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Man Shoots, Kills Teacher In Drive-By Long Island Shooting: DA Man Shoots, Kills Teacher In Drive-By Long Island Shooting: DA
Man Shoots, Kills Teacher In Drive-By Long Island Shooting: DA The alleged gang member has been indicted for shooting a woman in her car while her child sat in the back seat. On Friday, Dec. 15, 27-year-old Oumar Barry of Hempstead was indicted on charges including murder for the shooting of mother and Bronx elementary school teacher Kimberly Midgette, which happened in April 2023. Earlier Report - Double Shooting Update: Arrest Made For Fatal Hempstead Incident According to the Nassau County District Attorney’s Office, Barry was a leader of the Blood Hound Brims gang. At approximately 1:30 a.m. on Saturday, April 1, 44-year-old Midgette was sit…

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by Sophie Grieser
Schools
This Long Island High School Ranks Among Top 10 Statewide, New Report Says This Long Island High School Ranks Among Top 10 Statewide, New Report Says
This Long Island High School Ranks Among Top 10 Statewide, New Report Says A Long Island high school is among the top 10 in New York, according to a new ranking from the school review site Niche. Jericho Senior High School, part of the Jericho Union Free School District in Jericho, was ranked No. 5 out of 1,255 public high schools in the state with an overall grade of A+. It was ranked No. 1 in best public high schools in Nassau County. Scores are based on a variety of school statistics like math and reading test scores, in addition to reviews from students and parents, according to Niche. Earlier report: 4 Long Island Public Schools Rank In Top 10 Statew…

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by Michael Mashburn
Schools
COVID-19: College-Bound Long Island Student Latest To Earn Scholarship In Vax Program COVID-19: College-Bound Long Island Student Latest To Earn Scholarship In Vax Program
Covid-19: College-Bound Long Island Student Latest To Earn Scholarship In Vax Program A teen on Long Island is among 10 statewide who are the latest to receive a full ride to any SUNY or CUNY school after being chosen in the second to last round of New York’s “Get a Shot to Make Your Future’ COVID vaccination campaign. Last month, New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo announced that the state is raffling off scholarships to New Yorkers between the ages of 12 and 17 who go out and get a COVID-19 vaccine in the next several weeks. Scholarships include full tuition and board to any public college or university for the full four years for adolescents who get their shot. Among the latest w…

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by Zak Failla
Politics
Ocasio-Cortez Ally Launches Primary Challenge Against Eliot Engel Ocasio-Cortez Ally Launches Primary Challenge Against Eliot Engel
Ocasio-Cortez Ally Launches Primary Challenge Against Eliot Engel Justice Democrats, the progressive group that backed U.S. Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez's upset over incumbent Congressman Joe Crowley last year, is now supporting a 2020 primary challenge against another senior Democrat. In a campaign to unseat 30-year U.S. Rep. Eliot Engel, the group said it supports Jamaal Bowman, a middle school principal and former teacher in the Bronx. New York’s 16th Congressional District includes southern Westchester and part of the Bronx.  Bowman, 42, announced his campaign via this video on Tuesday. He’s running on a political platform centered on inve…

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by Jon Craig