Top 5 Stories in Long Island Press This Week: Santos Saga, Officers Stabbed

Rep.-elect George Santos Admits Lying, Won’t Resign

U.S. Rep.-elect George Santos, the national embarrassment elected to represent the Gold Coast and northeastern Queens in Congress, admitted Monday that he fabricated his resume, but rebuffed calls to resign.

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Suffolk Police: Man Who Stabbed 2 Officers Was 56-year-old Ex-con

Police have identified a man who stabbed two officers before being killed by police as a 56-year-old ex-con who once served two years in prison for assaulting another law enforcement officer.

Meet The Group Behind One of LI’s First Legal Pot Retailers

These four people make up the group behind Keep It 100 LLC, which is among a half dozen local entities that New York State regulators awarded adult-use marijuana retail licenses to last month, marking a major milestone in advancing the historic end of prohibition on pot.

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2 Suffolk Police Officers Stabbed, Suspect Shot to Death

Police shot a man to death after he stabbed two Suffolk police officers during a confrontation in Medford late Wednesday afternoon, law enforcement officials said.

Freeport’s Guy Lombardo Was the Original “Mr. New Year’s Eve”

This dapper entertainer was a longtime resident of Freeport; he lived in a waterfront home in Freeport on Long Island’s South Shore, where a street, a marina, a restaurant, and a neighborhood were named after him.