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SUNY Cortland to shift to online learning amid rising COVID numbres
CORTLAND, N.Y. (AP) — Students at an upstate college campus will be switching to remote learning for two weeks because of rising coronavirus cases. The State University of New York at Cortland says the shift away from in-person learning at the campus south of Syracuse, New York, would start on Oct. 7. The state had…
Suffolk County to consider raising age to buy tobacco products from 21 to 25
Soon you might need to be at least 25 years old, to purchase tobacco products in Suffolk County. According to Newsday on Tuesday, the Suffolk County Legislature, will vote a proposed bill to raise the minimum age to buy tobacco products from 21 to 25 years old. Photo credit: (AP Photo/Toby Talbot, File)
Fatal weekend crash on The Seaford Oyster Bay Expressway
Nassau County Police say a motorcyclist died over the weekend, in a serious crash on the Seaford Oyster Bay Expressway. Police say on Sunday, October 4, 2020, at 12:28 a. m., a 29 year old man was driving a 2017 Kawasaki motorcycle northbound in the center lane on Rt 135 near Boundary Avenue in North Massapequa,…
Cops: Bay Shore Mom arrested on charges including DWI after driving into a house
A Bay Shore mom was arrested Sunday night after cops say she drove drunk with her three kids in the car and crashed into a house. Police say the 34 year old mother crashed her 2004 Lincoln Navigator into a house at 46 Blue Jay Drive in Brentwood, around 6:40 p. m. on October 4,…
President Trump remains hospitalized at Walter Reed Medical Center
On Monday morning, President Donald Trump remained hospitalized at Walter Reed Medical Center, with COVID-19. On Sunday, the President released a video saying that he has learned a lot about the virus. Later on Sunday, President Donald Trump, left Walter Reed Medical Center, for a drive to wave hello to supporters that had gathered outside.…
Cuomo stresses importance of social distancing and masks as COVID numbers rise
NEW YORK (AP) — New York state’s daily count of new coronavirus cases has topped 1,500 for the first time since late May. Gov. Andrew Cuomo announced the number Friday and warned local governments that they’ll face fines if they don’t enforce social distancing and mask rules. Officials are increasingly concerned about virus flare-ups in…
Actor Rick Moranis, attacked near Central Park
NEW YORK (AP) — A law enforcement official tells the Associated Press that actor Rick Moranis was sucker punched by an unknown assailant while walking Thursday on a sidewalk near New York’s Central Park. Surveillance video shows a man wearing a black “I (heart) NY” sweatshirt and a backpack hitting the 67-year-old “Ghostbusters” star and…
President Trump taken to Walter Reed Medical Center
WASHINGTON (AP) — Stricken by COVID-19, a feverish and fatigued President Donald Trump has been flown to a military hospital where he is being given Remdesivir therapy after being injected with an experimental drug combination in treatment at the White House. In a day of whipsaw events, the president had to rip up his reelection…
7-11 clerk charged in shoplifters death
MELVILLE, N.Y. (AP) — A clerk at a Long Island 7-Eleven store has been charged with manslaughter after police say he chased a suspected shoplifter and stabbed him to death early Thursday morning. Conroy Jarman, 29, was jailed at a police station pending an arraignment Friday in Suffolk County court, police said. Information on a…
11 Union officials charged with racketeering, fraud and bribery offenses
The Suffolk County District Attorney’s office says 11 union officials have been charged with racketeering, fraud and bribery offenses. D.A. Tim Sini says the defendants allegedly agreed to accept dozes of bribes to corruptly influence the construction industry at the expense of labor unions and their members. The defendants are current and former union officials…
Space Potty expected to be launched today
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. (AP) — NASA’s first new space potty in decades — a $23 million titanium toilet better suited for women — is getting a not-so-dry run at the International Space Station before eventually flying to the moon. It’s packed inside a cargo ship that should have blasted off late yesterday from Wallops Island,…
New York launches contact tracing app
There is now a new way to find out if you have been in contact with anyone who tests positive for COVID-19. New York State, has launched a contact tracing app called COVID ALERT NY. The new app can be downloaded for free from the app store. Officials say the app will never track your…