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2 days ago | 
newsday.com | Nicholas Grasso
Walgreens will pay at least $300 million to settle a case against alleging the pharmaceutical giant illegally filled millions of invalid prescriptions for opioids and other controlled substances, the U.S. Department of Justice announced Monday. A complaint filed in the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Illinois on Jan.
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2 days ago | 
newsday.com | John Valenti |Nicholas Grasso
A landlord who rents "primarily" to students from the University at Albany took "advantage of tenants" with illegal fees and misleading leases, New York State Attorney General Letitia James said Monday.
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5 days ago | 
newsday.com | Nicholas Grasso
A kayaker was rescued Friday afternoon after he sunk into the mud in the Terrell River in East Moriches, fire officials said. The East Moriches Fire Department responded to a 911 call reporting a vessel stuck in the water around 3:18 p.m., according to Suffolk County Fire, Rescue and Emergency Services officials.
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6 days ago | 
newsday.com | Nicholas Grasso
The death of a man named Thursday as the pedestrian struck in Long Beach last week by an electric bike highlights the risk of e-bikes and warrants tightening laws regulating their operation, according to police and traffic experts. The Nassau County Police Department on Thursday said Barry Spigner, 68, of Long Beach, was struck on the evening of April 11 while walking west on East Park Avenue by an e-bike heading south on Riverside Boulevard and operated by a 47-year-old man.
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6 days ago | 
newsday.com | Nicholas Grasso
Dozens of first responders descended on the area near the Pinelawn LIRR station in East Farmingdale Thursday evening following reports of a train striking a vehicle. An MTA police spokesperson said LIRR service is suspended between Hicksville and Ronkonkoma on the Ronkonkoma line but did provide additional information. LIRR riders should uses another branch, such as the Montauk or Port Jefferson lines, or seek another way to travel, according to an alert on the MTA website.
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1 week ago | 
newsday.com | Nicholas Grasso
After three decades of leading the North Fork Chorale, Lois Ross has made it clear that neither time nor turmoil — like a broken pelvis in December — has made her consider putting down the conductor’s baton. Ross, 82, has recovered and will once again lead the group, which was established in 1936 and she joined about 50 years ago, when it takes the stage at Southold First Presbyterian Church May 17.
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1 week ago | 
newsday.com | Nicholas Grasso
Bewildered and often angry constituents have packed town halls seeking answers about President Donald Trump's many unprecedented acts since returning to office. Wednesday night it was Long Island's turn. U.S. Rep. Laura Gillen (D-Rockville Centre) hosted the town hall, the first such event in-person by a member of the Island's congressional contingent at Hofstra University, where a large crowd crammed into a theater at the campus's David S. Mack Student Center.
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1 week ago | 
newsday.com | Nicholas Grasso
Two firefighters who suffered minor injuries when part of a home's second floor collapsed during a Wading River house fire went to a hospital for treatment, officials said. Separately, a blaze in Floral Park sent one building occupant to the hospital for treatment for minor smoke inhalation, authorities said.
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1 week ago | 
newsday.com | Nicholas Grasso
For several minutes after he arrived at a Plainview housing complex engulfed in flames and on the verge of collapse, firefighter Brandon Cohen feared his father, also on the job, and already in the building, had died in the line of duty. Then-Plainview 1st Asst. Chief Andrew Cohen’s radio had stopped working as he banged on doors to evacuate residents from the Harmon Shepherd Hill apartments in the early morning hours of Feb. 18, 2024.
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1 week ago | 
newsday.com | Nicholas Grasso
For several minutes after he arrived at a Plainview housing complex engulfed in flames and on the verge of collapse, firefighter Brandon Cohen feared his father, also on the job, and already in the building, had died in the line of duty. Then-Plainview First Asst. Chief Andrew Cohen’s radio had stopped working as he banged on doors to evacuate residents from the Harmon Shepherd Hill apartments in the early morning hours of Feb. 18, 2024.
