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Dr. William Close, a self-proclaimed country doctor who became the personal physician of Zairian President Mobutu Sese Seko and played a key role in halting the 1976 outbreak of the lethal Ebola virus that terrified Zaire and surrounding countries, has...

Nassau police Tuesday arrested a suspect and charged him with attempted assault after he fired six shots at a man on a Uniondale street Tuesday evening. The victim, a 39-year-old man, was not hit by the gunfire. He had been walking on the 800 block of...

NEW YORK - For those night owls who just can't get their Christmas shopping done during the day, Macy's and Toys R' Us has the solution. The two stores will be keeping their doors open 24/7 until Christmas Eve starting December 19th. Along with Toys R'...

NEW YORK (WPIX) -- President Barack Obama is welcoming the family members of victims killed on 9/11 to the White House Friday afternoon for a meeting. The gathering, scheduled for 3:30 p.m. in the Roosevelt room, is expected to draw spirited discussion,...

ROOSEVELT, LONG ISLAND (WPIX) -- A New York City police officer is among four Hispanic men under arrest for beating a black man as they yelled racial slurs and wielded baseball bats in front of a Roosevelt deli on Sunday. Nassau County police say the...

NEW YORK (WPIX) -- Looking to score some tickets to see the Amazin's play ball this year?  Well, now is your chance. Single-game tickets to see the New York Mets in April and May at Citi Field will go on sale Sunday at 10 a.m.  All you have to do is...

All But 6 Presidents took the presidential oath in Washington, D.C. --George Washington, 1789 New York City, 1793, Philadelphia --John Adams, 1797 Philadelphia --Chester A. Arthur, 1881, New York City --Theodore Roosevelt, 1901, Buffalo --Calvin...

In the case to persuade Hollywood studios to engage real directors more often, not just for their awards fodder, add "Dark Water" as Exhibit B, right after Christopher Nolan's "Batman Begins." Brazilian Walter Salles, who previously directed the Oscar-...

Below are transplant centers whose patient survival rates exceeded or fell short of expectations. Not listed are transplant centers that met survival expectations--which factor in the condition of patients and donated organs. SOURCE: Scientific...

by Jill Zuckman At his Hidden Valley ranch near Sedona, Ariz., Sen. John McCain takes his guests for long hikes across the creek and up the hill, pointing out species of birds, plants and wildlife, and occasionally serving as medic......

We took a few jabs at Gov. Paterson for his inaccurate and somewhat pander-ous suggestion to the NAACP yesterday that the media described him as the "accidental governor" based on some racial motivation. The NYSun, however, takes it a......

Clearly there are still questions to be explored about Election Day results. An example: As Newsday's Celeste Hadrick reports, Nassau election officials are puzzled over a relatively low turnout in minority communities on Election Day -- despite the...