2+ mon, 2+ week ago  (822+ words) Michael Li Petri Jr. has twice run unsuccessfully for Congress. Credit: Jeff Bachner WASHINGTON " Former GOP state Assemb. Michael Li Petri Jr. announced Tuesday that he will seek his party's nomination for a rematch against Democratic Rep. Tom Suozzi this…...

2+ mon, 1+ week ago  (666+ words) Mid-February winter break is right around the corner. But fear not, there's still time to enroll the kids in one of these six drop-in camps that will keep them busy, entertained, and, in most cases, learning lots of interesting and…...

5+ day, 12+ hour ago  (1460+ words) Doug Bartek shovels soybeans in a bin on his farm near Wahoo, Neb. , on Monday, April 6, 2026. Credit: AP/Charlie Riedel WAHOO, Neb. " Strong winds whipped around Doug Bartek, a fifth-generation farmer, as he headed into a grain bin to shovel…...

1+ week, 1+ day ago  (536+ words) PHOENIX " A federal judge in Phoenix has rejected a plea agreement that would have allowed a man who admitted to beating a Navajo elder and leaving her for dead to avoid more prison time. Preston Henry Tolth, 26, now will face…...

2+ week, 23+ hour ago  (710+ words) An electrical grid towers over a pump station for the Butte Pipeline Company south of Lusk in eastern Wyoming. Credit: AP/Dan Cepeda State and federal officials are seeking public comment on the proposed Bridger Pipeline Expansion project to carry…...

2+ week, 22+ hour ago  (255+ words) Chase Miller, a senior at West Islip High School, raised $4, 000 for the project as part of his Eagle Scout Award efforts. Credit: Lisa Miller A West Islip teen with a passion for patriotism has completed a construction project for a…...

1+ mon, 5+ day ago  (555+ words) The community college board responded by suing SUNY just 24 hours later, contending'the state was overreacting to "contentious labor relations" and was "pandering" to the faculty union. It was the latest twist'in a bitter, long-running fight over the leadership of Maria…...

1+ mon, 1+ week ago  (603+ words) People walk past an F. W. Woolworth five-and-dime store in the 1940s. Credit: Getty Images/Martin Forstenzer There was a time when being nickel-and-dimed wasn't a bad thing. That time was the heyday of the five-and-dime store, where Long Islanders bought notions and…...

1+ mon, 2+ week ago  (717+ words) The two largest transfers to American children this year are the $1, 000 in seed money for Trump Accounts and a $200 child tax credit expansion indexed to inflation. Credit: Morgan Campbell If we are living in a golden age, where's the cash?...

1+ mon, 2+ week ago  (557+ words) Great Neck Mayor Pedram Bral said the permit backlog dates to the pandemic in2020, when people were wary of "people coming into their homes." Credit: Newsday/Howard Schnapp The Village of Great Neck has granted extensions to more than 270 property owners…...