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Cops: Deer Park Baby Critical After Aunt Shook Her »

A 22-year-old Deer Park woman was arrested Wednesday for critically injuring her 11-month-old niece by shaking her, Suffolk County police said. Officers were called to Good Samaritan Hospital Medical Center in West Islip when a baby was brought to the hospital in an unresponsive state with suspicious injuries. Paola Baez and her husband, Jose, told the [...]...

Immigrants Heading to Washington to Push Reforms »

Day laborers on foot from Long Island and Californians who sold tamales to pay for their trip are expected to rally on Sunday with tens of thousands of immigrants, many of them undocumented Hispanics, in Washington, D.C., to dramatize their pleas for immigration reform. The laborers, walking more than 250 miles from Hempstead hope to join [...]...

Woman Arrested for DWI in Closed Construction Zone »

A 23-year-old drunken driving Inwood woman was arrested after she drove through a closed construction zone near the draw bridge on  Loop Parkway on Wednesday night, New York State police said. Romina Lucero was stopped by police at 11:20 p.m., police said. Troopers noticed that she had bloodshot, watery eyes, slurred speech, and a strong odor [...]...

Cops: Mt. Sinai Dad Was DWI With 2 Kids »

Suffolk County police arrested a Mount Sinai man for allegedly driving drunk with his two daughters in the vehicle in Oakdale on Wednesday evening. Officers on patrol on Sunrise Highway spotted an eastbound Chevrolet Astro Van driving erratically near Oakdale-Bohemia Road at approximately 9:29 p.m. After stopping the vehicle, the officer interviewed the driver, John R. [...]...

3 Killed in Separate Nassau Crashes »

Three separate vehicle crashes claimed the lives of three Long Islanders, including a motorcyclist and a pedestrian on Wednesday night followed by a driver who died after his car struck a house early Thursday morning, Nassau County police said. In the first case, 21-year-old Mark Dejak of Long Beach was riding his Honda motorcycle northbound [...]...

Man Shot, Injured in Huntington Station »

A 21-year-old Huntington Station man has been hospitalized after he was shot near his home on Wednesday night, Suffolk County police said. Shaka Butler was walking along Broadway when two men approached him and shot him in the neck at 9:15 p.m., police said. Butler was taken to Huntington Hospital via where he was admitted [...]...