Lord Stirling leading an attack against the British in order to enable the retreat of other troops at the Battle of Long Island, 1776. Painting by Alonzo Chappel, 1858.

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Lanie Grant scored a career-high 15 points, Alyssa Ustby had a double-double and No. 16 North Carolina beat Ball State 63-52 ...

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The Long Island Sharks will battle the Air Force Falcons in a non-conference matchup on Monday afternoon. LIU is coming off a 102-42 win over Pratt on Saturday, while Air Force defeated Jacksonville ...

This is the largest fire in our state since 2008. So, we have not seen anything of this scale,” Gov. Kathy Hochul said.

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Just a month after the Declaration of Independence was signed, the Continental army was chased off Long Island at the Battle of Brooklyn. “Loyalists were sympathetic to the British causes,” Mr.