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NYU Langone, Upmc To End Gender-Affirming Care For Minors In DOJ Deals
Two major New York and Pennsylvania health systems will stop providing gender-affirming medical care to minors under agreements reached with the US Department of Justice, federal officials announced Friday, Sept. 18.
NYU Langone Hospitals and the University of Pittsburgh Medical Center, or UPMC, agreed to stop providing puberty blockers, hormones, and surgical procedures to patients younger than 18, according to the DOJ.
NYU also agreed to pay $8.5 million, while UPMC will pay $950,000 as part of the resolutions, the department said.
The agreements resolve investigations into potential vio…
Trump Bans 3 Major News Outlets From White House, Says Others May Follow
The battle over what media outlets get through the White House gates has sharply escalated.
Click here for a new, updated story: Major TV Networks, Including Fox News, Make Rare Move After Trump Bans 3 Outlets
President Donald Trump announced Friday afternoon, Sept. 18, that he was immediately banning CNN, MS NOW, and Politico from the White House in an extraordinary, unprecedented move that is sounding alarms about First Amendment rights.
The First Amendment protects five basic freedoms from government interference: religion, speech, the press, assembly, and petition.
Trump disclosed t…
LI Train Station Murder Suspect Tracked Down Across State Lines: Prosecutors
A suspect wanted for murder at a Long Island train station was captured in Pennsylvania and now faces charges in New York, authorities said.
Adrien Arocho, 24, of Bay Shore, NY, was arraigned Thursday, Sept. 17 in the killing of Yolandus Pratt, the Suffolk County District Attorney’s office said.
Arocho and a 17-year-old boy attacked Pratt at the Bay Shore Long Island Rail Road station around 2:30 a.m. Sunday, July 5, prosecutors said. Pratt, 34, also of Bay Shore, was found bleeding and unconscious at the scene by cops on patrol, according to authorities.
Before the attack, Pratt was ridin…
Meth-Fueled Driver Admits Causing Deadly Nassau County Car Crash: Authorities
A Long Island driver who killed a man in a crash while high on meth pleaded guilty Friday, Sept. 18, authorities said.
Cassandra Panetta, 41, of Plainview, admitted fault in the wreck that killed Steven Diamond in August 2025, the Nassau County District Attorney’s office said.
Panetta faces four to 12 years in prison at her sentencing hearing on Dec. 8 after pleading guilty to second-degree manslaughter, second-degree assault, and DWAI, authorities said.
Diamond, 55, of Farmingdale, was riding in the backseat of a vehicle turning left onto Carman Avenue from Salisbury Park Drive on Aug. 10…
