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WESTBURY, N.Y. (AP) — A witness told police that the driver who caused a deadly crash by trying to go around a lowered railroad gate on New York‘s Long Island was fleeing the scene of an earlier crash, a police official said Wednesday. “The witness said that individual was involved in an accident and went […]

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NEW YORK (AP) — The chief negotiator for Long Island Rail Road unions said Thursday they were “very, very close” to averting a weekend strike at the nation’s largest commuter railroad after Gov. Andrew Cuomo became directly involved in the talks. Anthony Simon spoke before heading into discussions with the Metropolitan Transportation Authority at Cuomo’s […]