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Long Island woman found stabbed to death in home's basement: Police
A woman was found stabbed to death in the basement of a Long Island home, according to police, and a suspect has been charged in her murder. Police were called to a home on Botsford Street in Hempstead just after 8:30 p.m. Saturday, and found a 29-year-old woman who had been stabbed multiple times, Nassau County police said. The woman,…
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Children of 85-year-old Long Island woman charged in connection with her beating death
Two adult children of an 85-year-old Long Island woman were arrested and charged in connection with her death after she was found with injuries stemming from abuse, according to police.
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Hazmat crews return to rescue animals from nightmare Long Island hoarding house
Authorities are expected to return to a Long Island home Friday to clear more animals, after more than 200 birds and many cats were found in a hoarding situation that officials described as among the worst they have ever seen. The Nassau County SPCA was called after a service worker went to the Woodbury home on Wednesday and saw dead…
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Hundreds of birds and other animals seized from Long Island veterinarian's home
A tip led investigators to a pretty terrible hoarding situation at a Long Island home owned by a veterinarian, and what investigators found was so bad, the property is expected to be condemned. The Nassau County SPCA said they found over 200 animals cramped so tightly and among garbage, no more than two people at a time could even enter...
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200+ exotic birds, other animals found hoarded inside Long Island veterinarian's house
A house owned by a veterinarian on Long Island was found to be filled with more than 200 birds and other animals in a hoarding situation that officials described as among the worst they have ever seen.
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Man sentenced in drunken drive for diner soup that killed 61-year-old father
A Long Island man has been sentenced to up to 15 years in prison for striking and killing a diner patron while under the influence of alcohol as he tried to drive off with his soup takeout, the district attorney announced. Willem Specht, 63, pleaded guilty last month to aggravated vehicular homicide, assault and aggravated driving while intoxicated in the…
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Long Island Rep. Anthony D'Esposito accused of giving jobs to mistress and fiancée's daughter
The Long Island congressman responded to what he called a “hit piece” in the New York Times. A report accused him of putting his lover and fiancée’s daughter on payroll, using money from taxpayers. NBC New York’s Greg Cergol reports.
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NY congressman hired his lover and fiancée's daughter in possible ethics violation: Report
Long Island Congressman Anthony D’Esposito may have violated House ethics rules by hiring his mistress and his fiancée’s daughter at his district office, according to a new report by the New York Times.
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Pro-Palestinian protester wearing keffiyeh charged with violating Nassau County's face mask ban
A pro-Palestinian protester has been charged with violating a suburban New York City county’s new law banning face masks in public. Police in Nassau County say the 26-year-old was arrested Sunday afternoon during a protest in front of a synagogue in Cedarhurst. They say officers questioned the man because he had been concealing his face with a keffiyeh. Police say...
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Long Island man seen on doorbell camera urinating on home sparks hate crime investigation
A man seen on doorbell camera footage is at the center of a hate crime investigation on Long Island after what he was allegedly caught doing and saying in front of the home in Plainview that left neighbors disgusted and outraged. NBC New York’s Pei-Sze Cheng reports.
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Man allegedly urinates on Long Island home's front door amid racist, antisemitic rant, doorbell cam shows
Police are looking for a man responsible for a lewd and hate-filled “ring and run” at a Long Island home that was caught on camera.
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Campaign letters sent to Long Island families state dead relatives just registered to vote
Long Island families are demanding answers after a batch of letters were sent out stating that their dead relatives had just registered to vote. The messages allegedly come from campaign offices, but elected officials say they get info from the state Board of Elections, which is disputing the claim. NBC New York’s Pei-Sze Cheng reports.
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Long Island families receive letters saying dead relatives just registered to vote
Families on Long Island are confused and angry after receiving letters saying their relative has registered to vote. The problem? All those supposed new voters are dead.
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Nassau County police issue first face mask ban violation
Authorities in Nassau County arrested a man in connection with its new face mask ban over the weekend, a case believed to mark the first time a charge has been filed for violating the law. It also proves the ban works, they say. Nassau County Executive Bruce Blakeman signed the controversial bill into law on Aug. 15, one that bans…
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Long Island driver pleads guilty to striking, killing man after leaving diner drunk: DA
A Long Island man pleaded guilty to striking and killing a man after driving away from a Long Island diner while drunk in 2023, the district attorney announced.
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Long Island murder-suicide ‘one of the most horrific scene I've ever seen': Commissioner
Police said a man shot four people and then turned the gun on himself at a home in Syosset. NBC New York’s Romney Smith reports.
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‘Entire family is now gone': Syosset man kills siblings, self in home dispute after mother's death
The brother responsible for killing his three siblings and a niece before turning the gun on himself may “panicked” over the family’s plan to sell the Long Island home he had lived in his entire life, police said a day after all five family members were found shot to death. Police spent 10 hours Sunday combing the quiet Syosset cul-de-sac…
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Groom killed by wrong-way driver on eve of wedding
Kirk Walker and his cousin were killed Saturday when a wrong-way driver crashed head-on into their car in Manhattan, killing the 38-year-old on the eve of his wedding. News 4’s Melissa Colorado reports.
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5 family members dead on Long Island in apparent murder-suicide
Police said a man shot four people and then turned the gun on himself at a home in Syosset. News 4’s Jessica Cunnington reports.
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5 people dead in apparent murder-suicide at Long Island home
Police took over a Syosset cul-de-sac Sunday after five bodies were discovered at the home of a recently deceased 95-year-old woman. News 4’s Jessica Cunnington reports.