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The Latest: Walz accepts the party’s nomination for vice president at DNC Day 3
By The Associated Press Vice presidential nominee Tim Walz and former President Bill Clinton headlined the Democratic National Convention on Wednesday, the third day of the party’s choreographed rollout of a new candidate, Kamala Harris, and her pitch to voters.Speaker Emerita Nancy Pelosi and Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg also addressed the convention.Follow the AP’s Election…
LIRR adding trains for U.S. Open
The LIRR has added extra stops at the Mets-Willets Point station for the U.S. Open. The Metropolitan Transportation Authority reminded New Yorkers and the more than one million expected attendees that mass transit is the best way to get to the United States Tennis Association (USTA) Billie Jean King National Tennis Center in Queens for…
New York’s mail-in voting law upheld by the state’s top court
By MICHAEL HILL Associated PressALBANY, N.Y. (AP) — A New York law allowing all registered voters to cast their ballots by mail was upheld Tuesday by the state’s highest court, which rejected a Republican challenge to the legislation.The 6-1 ruling from the state Court of Appeals affirmed lower courts in finding that the voting expansion…
RFK Jr. to speak Friday amid speculation he’ll drop independent presidential bid and support Trump
By JONATHAN J. COOPER and ALI SWENSON Associated PressPHOENIX (AP) — Independent presidential candidate Robert F. Kennedy Jr. will speak Friday “about the present historical moment and his path forward,” his campaign announced Wednesday, fueling growing speculation that Kennedy could drop out and support Republican nominee Donald Trump.Kennedy’s running mate openly discussed the possibility on…
Jennifer Lopez files for divorce from Ben Affleck after 2 years of marriage
By JOCELYN NOVECK and ANDREW DALTON Associated PressLOS ANGELES (AP) — After a relationship that spanned two decades, two engagements, two weddings and headlines too numerous to count, Jennifer Lopez has filed for divorce from Ben Affleck.The filing Tuesday in Los Angeles brought to an apparent end a celebrity coupling — or at least the…
Harbor road in Stony Brook could take years to repair
Officials say Monday’s storm that collapsed Harbor Road in Stony Brook caused damage that could take years to repair. When Harbor Road at Main Street was destroyed, the dam at neighboring Mill Pond sent waters into the street, adding in its destruction. Charles Lohmann, chief of police for Head of the Harbor, said that the…
Flooding at Stony Brook prompts school to offer students money to give up dorm rooms
Stony Brook University experienced “significant flooding” from the storms.In an email sent out to students, school officials clarified that while most of the campus was operational, certain residence halls experienced “significant flooding.”The school will be offering $5,000 to continuing undergraduate students who had not yet moved into their assigned residence halls to give up their…
Disney drops bid to have allergy-death lawsuit tossed because plaintiff signed up for Disney+
By PHILIP MARCELO Associated PressNEW YORK (AP) — Disney is no longer asking a Florida court to dismiss a wrongful death lawsuit on the grounds that the victim’s family had signed up for its streaming service Disney+.The company filed a notice in Orange County court on Tuesday to withdraw the motion, which had drawn swift…
State of emergency for Suffolk County
A state of emergency has been declared in Suffolk County in the wake of “catastrophic” flooding responsible for destroying roads, damaging cars and displacing hundreds from their homes Sunday night into Monday morning. Suffolk County Executive Edward Romaine said “I am signing a declaration of emergency, which hopefully will get some aid to our locals…
Harvey Weinstein will remain locked up in New York while awaiting rape retrial
By CEDAR ATTANASIO Associated PressNEW YORK (AP) — Harvey Weinstein will remain in custody in New York while awaiting retrial on rape and sexual assault charges in Manhattan, prosecutors confirmed Monday as the former movie mogul made a brief court appearance related to California’s request to extradite him there.But after the New York case is…
Former US Rep George Santos pleads guilty to wire fraud and identity theft in his federal case
CENTRAL ISLIP, N.Y. (AP) — George Santos, the former New York congressman who spun lies into a brief political career, pleaded guilty Monday to wire fraud and aggravated identity theft, acknowledging that he allowed his ambitions to cloud his judgment.Santos, 36, is likely to spend at least six years in prison and owes hundreds of…
Phil Donahue, whose pioneering daytime talk show launched an indelible television genre, has died
By JULIE CARR SMYTH Associated PressPhil Donahue, whose pioneering daytime talk show launched an indelible television genre that brought success to Oprah Winfrey, Montel Williams, Ellen DeGeneres and many others, has died. He was 88.NBC’s “Today” show, citing family members, said Donahue died Sunday after a long illness.Dubbed “the king of daytime talk,” Donahue was…