Long Island High School Senior Cut From Football For Being Too Old
A high school senior had been excited for the upcoming football season, but was told on a day before the first practice that he cannot play because he is too old at 19.
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A high school senior had been excited for the upcoming football season, but was told on a day before the first practice that he cannot play because he is too old at 19.
A legal challenge to the ban on gay conversion therapy in New Jersey suffered yet another court defeat on Thursday.
Wreath-laying ceremonies, interfaith services and other events aimed at honoring those killed while focusing on the future were held throughout the state.
Mourners from Long Island gathered at Point Lookout for a sunrise service to remember the victims of the Sept. 11 terror attacks.
The Feast of San Gennaro began Thursday in Little Italy, with tons of food and an assortment of entertainment.
Key Arab allies of the United States agreed Thursday to "do their share'' to fight the Islamic State group, promising to take action to stop the flow of fighters and funding to the insurgents and possibly to join military action.
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BGC Partners, an offshoot of the financial services firm Cantor Fitzgerald, brought in celebrities Thursday to work the phones on the trading floor for its annual Charity Day.
The trial of wealthy mother Gigi Jordan, accused of killing her young, autistic son with prescription pills, continued Thursday with the hotel staff's testimony.
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The names of 343 firefighters were read and, in the FDNY tradition, a bell rung after each.
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