A pro-Palestinian activist who police said wore a kaffiyeh at a protest in Cedarhurst on Sunday in violation of Nassau's face mask ban became the first person apparently arrested at a political ...

A pro-Palestinian protester wearing a keffiyeh scarf has been charged with violating a Long Island county’s new law banning face masks in public, reviving fears from opponents that the statute ...

What's missing from the new Census report, experts said, was an accounting of the true level of poverty on Long Island, fueled by a high cost of living, compared to other parts of the United States.

(KABC) -- At least one shot was fired late Monday night after two men were robbed by three suspects in ski masks in the parking lot of the Fashion Island shopping mall in Newport Beach, police said.

A 18-year-old was arrested on Long Island over the weekend and charged with possessing a knife and wearing a mask in public, becoming the first person to face potential punishment over Nassau ...

Wesslin Omar Ramirez Castillo of Hicksville has become the first in Nassau County to face charges under the mask ban recently approved by the Nassau County Legislature. Castillo, 18, was arrested ...

Nassau County police on Long Island said they found a 14-inch knife on a man they stopped and searched because he was wearing a face mask, the first violation of a contested local law that bans ...

NEW YORK — A 18-year-old was arrested on Long Island over the weekend and charged with possessing a knife and wearing a mask in public, becoming the first person to face potential punishment ...

Nassau County, on Long Island, passed a law this month that bans people from wearing face masks in public, with exceptions for medical and religious needs. Local police are tasked with enforcing ...

NEW YORK (AP) — In a story published Aug. 27, 2024, about a person arrested for wearing a mask in public, The Associated Press erroneously reported the court in which the defendant was arraigned.

NEW YORK — A 18-year-old was arrested on Long Island over the weekend and charged with possessing a knife and wearing a mask in public, becoming the first person to face potential punishment over ...