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US stock markets to remain closed in honor of Jimmy Carter on National Day of Mourning
NEW YORK (AP) — U.S. stock markets will remain closed on Jan. 9 in honor of former President Jimmy Carter, continuing a long-held Wall Street tradition in mourning the nation’s leaders.Both the New York Stock Exchange and Nasdaq announced this week that they plan to close their equity and options markets next Thursday in observance…
While MSG Stalls and Refuses to Give Fans a Financial Break – Optimum Has Ways for Customers to Watch the Knicks, Islanders, Devils, and Rangers
NEW YORK–(BUSINESS WIRE)Optimum issues the following statement about customer friendly options available to customers:” At Optimum, we have a clear mission: to provide the programming that our customers want and give it to them at an affordable price. The problem: MSG Networks demanded that customers who don’t watch their content – who are the majority…
Visiting the Big Apple? Prepare to pay more if you drive to busiest part of Manhattan
NEW YORK (AP) — New York’s much-debated plan to charge drivers to enter the center of Manhattan is set to take effect Sunday, following years of bureaucratic and legal roadblocks.The goals of what is known as “congestion pricing” are to reduce gridlock and pollution and raise revenue for public transit. Gov. Kathy Hochul said this…
Search continues for missing Patchogue teen
A Patchogue family’s is search for their missing 14 year old daughter nearly a month after she was first reported missing. Emmarae Gervasi has been missing since Dec. 9. She was last seen when surveillance cameras captured video of her knocking on doors at a Bohemia motel near MacArthur Airport. Anyone with information is asked…
Trump says he is planning to attend Jimmy Carter’s funeral
PALM BEACH, Fla. (AP) — President-elect Donald Trump said Tuesday that he’s planning to attend the funeral of former President Jimmy Carter.Asked about it as he walked into a New Year’s Eve party at his Mar-a-Lago club in Florida, Trump responded, “I’ll be there.” Pressed on whether he’d spoken to members of Carter’s family, Trump…
Flu cases up on Long Island
New York State health officials are urging people to get a flu shot due to a dramatic increase in flu cases state wide and on Long Island in recent weeks. Nassau County saw an 87% jump in confirmed cases the week before Christmas for a total of 4,348 cases this flu season. Suffolk County saw…
Sugar Bowl CFP quarterfinal between Georgia and Notre Dame postponed after deadly truck attack
NEW ORLEANS (AP) — The College Football Playoff quarterfinal at the Sugar Bowl between Georgia and Notre Dame was postponed a day because of an attack about a mile away from the Superdome early Wednesday, when authorities say a truck driver deliberately plowed into a New Year’s crowd and killed 15 people.The game, originally scheduled…
MTA service for New Year’s 2025
Here’s what you need to know about subway, bus, LIRR, and Metro-North service for the New Year’s holiday. MTA Holiday travel tips Long Island Rail Road On Tuesday, December 31, the LIRR will run on a regular weekday schedule. Additional trains will run on the Babylon, Montauk, Ronkonkoma, Port Jefferson, and Port Washington branches to…
An appeals court upholds a $5 million award in a sexual abuse verdict against President-elect Trump
NEW YORK (AP) — A federal appeals court on Monday upheld a jury’s finding in a civil case that Donald Trump sexually abused a columnist in an upscale department store dressing room in the mid-1990s.The 2nd U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals issued a written opinion upholding the $5 million award that the Manhattan jury granted…
Linda Lavin, Tony-winning Broadway actress who starred in the sitcom ‘Alice,’ dies at 87
NEW YORK (AP) — Linda Lavin, a Tony Award-winning stage actress who became a working class icon as a paper-hat wearing waitress on the TV sitcom “Alice,” has died. She was 87.Lavin died in Los Angeles on Sunday of complications from recently discovered lung cancer, her representative, Bill Veloric, told The Associated Press in an…
Santos must pay more than $200,000 next month
Former Long Island Congressman George Santos will be required to pay more than $200,000 next month.Santos pleaded guilty to federal charges of aggravated identity theft and wire fraud in August. A U.S. District Court Judge has orders Santos to pay $205,000 at least 30 days before his sentencing scheduled for Feb. 7.Santos faces a minimum…
Minimum wage for Long Island to increase on New Year’s Day
On New Year’s Day several new state laws are set to take effect in New York.The minimum wage for Long Island, New York City and Westchester will increase by 50 cents to $16.50 per hour. For the rest of New York state, the minimum wage will be $15.50 per hour.