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1 day ago | newsday.com | Janon Fisher

The Manhattan federal judge overseeing the racketeering and sex trafficking trial against Sean "Diddy" Combs said that he would consider banning the rap mogul from the courtroom after seeing him nodding to the jury during cross-examination of a witness. U.S. District Court Judge Arun Subramanian halted testimony on Thursday after pointed questioning of the prosecution's witness Bryana "Bana" Bongolan, a friend of Combs’ ex-girlfriend Casandra Ventura, by defense attorney Nicole Westmoreland.

1 day ago | newsday.com | Alfonso Castillo

The Long Island Rail Road has disciplined four employees who investigators said were routinely swiping each other out at time clocks to cover their co-workers leaving work early, according to a new report. The report issued Thursday from the office of Metropolitan Transportation Authority Inspector General Daniel Cort involves three LIRR electricians and one car repairman who all worked out of the railroad’s Hillside Maintenance Complex in Queens.

1 day ago | newsday.com | Victor Ocasio

United Airlines and JetBlue have announced a partnership of the major airlines’ customer rewards programs, officials with JetBlue said. The collaboration between the two airlines, called BlueSky, will allow customers of one airline to use or gain airline miles for flights with the other, according to Long Island City-based JetBlue.

1 day ago | newsday.com | Mark Harrington

As the Shinnecock Indian Nation fights to assert long-held sovereignty over a parcel of land known as Westwoods for economic development, another contingent of the nation has quietly continued a yearslong battle to assert tribal fishing rights well beyond its borders. A case that has moved through the federal court for seven years is gearing up with written arguments this spring and could result in a decision later this year. A lot is at stake.

1 day ago | newsday.com | Sam Kmack

More than two centuries ago, Eliphalet Snedecor built a tavern that would become a jewel of Long Island history, nestled within what is now Islip Town’s nearly 3,500-acre Connetquot River State Park Preserve. The business became a getaway hub for the state’s rich and powerful, who later bought the site and turned it into the South Side Sportsmen’s Club of Long Island, which boasted members ranging from Theodore Roosevelt to Andrew Carnegie. But that history was nearly uprooted in 1996.