Benjamin Lopez gets life in prison for 2017 murder of Long Island grandmother
Prosecutors say Lariane Pizzichemi got in the way of a killer settling a gripe with her grandson.
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Prosecutors say Lariane Pizzichemi got in the way of a killer settling a gripe with her grandson.
Fifty students are still without buses, so they're back to remote learning or being driven by parents.
Parents of some students with special needs on Long Island are scrambling for solutions after starting the school year this week with no bus service. Their bus company blames the nationwide school bus driver shortage. As CBS2's Carolyn Gusoff reports, families are struggling to find alternate ways to school.
This year, face masks are optional in Jericho and there aren't any plastic guards around desks.
The district is the first on Long Island to resume classes.
Colleges and universities are alerting students about monkeypox and what to do it there's an outbreak on campus.
A 9-week-old adopted beagle named Mandu is holding court in Long Beach.
An out-of-control vehicle slammed into a condo on Long Island while a family was sleeping inside early Thursday morning. CBS2's Andrea Grymes has the story.
A neighbor caught up with the driver a few blocks away and police took him into custody.
Police said the driver tried to make a run for it, CBS2's Andrea Grymes reports.
Police say the driver took off running from the scene.
Massapequa Coast lost to Hollidaysburg, Pennsylvania in Monday's elimination game.
Officials blame climate change for one of the driest summers in half a century.
Pat Logsdon ran a transitional house for homeless men with a criminal past, when he was brutally killed in 2017.
Seven of those nine alleged members or associates of the Genovese or Bonanno crime families appeared in court.
Nine people with links to organized crime families are facing federal charges. Seven defendants appeared in Brooklyn federal court, including a Nassau County police detective. CBS2's Hannah Kliger reports on their alleged crimes.
MTA officials called it "a transformational moment" for commuters.
It took decades of debate and four years of construction, but finally on Monday Long Island Rail Road trains began using a brand new third track on the main line through Nassau County.
County Executive Bruce Blakeman says from April-June, more than 3,000 people were arrested in Nassau County, and 2,600 of them were released without bail, with nearly 200 re-arrested.
MTA officials called it "a transformational moment" for commuters, CBS2's John Dias reports.
Chopper 2 was over the scene in Roosevelt.
The project started in 2018. The MTA said it will boost LIRR capacity by as much as 50 percent, CBS2's John Dias reports.
They say it's unfair for residents to pay extra just to go to work, medical appointments, or to enjoy the city.
Nassau County leaders are speaking out against the MTA's congestion pricing plan a day after more details were released.
Investigators told CBS2 the drugs were shipped from California to the Hempstead Post Office.
