arrest using its new first-in-the-nation law banning mask wearing in public -- and the knife concealing suspect turns out to be an illegal migrant.
Grisly photos from inside LI murder-suicide house reveal bloodstained sheets where man butchered 4 members of his family
The photos — taken Tuesday morning — reveal the interior of the den where cops say madman Joseph DeLucia shotgunned his three siblings and a niece to death in a...
Motive revealed in horrifying LI murder-suicide as cops ID former EMT who slaughtered relatives after mom’s death
The shooter — 59-year-old Joseph DeLucia, Jr. — had spent his entire life in the Syosset home owned by his 95-year-old mom, Theresa DeLucia, who died early last week, Nassau County Police Capt. Captain...
Horrified neighbor recounts 'wailing, screaming' after gunman slaughtered family in LI murder-suicide
“A wailing, screaming combination and then you hear the gun, then he’s wailing again, and that’s it. It was horrible," a neighbor said of the audio recording of the murder-suicide...
NY GOP hopeful campaigns for transgender sports ban -- and she could have lots of company
“Sixty-six percent of New Yorkers recently surveyed said they want Girls Sports left alone, but radical progressives, like my opponent State Senator Pete Harkham, think they know better than the...
5 dead in Long Island murder-suicide just days after matriarch's death as family prepared to sell home
Five people were killed in a slay-suicide horror on a quiet cul-de-sac in Nassau County on Sunday — days after the family’s matriarch died and kin were set to sell...
Nassau County mask ban official amid rise in antisemitic hate -- as Hochul softens her stance
New York's Nassau County enacted a first-in-the-nation post-pandemic mask ban Wednesday -- but don't expect it to be rolled out statewide as Gov. Kathy Hochul threw off her mask of...
LI GOP claims 'vulnerable' Democratic Rep. Tom Suozzi could lose seat off Trump's coattails
"Tom Suozzi is vulnerable because of national and local New York issues," the survey found.
Anti-Israel vandals strike again and more: Letters to the Editor — Aug. 11, 2024
NY Post readers discuss anti-Israel vandalism and more.
This NY county rated safest community in the country by US News and World Report
Long Island's Nassau County topped a list of the safest communities in America this week — rankings that also said five of the country's top 10 safest counties were in...
Nassau County approves mask ban after fiery public hearing where activist was dragged out by cops
Legislators voted along party lines Monday to approve the "Mask Transparency Act," which makes it a misdemeanor crime to wear a face covering in public to hide one's identity.
Long Island beaches close after latest shark sighting
A perfect Long Island beach day was temporarily halted on Saturday when a shark was spotted at Nickerson Beach.
Nassau County eyes mask ban amid alarming rise in antisemitism, hate crimes: 'Talk is cheap'
The Nassau County legislature plans to pass a law banning demonstrators from hiding their identities with masks to tackle rising antisemitism and hate crimes-- the first local government to do...
I photographed the wildest McDonald's in more than 50 countries — and then created a 'McAtlas'
He's had many a happy meal.
July 4th fireworks mishaps in NY end with man losing 3 fingers, 11-year-old boy setting fire to 2 houses: cops
In the latest incident, a large group of people gathered to watch a fireworks display outside a home on Foxrun Court in Port Jefferson around 10 p.m. when one of...
Union leader slammed as 'distasteful' after pushing for more OT pay during slain NYPD cop's funeral
A union leader in Nassau County is being called out for filing an unfair labor practice, claiming the employees he represents didn't get enough overtime during NYPD Officer Jonathan Diller's...
Nassau County legislature approves measure that would reinstate transgender sports ban
The Nassau County County legislature approved legislation Monday to reinstate a ban on transgender athletes from participating in women’s and girls’ sports at county-owned athletic facilities.
Mayor Adams backs Dem who called to defund cops, breaks with unions in tight primary for NY Assembly seat
Mayor Eric Adams is backing Ron Kim who called for defunding cops, while two suburban police unions made a rare endorsement outside their counties to fight the candidate’s dangerous “leftist...