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Scherzer suspended 10 games for sticky substance ejection
NEW YORK (AP) — Mets pitcher Max Scherzer was suspended for 10 games by Major League Baseball on Thursday following his ejection for having a foreign substance on his hand during a game. Scherzer initially appealed the suspension but dropped his appeal hours later. In exchange, his fine was reduced from $10,000 to $5,000, according…
Queens man banned from the Long Island Rail Road and Metro-North for three years
A Queens man has been banned from the Long Island Rail Road and Metro-North for three years after he waved a knife at transit workers, cutting two of them.Taijuan Corse pleaded guilty to attempted assault following an altercation last summer on an LIRR trainCorse has also been ordered to take part in a one-year substance…
Islanders play first playoff game at UBS arena Friday night
Seventeen months after opening its doors for the very first time, UBS Arena will host its first Stanley Cup Playoff game when the Islanders host the Carolina Hurricanes in Game 3 of their first-round series Friday night. The Hurricanes lead the series 2 games to none Carolina Hurricanes (52-21-9, first in the Metropolitan Division) vs.…
Charge to be dropped in Alec Baldwin movie set shooting
SANTA FE, N.M. (AP) — Prosecutors in New Mexico plan to drop an involuntary manslaughter charge against Alec Baldwin in the fatal 2021 shooting of a cinematographer on the set of the Western film “Rust,” Baldwin’s attorneys said Thursday. “We are pleased with the decision to dismiss the case against Alec Baldwin and we encourage…
Fast’s goal lifts Hurricanes past Islanders in overtime
RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) — The Carolina Hurricanes had gone from leading by two goals to trailing midway through the final period, suddenly facing the prospect of losing their home-ice advantage against the New York Islanders. Jaccob Slavin, Jesper Fast and the rest of the Hurricanes turned in a steady response befitting a team in the…
Lamborghini in Queens mall crash was stolen from Long Island
Two suspects were taken into custody near Queens Center Mall on Wednesday after leading police on a high-speed chase in a stolen Lamborghini. Nassau police say the vehicle was stolen from Bellerose in the morning. It was recovered after a half hour chase. The car slammed into parked cars in the parking garage behind the…
Are you a Facebook user? You could get some settlement cash
(AP) Anyone in the U.S. who has had a Facebook account at any time since May 24, 2007, can now apply for their share of a $725 million privacy settlement that parent company Meta has agreed to pay. Meta is paying to settle a lawsuit alleging the world’s largest social media platform allowed millions of…
Hofstra University suing over casino
Hofstra University is suing the Nassau County Planning Commission over the lease of the Nassau Hub to Las Vegas Sands.The university says the planning commission violated the state’s open meeting laws in March by failing to notify the public of a hearing to consider the casino proposal.Hofstra has come out against the plan to build…
1st Black chief judge for New York state confirmed
ALBANY, N.Y. (AP) — New York’s Senate confirmed Rowan Wilson as the state’s first Black chief judge Tuesday, two months after lawmakers dealt Gov. Kathy Hochul a political defeat by rejecting her initial nominee for the top court post. Wilson has been an associate judge of the Court of Appeals, New York’s highest court, since…
Biden signs executive order to improve access to child care
WASHINGTON (AP) — President Joe Biden signed an executive order on Tuesday that contains more than 50 directives to increase access to child care and improve the work life of caregivers. But the directives would be funded out of existing commitments, possibly including last year’s laws financing infrastructure projects and building computer chip plants. That…
NY Board of Regents bans Native American mascots at schools
The state’s Board of Regents unanimously voted on Tuesday to ban Native American mascots, team names and logos from all public schools. The move means districts across the state and on Long Island have until June 2025 to make the changes. Schools that fail to comply with the rule could lose state funding, and officials…
Breeze Airways adding more flights from MacArthur airport
Breeze Airways announced yesterday it is adding two new destinations from Long Island MacArthur Airport.Breeze will add nonstop flights to Raleigh-Durham, North Carolina, on June 29, and Portland, Maine, on June 28.In May, Breeze is adding trips to Richmond, Virginia and Pittsburgh.