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People attend a party in Cherry Grove section of Fire Island in New York during the 1960s.

National

1968: After Dozens Of Acquittals, Police Forced To End Raids On Gay Haven

2:48pm December 17, 2018

by Jon Kalish

When nearly two dozen gay men were arrested, put on trial, and eventually acquitted of sodomy in 1968, it demonstrated to the larger gay community that they could organize against police harassment.

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Vending machines that distributed crack pipes for $2 cropped up on Long Island. "You think you've seen everything," Brookhaven Supervisor Edward Romaine said.

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Pen Dispensers On Long Island Actually Sold Crack Pipes

8:04pm September 11, 2018

by Sasha Ingber

People could buy the pipes for $2 in quarters. Three phony vending machines were discovered, authorities said. They were once tampon dispensers.

A bus that was carrying teenage passengers sits on the side of the roadway after it hit an overpass on the Southern State Parkway in Lakeview, N.Y., on Sunday.

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Bus Carrying Teens In Long Island Strikes Overpass, Causing Injuries

11:13am April 09, 2018

by Camila Domonoske

Dozens of high school students were returning home from a trip to Europe when their bus hit a low-clearance bridge on Long Island, mangling and shearing off the roof. No fatalities were reported.

Storm, an English golden retriever, rescued a baby deer from the Long Island Sound on Sunday.

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Long Island Dog Rescues Baby Deer From Water

4:08pm July 18, 2017

by Laurel Wamsley

Amid the lapping waves, a baby deer was in over its head. Then an English golden retriever came to the rescue.

A fence surrounds an estate in the village of Upper Brookville in the town of Oyster Bay, N.Y., on Long Island. On Friday, the Obama administration closed this compound for Russian diplomats, in retaliation for spying and cyber-meddling in the U.S. presid

Intelligence Compounds Or Bucolic Resorts? Russian Estates May Be Both

6:15pm December 30, 2016

by Laurel Wamsley

Neighbors on Maryland's Eastern Shore said the Russian vacationers "were just like anybody else," but an intelligence expert says the sites were likely used for eavesdropping on communications.

Pat Friedman spent years fighting Donald Trump's attempts to build a restaurant and banquet hall on Long Island. She now supports his presidential bid.

Politics & Government

This Woman Stopped A Donald Trump Project — But Wants Him To Be President

6:53pm April 12, 2016

by Charles Lane

Pat Friedman fought Donald Trump's efforts to build a big restaurant and banquet hall on a public beach on Long Island for six years.

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