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Nassau, Suffolk police step up security across LI in wake of mass shootings

Officials on Long Island are proposing new safety measures in the wake of this weekend's two mass shootings.

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Long Island lawmaker wants stricter boating while intoxicated punishments

A New York legislator is looking to pass two bills that would bring harsher penalties for boating while intoxicated.

North Bellmore residents push for traffic light at intersection where Nassau officer was injured

North Bellmore residents are pushing for a traffic light at an intersection where a Nassau police officer was injured in a hit-and-run.

Nonprofit: Number of child hot car deaths on rise in recent years

The number of children dying after being left in hot cars has been on the rise in recent years, according to a national nonprofit.

Former Nassau County Executive Tom Gulotta dies at age 75

News 12 Long Island has learned former Nassau County Executive Tom Gulotta has died at age 75.

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Authorities say another person has died from a weekend mass shooting at a Walmart in El Paso, Texas, raising the death toll in that attack to 21.

S&P 500 plunges in worst loss of year as trade war escalates

U.S. stocks nosedived in early trading as China's currency fell sharply and stoked fears that the trade war between the U.S. and China will again escalate.

Trump vows action after shootings, but gives few details

President Donald Trump on Monday condemned weekend shootings in Texas and Ohio as barbaric crimes "against all humanity" and called for bipartisan cooperation to respond to an epidemic of gun violence.