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Mineola gas station robbed at gunpoint

Mineola gas station robbed at gunpoint

Police are searching for a man who robbed a gas station at gunpoint in Mineola Saturday night. The suspect approached an employee at the BP on Jericho Turnpike around 5:30, demanded cash and then threatened the employee with a gun. The employee handed over the money, and the suspect ran from the scene. Anyone with…

Argentina wins World Cup, beats France on penalties

Argentina wins World Cup, beats France on penalties

LUSAIL, Qatar (AP) — Lionel Messi, wearing a black Qatari robe over his blue-and-white Argentina shirt, kissed the World Cup, shuffled toward his teammates and hoisted the golden trophy high in the air. It was an iconic sight that finally — definitively — places the soccer superstar in the pantheon of the game’s greatest players.…

House committee investigating the Capitol riot will make its final public presentation Monday

House committee investigating the Capitol riot will make its final public presentation Monday

WASHINGTON (AP) — The House committee investigating the Capitol riot will make its final public presentation Monday about the unprecedented effort by Donald Trump to overturn the results of the presidential election he lost in 2020. The committee has called it an “attempted coup” that warrants criminal prosecution from the Justice Department. That is expected…

Vesey scores twice as Rangers down Maple Leafs 3-1

Vesey scores twice as Rangers down Maple Leafs 3-1

NEW YORK (AP) — Jimmy Vesey had two goals, Igor Shesterkin made 22 saves and the New York Rangers beat the Toronto Maple Leafs 3-1 on Thursday night for their fifth straight win. Vesey snapped a tie with 4:27 left in the second period. He added an empty-netter with 1:13 remaining for his fifth of…

Missing cow found

Missing cow found

A cow reported missing a month ago from a farm in Manorville has been found. The 1,000 pound cow named “Vienna” was found at the Pine Hills Golf and Country Club and corralled Wednesday night by Strong Island Animal Rescue. Vienna is heading to Skylands Animal Sanctuary & Rescue in New Jersey to live. She…

Gov. Hochul signs ban on puppy mills

Gov. Hochul signs ban on puppy mills

Gov. Hochul signed a puppy mill ban into law on Thursday. The legislation will end the retail sale of dogs, cats and rabbits in pet stores across the state. The Puppy Mill Pipeline Bill was designed to close puppy mills that supply some pet stores and put an end to what the governor’s office referred…

White House reveals winter COVID-19 plans, more free tests

White House reveals winter COVID-19 plans, more free tests

WASHINGTON (AP) — The Biden administration is once more making some free COVID-19 tests available to all U.S. households as it releases its contingency plans with coronavirus cases ticking upward this winter. After a three-month hiatus, the administration is making four rapid virus tests available per household through covidtests.gov starting Thursday. COVID-19 cases have shown…

Randle, Brunson lead Knicks past Bulls 128-120 in OT

Randle, Brunson lead Knicks past Bulls 128-120 in OT

CHICAGO (AP) — Julius Randle scored 31 points and Jalen Brunson added a season-high 30, including a 3-pointer with less than a minute left in overtime, and the New York Knicks won their fifth straight, 128-120 over the Chicago Bulls on Wednesday night. Randle missed a chance to win the game in regulation when his…

Trump Org. was secretly held in contempt for hindering probe

Trump Org. was secretly held in contempt for hindering probe

NEW YORK (AP) — Donald Trump’s company impeded a grand jury investigation last year by repeatedly failing to turn over evidence in a timely fashion, leading to a secret contempt finding and a $4,000 fine, according to court records made public Tuesday. The Trump Organization was found to have been “willfully disobeying” four grand jury…

Bandits Steal Woman’s Purse, Laptop in Gas Station Heist

Bandits Steal Woman’s Purse, Laptop in Gas Station Heist

Nassau County police say a woman pumping gas into her Range Rover at a gas station on Glen Cove Road in Glen Head was carjacked by men in a Porsche on Tuesday morning,A passenger in the Porsche got out of the car and climbs into the driver’s seat of the Range Rover and drove away…

Study says modernizing Belmont Park racetrack would create economic boost

Study says modernizing Belmont Park racetrack would create economic boost

A new project to modernize the Belmont Park racetrack would create a big economic boost, according to a new study from a group called “We Are NY Horse Racing.”The study found the multiyear project would help generate $155 million in annual economic output and support 740 new full-time jobs.A new Belmont Park would also produce…

Bruins beat Isles in shootout

Bruins beat Isles in shootout

BOSTON (AP) — Jake DeBrusk and David Pastrnak each scored in a shootout to give the Boston Bruins a 4-3 win over the New York Islanders on Tuesday night. DeBrusk also had two goals and an assist in regulation, and Linus Ullmark stopped 23 shots for Boston, improving his record to 17-1. The Bruins are…