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Judge says Las Vegas Sands lacks valid lease to operate Coliseum
A state judge on Friday said that Las Vegas Sands lacks a valid lease to operate the Nassau Coliseum and the land around it. It’s another setback to the company’s plan to develop a multibillion-dollar resort and casino there.The ruling is a win for Hostra University in its ongoing dispute with Nassau County, which owns…
AT&T is giving credit to accounts affected by cellular outage last week
AT&T is applying a $5 credit to accounts of customers affected by the massive cellular outage last week AT&T said the credit will automatically be applied to customer accounts in one to two billing cycles and will amount to “the average cost of a full day of service.” An AT&T retail location is shown in…
Trump wins South Carolina, easily beating Haley in her home state and closing in on GOP nomination
CHARLESTON, S.C. (AP) — Donald Trump won South Carolina’s Republican primary on Saturday, easily beating former U.N. Ambassador Nikki Haley in her home state and further consolidating his path to a third straight GOP nomination. Trump has now swept every contest that counted for Republican delegates, adding to previous wins in Iowa, New Hampshire, Nevada…
Wendy Williams has frontotemporal dementia. What is FTD?
(AP) Wendy Williams has been diagnosed with a form of dementia, according to a statement released Thursday on behalf of her caretakers. The 59-year-old former talk show host was diagnosed last year with with primary progressive aphasia and frontotemporal dementia “after undergoing a battery of medical tests,” according to the statement. A look at the…
Private lander makes first US moon landing in more than 50 years
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. (AP) — A private lander on Thursday made the first U.S. touchdown on the moon in more than 50 years, but managed just a weak signal back until flight controllers scrambled to gain better contact. Despite the spotty communication, Intuitive Machines, the company that built and managed the craft, confirmed that it…
AT&T says its cellphone network restored after a widespread outage hit users across the US
(AP) AT&T said Thursday its wireless network was back after an outage knocked out cellphone service for its users across the U.S. for hours. “We have restored wireless service to all our affected customers,” the Dallas-based company said in a statement posted on its website Thursday afternoon. “We sincerely apologize to them.” Outage tracker Downdetector…
Blakeman signs an executive order banning transgender athletes from some teams, events at county facilities
Nassau County Executive Bruce Blakeman signed an executive order Thursday that bans transgender athletes from participating on women’s teams not aligned with the sex they were assigned at birth.The ban would prohibit girls’ and women’s teams with transgender athletes from using Nassau County facilities.Blakeman says this order is not meant to exclude anyone – but…
Former CNN anchor John Avlon announces bid for Congress
Former CNN political analyst John Avlon, launched a bid Wednesday for the Democrat nomination to run against Republican Rep. Nick LaLota in New York’s 1st Congressional District. Avlon, who maintains residences in Manhattan and Sag Harbor, said he recently left CNN so he could run for office.
Riptide to leave Nassau Coliseum
The Riptide announced they will leave Nassau Coliseum and move to Ottawa when their season ends. The indoor lacrosse team was founded in 2018. The Riptide averaged less than 5,000 fans per game. (AP Photo/Frank Eltman)
Biden says too many Americans are saddled with school debt as he cancels federal loans for 153,000
CULVER CITY, Calif. (AP) — President Joe Biden said Wednesday that while a college degree was still a ticket to a better life, that ticket is often too expensive, as he announced he was canceling federal student loans for nearly 153,000 borrowers. Biden, who is in the midst of a three-day campaign swing through California,…
Drunk driver who struck and killed an NYPD detective sentenced to more than 20 years in prison
NEW YORK (AP) — A woman who struck and killed a New York City police detective after speeding through an NYPD roadblock while driving drunk was sentenced Wednesday to more than 20 years in prison. A jury convicted Jessica Beauvais, 35, of Hempstead of aggravated manslaughter and other charges in October. She was arrested in…
Starbucks workers file petitions to join union
Starbucks workers from the Westbury and Garden City locations have filed petitions with the National Labor Relations Board to hold a vote to unionize with Starbucks Workers United. If the vote is successful they would will join five other unionized Starbucks locations on Long Island – the others being in Farmingville, Massapequa, Wantagh, Westbury Galleria,…