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As more cases emerge globally, Dr. Bruce Farber, chief of infectious diseases at Long Island Jewish Medical Center and North Shore University Hospital, said the new variant has signs of being worse than the delta variant.

Temperatures will remain chilly, but with a milder Thursday is predicted with temperatures in the 50s, forecasters say.

Catherine Vasquez, the owner of three-month-old Zushi, confirmed, in a text, that her puppy was back home. The dog was stolen during a burglary between 8 p.m. Saturday and 7 a.m. Sunday, according to Suffolk police.

"Some viruses mutate more than others," said Dr. Betty Diamond, director of the Institute of Molecular Medicine at the Feinstein Institutes for Medical Research, referring to COVID-19's new variant, omicron.

Officer Timothy Thrane no longer requires life support or a ventilator, according to Dr. James Vosswinkel, the chief of trauma surgery at Stony Brook University Hospital.

The federal court's denial means former Suffolk District Attorney Thomas Spota and his former top aide Christopher McPartland will have to report to prison next week.

A group of residents in Amityville is demanding the village address ongoing issues with Avon Lake, which they say has fallen into disrepair. Mayor Dennis Siry says, "We are working on this and we know it's a problem we have to fix."

Southold Supervisor Scott Russell told Newsday while he likes the bike share program, the design and size of Southold's roads could make implementation difficult.

An eastbound driver on the service road of Sunrise Highway was killed when his vehicle crossed the grass median and crashed into a concrete wall in West Islip, Suffolk police said.

The town has set a goal of deriving the community's electricity needs through renewable sources by 2025 and becoming carbon neutral by 2040.

The increase in COVID-19 cases and positivity rates this autumn has roughly mirrored the pattern from last fall, while the omicron variant represents "a whole new wild card," an infectious disease specialist said.

Police are seeking information about a boat seen leaving Fox Island about the time of the explosion Sunday that sparked 911 calls from residents.

The theft of Zushi, a 3-month-old male Frenchie, came hours after another stolen Frenchie, a 4-year-old named Stella, was reunited with her owners, who live in Huntington.

Suffolk police have lifted a request for Sound Beach residents to shelter in place Sunday after taking a subject who had barricaded himself in a home into custody. 

After a day with just a trace of snow for some parts of Long Island, the next three will be sunny and dry, with highs in 40s, the National Weather Service said. 

Hanukkah was the first major holiday of the season to be impacted, and it's a forerunner for what people can expect for Christmas shopping, expert says.

The $212,841,356 operating budget is more than a 2% increase over the current $208.2 million spending plan. The average homeowner will pay an increase of $32 in annual property taxes.

A year after moving into a new home on North Ocean Avenue in Patchogue, the agency has nearly doubled its staff and developed plans for new programs aimed at providing more help for its clients — primarily Hispanic women.

Across Long Island, shoppers patronized local merchants — from a Massapequa Soccer and Sport Shop where business was "going pretty well today" to a 5-year-old in Huntington who hunted for a "present for her mommy."

For those who tested poorly, policy analysts are questioning whether a massive infusion of federal school aid is effectively being channeled to those struggling students.