Nicholas Spangler

6 days ago | newsday.com | Nicholas Spangler

On Long Island, home to tens of thousands of Jews with ties to Israel and thousands of Iranian Americans in the North Shore villages around Great Neck, a week of war in the Middle East has frazzled nerves and given some people hope for regime change in the Islamic Republic.

1 week ago | newsday.com | Nicholas Spangler

New York State is failing to protect its most vulnerable citizens from widespread electronic theft of food benefits, according to a new lawsuit. Between 2023 and 2025, according to the lawsuit filed last week in federal court by Legal Services NYC, a nonprofit representing low-income city residents, scammers employing a method of theft known as “skimming” stole at least $51 million in Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) benefits, formerly known as food stamps, from state residents.

1 week ago | newsday.com | Nicholas Spangler

Irish police investigating the 1993 disappearance of Blue Point native Annie McCarrick this week detained, then released, a man questioned in connection with the murder that once made international headlines.

2 weeks ago | newsday.com | Nicholas Spangler

The prospect of America’s largest military parade in decades, scheduled Saturday in Washington, D.C., drew responses this week from Long Island veterans ranging from full-throated support to deep unease. The parade will celebrate the 250th birthday of the United States Army, America’s first national institution and one of the few that a substantial majority of Americans, regardless of their politics, view positively.

2 weeks ago | newsday.com | Nicholas Spangler

A Five Towns man may have set the world record for longest golf marathon when he finished 36 hours of golf at the Huntington Crescent Club on Tuesday morning. Should Kelechie Ezihie meet Guinness World Records’ verification requirements — eight pages of them, including that the whole attempt be recorded on video with a time clock visible — he will join a crowded pantheon of endurance achievers.