John Asbury

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Attorneys for former Abercrombie & Fitch CEO Michael Jeffries said he has dementia and is not competent to stand trial in Long Island federal court on sex trafficking charge. Jeffries, 80, of West Palm Beach, was charged with 16 felony counts including sex trafficking, interstate prostitution and criminal forfeiture, alleging that he operated an international sex trafficking ring by offering victims the prospect of modeling for Abercrombie & Fitch, including in Water Mill and New York City.

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Environmental Protection Agency Administrator Lee Zeldin emphasized the role of the agency in growing the economy by cutting regulations and easing permitting, while also protecting air, land and water, on Friday. Zeldin, a former Shirley congressman, outlined his priorities during a breakfast discussion in Woodbury held by the Long Island Association, a nonprofit business organization.

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A barn on a U-pick strawberry and pumpkin farm was engulfed in flames Friday afternoon in Yaphank. Firefighters and Suffolk County arson detectives were called to the fire at Glover Farms, shortly after 1 p.m. on Horseblock Road, also known as Victory Avenue, just north of Sunrise Highway. The barn was not occupied and no people or animals were injured, police said. Gail Glover, who runs the farm with her husband, said she didn’t know how the fire in the front barn started.

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An Inwood man charged in the death of his 2-month-old daughter pleaded not guilty Thursday to a grand jury’s indictment charging him with second-degree murder. Marlon Rabanales Pretzantzin, 20, was charged with killing his daughter Liseyda after prosecutors said he slapped, beat and violently shook his baby daughter because she wouldn’t stop crying. Prosecutors said the defendant allegedly also dropped the child onto a bed and pressed his body weight into the child, pushing her down.

2 weeks ago | newsday.com | John Asbury

A plane carrying several Congress members, including Long Island's Rep. Nick LaLota, was bumped by another plane’s wing on the runway on Thursday in Washington D.C.LaLota (R-Amityville) posted on the social media website X that he was departing Reagan International Airport on Thursday afternoon when the runway collision occurred. LaLota wrote, "Serving in Congress has come with some once in a lifetime experiences ...