Showing support for the expanding movement to pressure lawmakers to create stricter gun legislation after the mass shooting at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School in Parkland, Fla., on Feb. 14, Temple Israel of Lawrence members and the South Shore chapter of Indivisible attended the “March For Our Lives” rally on the campus of Farmingdale State College on March 24.
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By Jeff Bessen
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3/29/18
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Nearly 25 years have passed since Colin Ferguson stepped onto a Long Island Rail Road train in Mineola and started indiscriminately firing a 9mm pistol at passengers. Six were killed and 19 wounded. Kevin McCarthy, then 26 and a broker with Prudential Securities in New York City, took a bullet to the head, but he survived. His left arm remains partially paralyzed.
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By Scott Brinton
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3/24/18
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You knew CNN’s town hall to debate gun control — on Feb. 21, only a week after the mass shooting at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School in Parkland, Fla. — would devolve into absurdity when National Rifle Association spokeswoman Dana Loesch took the stage.
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3/9/18
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Washington saw another remarkable session of apparent bipartisan accommodation last week, as senators from both parties met with President Trump to discuss measures aimed at containing mounting gun violence.
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3/9/18
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Golda Meir famously said that when Israel’s enemies loved their children more than they hated Israel, peace would be possible. The same could be said of members of Congress: When they . . .
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2/23/18
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Three men, one wearing a black mask and armed with a silver and black handgun, allegedly robbed a man, 22, who was sitting in his car in a parking lot at 86 St. George Place in Inwood at 4:11 p.m. on Feb. 5, police said.
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By Jeff Bessen
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2/6/18
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As the colder weather begins to engulf the Hewlett and Woodmere communities, the Hewlett Bulldog sports teams refuse to let anything deter them in their quest for success.
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By Renee Nakkab
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11/16/17
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A gun threat against Lawrence High School posted on the social media outlet Snapchat was deemed unfounded by 4th Precinct police officers who investigated after being informed of the posting by Lawrence schools Superintendent Gary Schall on Friday.
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By Jeff Bessen
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3/3/17
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Dec. 14, 2013. It was nail-biting cold. The sort of cold that foreshadowed snowflakes in the coming days but still coddled them in gray-blanketed skies.
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1/13/17
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The Herald enthusiastically endorses Kathleen Rice for Congress. Rice, a Democrat from Garden City, has represented the 4th Congressional District since 2014, and we see no reason to replace her.
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11/3/16
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