The federal government is scrapping another of its responses to the pandemic.

Help raise funds for breast cancer research, support breast cancer patients, and raise awareness for the cause at these breast cancer awareness month events on Long Island.

Certain factors increase a woman’s risk of developing breast cancer. While some of these risk factors, such as family history and age, are unmodifiable, many others can be controlled.

A 53-year-old accountant from Long Island was killed in a Poughkeepsie shooting while visiting his son who is a student at Marist College, according to police and upstate New York media reports.

A mother giraffe has given birth to the first giraffe to be born on Long Island, White Post Farms announced on Sept. 23, a day before allowing visitors to see the new animal.

A cancer diagnosis and the treatment that follows is a lot for anyone to handle, but young mothers with cancer face especially unique challenges. Long Islanders should know that there is support and assistance available for women with breast cancer and other cancers, and one organization offering it is Genevieve’s Helping Hands.

Federal law exempts farms from rules entitling most workers to 1.5 times their regular wage when they work more than 40 hours in a week. New York is now joining several states that have begun to change the rule.

Hofstra University’s 2022 Alumni Awards Dinner was held at the Garden City Hotel on Sept. 29.