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More than 100 students and volunteers took to the streets to deliver thousands of pounds of turkey and food to needy Oceanside families.
Birds abound at Oceanside’s 31st Annual Turkey Shoot
Nearly 4,000 pounds of turkey and roughly 5,000 pounds of canned and dry food flew out the doors of the Oceanside High School lobby early on Nov. 21. The reason for this mass exodus? Charity, as more … more
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Country music star Jason Aldean's performance at the Route 91 Harvest Festival in Las Vegas on Sunday night became the scene of the deadliest mass shooting in U.S. history. In the crowd was 24-year-old Rockville Centre native Peter Meehan. Above, the concert venue last Friday.
Rockville Centre native ‘grateful’ to survive America’s deadliest shooting
The death toll was climbing steadily on Monday, less than 24 hours after a lone gunman opened fire with an assault weapon from the Mandalay Bay Resort and Casino in Las Vegas during country music star Jason Aldean's performance at the Route 91 Harvest Festival. In the crowd at the Aldean concert was Peter Meehan, 24, of Rockville Centre, who flew to Las Vegas last Thursday to attend the three-day music festival with his girlfriend. more
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This isn’t a diatribe about guns
Dec. 14, 2013. It was nail-biting cold. The sort of cold that foreshadowed snowflakes in the coming days but still coddled them in gray-blanketed skies. more
30 years of giving
More than 100 Oceanside High School students and community members loaded up their cars on Nov. 22 with 250 turkey dinners, and distributed them to the homes of families in need for the town’s 30th … more
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Don’t think of our House sit-in as a failure. I don’t.
Just before noon on June 22, I finished a meeting in my office and turned on the TV to see the breaking news that would soon reach millions of people across the country: a group of my House Democratic colleagues, led by civil rights hero Rep. John Lewis, were staging a sit-in on the House floor . . . more
When it comes to guns, what are we waiting for?
It is hard to imagine that I would find myself writing about the nation’s worst terror attack since 9/11 and the worst mass shooting in American history. Make no mistake about it. The mass shooting in Orlando . . . more
Flags were flying — many at half staff — and famous buildings were lit in rainbow colors as the world showed solidarity with Orlando and America once again.
After Orlando, sadness and stepped-up security
As the shocking details of last Sunday’s mass shooting in Orlando, Fla., emerged this week, local police and community organizations ramped up security, and gathered for prayer. On Monday, … more
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Communities around the world held vigils after the shootings, like the one here near the Stonewall Inn in the West Village, New York City.
After Orlando, sadness and stepped-up security in New York
As the shocking details of last Sunday’s mass shooting at a nightclub in Orlando, Fla., emerged this week, local police and community organizations ramped … more
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Seven more Americans died while we fiddled
Dylan’s mom and Daniel’s dad write to me often. In truth, I dread reading their emails; their words darken the day. But how wrenching it must be to write those words. These parents are leaders of the Sandy Hook Promise Foundation . . . more
A police car outside the office where an accidental shooting injured a doctor and his patient.
Two accidentally shot in Oceanside doctor's office
A man accidentally shot himself and his doctor in an Oceanside office. more
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