Omar Mateen — the 29-year-old man who killed 49 people at a gay nightclub in Orlando, Fla., last Sunday in the worst mass shooting in U.S. history— may have lived for a time in …
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By Julie Mansmann
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6/15/16
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Nassau County police are increasing patrols up through Easter weekend as an added precaution in the wake of the terrorist attacks in Brussels, Belgium early Tuesday morning.
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By Nick Ciccone
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3/23/16
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Twenty-sixteen is a new year full of possibilities. We have a lot to do. Is it just me, or do people seem worried?
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1/14/16
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One would think, in this post-Sept. 11 world, that it would be very difficult for people from other countries to enter our country. I was shocked to learn that this isn’t the case.
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12/18/15
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President Obama is a deer caught in the headlights, with no idea of how to handle the Islamic State. According to a CNN poll released Sunday, 60 percent of Americans . . .
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12/10/15
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From Nassau County leaders to East Meadow residents, community members have expressed concerns about safety and hopes for global peace in the wake of terrorist attacks in Paris and Beirut last …
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By Adrienne Lyons and Julie Mansmann
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11/27/15
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The anti-refugee and anti-immigrant rhetoric we’re hearing these days is simply un-American. Clearly we are all concerned about our safety, and everything needs to be done to protect ourselves, but we cannot . . .
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11/25/15
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Nassau County residents are no strangers to the grief and anger that come with terrorist attacks. Families destroyed, funerals and eulogies . . .
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11/19/15
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Five thousand, one hundred twelve days have passed since Sept. 11, 2001. People who are 21 now were only 7 then; students who will graduate from high school this school year were 3 or 4. They cannot know how life was different before the attacks . . .
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9/10/15
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Terrorism once again brought the world to its knees when gunmen stormed the offices of the satirical newspaper Charlie Hebdo in Paris. The assault was the manifestation of a culture clash . . .
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1/22/15
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