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A business with a history of financial penalties is under investigation for violating union workers' labor rights

A Black woman becomes the first to lead a fire department in a Long Island community which was created out of need to serve the community

Long Island voters speak about restrict voting after the Voting Rights Act of 1965


Testing in newborns will expand in New York State to include screening for genetic conditions, with an importance on diseases among certain ethnic and minority populations

A Jamaican American runs a 5k while battling Lupus, which hits Black and Latinx women two to three times more than whites
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As young Blacks adults and children are nearly three times more likely to drown than white people, a Long Islander wants to change the narrative.

A Black owned business says they're getting held to higher standards than other restaurants

Friends of Biz Markie spoke about how they met the Long Islander to illustrate how community helped shape him to become successful in music

Residents in this Long Island town will see their taxes go up by nearly 10 percent the next year due to revenue losses from COVID-19 

Some Long Island communities were in short supply of visa workers due to COVID-19 

​A dispute between a village and a taxpayer has cost residents thousands of dollars in legal fees

Residents say a proposed town code regarding chickens in backyards is not ideal

A business agency that gives out tax incentives for businesses rescinds with a California based company​

The Record

Women contributed to stopping a man who killed three women within 90 days
 
Unlike previous U.S. Attorneys for New Jersey,  a new one is not set on seeking higher office 

Six people including a police officer were killed in Jersey City during a stretch of three hours

This New Jersey detention center has a history of letting teens escape.

A county employee had a suspended license before crashing a county truck  

​After a 20-year-old man was determined to be intoxicated when he crash his car and died, questions remain about who was at fault

High school basketball player arrested on charges he beat two juveniles

Woman speaks out about fake nude photos of herself 

Former cop settles lawsuit against town for $1.1 million

Teacher asked students for lewd photos in exchange for better grades

Received a tip about an alleged suspect who was arrested and caught on audio singing 'Cops' theme song

A former Bergen Catholic High School student sues school alleging sexual abuse

An ICE detainee dies while in custody

Boxing promoter, fighter and legend Lou Duva dies

Protests at JFK Airport after President Donald Trump initiates an executive order banning people from at the time seven Muslim-majority countries

An aunt of an alleged Fort Lauderdale airport shooter speaks in Spanish about her nephew

New York Post

A woman gets arrested for shooting an NYPD with a pellet gun

​A gas leak leads to firefighters finding a woman dead

New York Daily News

Moved in Oct. 2015 to cover breaking news overnight in New York City. Here's some a few stories covered.

Two New York City Police police officers were shot, but lived

Christmas Eve and morning rained with gunfire, leaving two people dead

A rash of arsons plagues a neighborhood in Dec. Neighbors wondered why

A Halloween weekend in which two people were killed among nine people injured

Was sent to upstate New York in June 2015 to cover two inmates who escaped from a maximum security prison

Border patrol agents reveal one of the escaped inmates was fatally shot because a weapon was pointed at an agent

A county sheriff believed an escaped inmate will decide if he wants to be captured

A prison worker, who was arrested, had relations with the escaped inmates
 
A prison worker was arrested on charges she allegedly helped two inmates escape

General assignment work

Tenants at a New York City based housing community complained about lack of cleaning done

A yoga nonprofit open in Harlem and is dedicated toward helping the LGBT, AIDS and HIV community

New Haven Register

A woman spends $26,000 in court and animal fees to save her dogs from being put down

A North Haven Housing Chairman arrested and charged of raping another man

A community police department equips its department with body cameras, but experts worry about privacy issues

A town loses money when denying affordable housing to come into the neighborhood

A 13-year-old from Guatemala arrived to West Haven to rejoin her mother, who lived in the U.S. for seven years

Pastors in New Haven work to eliminate poverty within the city

Victoria Advocate

Hospitals in Victoria display emergency room wait times

Mental health services in Crossroads area

Community hospital in Victoria agrees to a $8 million settlement 

Community hospital hires a consulting company to figure out options for the hospital's future

Oregonian 

One in three third graders have tooth decay

A day in the life of a traveling nurse practitioner

Portland families delay flu vaccinations for children

Sports stories I've written about.

Two New York natives returned to home one last time to play basketball

Victoria East senior fights through personal struggle to defeat crosstown rival Victoria West

Players from the Victoria Generals, a Texas Collegiate team, were hosted by strangers for the summer months

New Yorkers traveled to represent Dominican Republic National Basketball team

Crossroad locals competed in the Texas Water Safari, a 260-mile canoe race

After facing a life-threatening  injury years ago, a Victoria local competed in the Goliad Rodeo

A former hockey player turned to golf as a new sport

Hallettsville senior hoped to win a football state title just like in baseball

11 international players bond playing college soccer

Brooklyn native traveled to compete in elite high school football training camp

First-year St. Raymond baseball coach replaced a 45-year veteran
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