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Newsday earned six top-10 finishes at the annual Associated Press Sports Editors contest, placing in the top 10 nationally for daily and Sunday section portfolio, special section, digital portfolio, breaking news, event coverage and explanatory. Wins in print portfolio, digital portfolio and event coverage also earned Newsday the APSE’s coveted “Triple Crown.” The results were…

NEW YORK — Two properties belonging to rapper Sean “Diddy” Combs’ in Los Angeles and Miami were searched Monday by federal Homeland Security Investigations agents and other law enforcement as part of an ongoing sex trafficking investigation by federal authorities in New York, two law enforcement officials told The Associated Press. It’s not clear whether…

ALBANY — New York likely won’t award downstate casino licenses before late 2025, state regulators said Monday, as the timeline bidders expected keeps pushing backward. State Gaming Commission Executive Director Robert Williams told board members “practically, it makes little sense” to open what will be a 30-day window for companies to put in bids until multiple regulatory…

In Port Washington, the idea of “paying it forward” starts with a kind message and a slice of pizza. Paul D. Schreiber High School freshmen Brooke Pastolove and Peri Cooper recently took over a program that aims to tackle food insecurity in the community with the help of a local pizzeria. Local twins Alec and Kate Goodman started the program in…

WASHINGTON — The U.S. on Monday imposed sanctions on a collection of fintech firms and people, mostly in Russia, accused of enabling sanctions evasion. Treasury’s Office of Foreign Assets Control sanctioned 13 firms — five of which are owned by an already sanctioned person — and 2 people who have all either helped build or…

TAPACHULA, Mexico — About 2,000 migrants began walking Monday in southern Mexico in what has become a traditional demonstration during Holy Week before Easter to draw attention to their plight. Leaving Tapachula near the Guatemalan border at dawn, the migrants and their advocates said their goal was to reach Mexico’s capital and highlight the dangers…

As anyone who has ever made breakfast for a crowd can attest, it’s no fun stressing over how people like their eggs, or churning out pancakes until everyone but the cook has eaten enough. Instead, for Easter brunch this year, bake your eggs. That way, you can feed a large group all at once and…

LONDON — Britain’s government is expected to blame a string of cyberattacks targeting the U.K.’s election watchdog and lawmakers on hackers linked to the Chinese government, Officials are expected to announce Monday measures against cyber organizations and individuals affiliated with the Chinese government for an attack that may have gained access to information on tens…

March Madness arrived with visions of chaos. Based on last year’s bracket, there was little reason to doubt it. The only surprise so far has been the lack of pandemonium. All eight top-two seeds are headed to the regional round for the fifth time. One double-digit seed will join them. Most of the Cinderellas that…

In his 2013 State of the Union speech, then-President Barack Obama called out a new New York school for praise. PTECH, which had opened in Brooklyn two years before, was the nation’s first school providing students in grades 9-14 a concurrent high school diploma and a competitive two-year community college degree. The school’s business partner, IBM, offered students…