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NYS Parks Commissioner Rose Harvey cuts the ribbon re-opening Robert Moses State Park (credit: Mona Rivera/1010 WINS)

Robert Moses State Park, Jones Beach Boardwalk Reopen

Disabled Long Island Newlyweds Offered Apartment

A doctor wears a stethoscope during an examination (Photo by Joe Raedle/Getty Images)

Long Island Family Fights To Raise Awarness About Tuberous Sclerosis

Robert Moses State Park, Jones Beach Boardwalk Reopen

The last of the Long Island state parks shut down by superstorm Sandy reopens Thursday.

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Two dogs sit on a table surrounded by rubble after a powerful tornado ripped through the area on May 21, 2013 in Moore, Oklahoma (Photo by Scott Olson/Getty Images)

Area Animal Rescue Groups In Oklahoma To Help Pets Displaced By Tornado

The ASPCA and North Shore Animal League are in Oklahoma to help with the rescue of hundreds of lost pets that were displaced during Monday’s massive tornado.

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Hofstra Alumni Petition For Better Security Off-Campus

2,000 people have already signed this petition to increase security. This comes in the wake of a home invasion that ended with 21-year-old student Andrea Rebello being shot dead by a police officer.

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Invasive algae species known as hornwort has taken over a pond in Huntington's Heckscher Park. (credit: CBS 2)

L.I. Town Using Non-Native Fish To Combat Invasive Algae Species

Hornwort is a nuisance plant that has literally taken over a popular family park in Huntington. Officials have stocked the pond with grass-eating carp.

20 hours ago

Lizbette Martinez became the first person in NYC to get the Sophono hearing system (credit: Handout)

L.I. Woman Becomes First Person In NYC To Receive New Hearing Implant

Lizbette Martinez of Lynbrook has been hard of hearing for 17 years and became deaf in her right ear in 2011.

23 hours ago

Mourners Bid Final Farewell To Hofstra Student Accidentally Shot By Police

Worshippers exchanged hugs Wednesday as they arrived for Andrea Rebello’s funeral at St. Teresa of Avila Church in Sleepy Hollow.

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Senate Majority Leader Dean Skelos (credit: Matthew Cavanaugh/Getty Images, FILE)

Skelos Confirms Proposal To Bring Casino Gambling To Long Island

New York State Senate Republican Leader Dean Skelos (R-Rockville Centre) confirmed a proposal Tuesday to bring video slot machines to Long Island as part of negotiations to expand casinos.

2013/05/21

Wake For Andrea Rebello, May 21, 2013. (credit: Jim Smith/WCBS 880)

Mourners Remember Hofstra Student Andrea Rebello As ‘Complete Angel’

Family and friends of 21-year-old Hofstra student Andrea Rebello said a final farewell at a wake Tuesday evening.

2013/05/21

Police Union Defends Officer’s Actions In Hofstra University Standoff

While critics have questioned the actions of the Nassau County police officer who accidentally killed a 21-year-old Hofstra University student, police union officials have called him “a great cop who did the right thing.”

2013/05/21

This still image from a video appears to show a teacher putting his hands on a 13-year-old special needs student inside a Brentwood, N.Y. school. (Photo: handout)

Mother, Father Claim Teacher Manhandled Their 13-Year-Old Special Needs Son

One year after their son was disciplined inside his Brentwood middle school, a disturbing hallway security videotape surfaced, that, until recently, the family said they never knew existed.

2013/05/21

Car keys and an alcoholic drink (credit: clipart.com)

L.I. Parents Get Free Alcohol Testing Kits To Keep Teens Safe During Prom Season

WEST ISLIP, N.Y. (CBSNewYork) – Suffolk County authorities are empowering parents to help keep their teens safe this prom season. Suffolk County Sheriff Vincent F. DeMarco handed out free alcohol testing kits at West Islip […]

2013/05/21

Disabled Long Island Newlyweds Offered Apartment

The couple wasn’t allowed to share a bedroom by the state-sanctioned nonprofits that run the group homes and challenged the practice in a federal civil rights lawsuit.

2013/05/21

Nassau County Officer’s Actions Dissected In Incident That Killed Hofstra Student

John Jay College of Criminal Justice professor Michele Galietta said the officer was confronted with a split-second choice when a masked man holding 21-year-old Hofstra University student Andrea Rebello in a headlock pointed a loaded handgun at him.

2013/05/20

Paul Collins, 62, is charged with sexually abusing four boys as a swim coach in Massachusetts between 1978 and 1980. (Credit: Suffolk County Police)

L.I. Man Accused Of Abusing Boys As Swim Coach More Than 30 Years Ago

Police in Suffolk County arrested a Centereach man Monday, on a warrant issued by Massachusetts authorities for sex crimes against children he allegedly committed when he was a swim coach more than three decades ago.

2013/05/20