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Daniel Irvin Rather Jr.  ( /ˈræðər/ ; born October 31, 1931) is an American journalist, commentator, and former national evening news anchor. He began his career in Texas, becoming a national name after his reporting saved thousands of lives during  Hurricane Carla  in September 1961. In his first national broadcast, he helped initiate the successful evacuation of 350,000 people. He reported on so...

According to the  U.S. Census Bureau , the county has a total area of 453.2 square miles (1,174 km2), of which 284.7 square miles (737 km2) is land and 168.5 square miles (436 km2) (37%) is water. [39] Nassau County borders the  Long Island Sound  on the north and the open  Atlantic Ocean  on the south. The county occupies a portion of Long Island immediately east of the New York City borough of Q...

Walter Leland Cronkite Jr.  (November 4, 1916 – July 17, 2009) was an American broadcast journalist who served as anchorman for the  CBS Evening News [1]  for 19 years, from 1962 to 1981. During the 1960s and 1970s, he was often cited as "the most trusted man in America" after being so named in an opinion poll. [2] [3] [4]  Cronkite received numerous honors including two  Peabody Awards , a  Georg...

Charles Bishop Kuralt  (September 10, 1934 [1]  – July 4, 1997) was an American television, newspaper and radio journalist and author. [2] [3]  He is most widely known for his long career with  CBS , first for his "On the Road" segments on  The CBS Evening News with Walter Cronkite , and later as the first anchor of  CBS News Sunday Morning , a position he held for fifteen years. [4]  In 1996, Kur...

Albert Lincoln Roker Jr. [1]  (born August 20, 1954) [1]  is an American  weather presenter , journalist, television personality, and author. He is the current weather anchor on  NBC 's  Today , [2]  and occasionally co-hosts  3rd Hour Today . He has an inactive  American Meteorological Society  Television Seal #238. [3] PICTURE: By Gage Skidmore, CC BY-SA 3.0, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/inde...

Nassau County  ( /ˈnæsɔː/   NASS-aw ) is a  suburban   county  located on  Long Island , immediately to the east of  New York City , bordering the  Long Island Sound  on the north and the open  Atlantic Ocean  to the south. As of the  2020 United States census , Nassau County's population was 1,395,774, making it the sixth-most populous county in the State of New York, [1]  and reflecting an incre...

John Augustus Kelly Jr.  (September 16, 1927 – November 7, 1992) was an American film and television actor most noted for the role of  Bart Maverick  in the television series  Maverick , which ran on ABC from 1957 to 1962. Kelly shared the series, rotating as the lead from week to week, first with  James Garner  as  Bret Maverick  (1957–1960) then with  Roger Moore  as  Beau Maverick  (1960–1961)...

THE FINAL PART OF THE HISTORY OF THIS GREAT PIECE OF LAND CONNECTED TO THE BOROUGH OF QUEENS. PICTURE: By No machine-readable author provided. NE2 assumed (based on copyright claims). - No machine-readable source provided. Own work assumed (based on copyright claims)., Public Domain, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=1456479

Long Island has played a prominent role in  scientific research  and in  engineering . It is the home of the  Brookhaven National Laboratory  in  nuclear physics  and  Department of Energy  research. Long Island is also home to the  Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory , which was directed for 35 years by  James D. Watson  (who, along with  Francis Crick  and  Rosalind Franklin , discovered the  double h...

Lori Anne Loughlin [1]  ( /ˈlɒklɪn/ ; born July 28, 1964) [1]  is an American actress. From 1988 to 1995, she played  Rebecca Donaldson Katsopolis  on the  ABC  sitcom  Full House , and reprised the role for its  Netflix  sequel  Fuller House  (2016–2018). Loughlin is also known for her roles of Jody Travis in  The Edge of Night  (1980–1983),  Debbie Wilson  in  The CW  series  90210  (2008–2012),...

Keith David Williams  (born June 4, 1956) [1]  is an American actor and voice actor. He is known for his deep voice and screen presence [2]  in over 300 roles across film, stage, television, and interactive media. He has starred in such films as  The Thing  (1982),  Platoon  (1986),  Road House  (1989),  Men at Work  (1990),  Final Analysis  (1992),  The Quick and the Dead  (1995),  Larger than Li...

Several smaller islands, though geographically distinct, are in proximity to Long Island and are often grouped with it. These islands include  Fire Island , the largest of the outer barrier islands that parallels the southern shore of Long Island for approximately 31 miles (50 km);  Plum Island , which was home to the  Plum Island Animal Disease Center , a  biological weapons   research facility ;...

Canton was born to a Jewish family [3]  in  Queens , New York City, the son of Shirley and Arthur Canton, who worked in the film industry on marketing and publicity - including such films as  Lawrence of Arabia . As a young adult, he met well-known movie personalities like  Alfred Hitchcock ,  David Lean , and  Doris Day  when they visited the family's apartment. [4] After working in the mail...

Following the  European colonization of the Americas , including Long Island, the  Algonquian peoples  found themselves increasingly marginalized, their ancient hunting grounds cleared for agriculture, and their economic systems integrated into the European market, particularly through their labor and the dwindling fur and wampum trades. By the 18th century, most native lands had been seized, leav...

Long Island  is a populous island east of  Manhattan  in southeastern  New York state , constituting a significant share of the  New York metropolitan area  in both population and land area. The island extends from  New York Harbor  118 miles (190 km) eastward into the  North Atlantic Ocean  with a maximum north–south width of 23 miles (37 km). [2] [3]  With a land area of 1,401 square miles (3,63...

Nasir bin Olu Dara Jones  ( /nɑːˈsɪər/ ; born September 14, 1973), known professionally as  Nas  ( /nɑːz/ ), is an American rapper and entrepreneur. Rooted in  East Coast hip hop , he is regarded as  one of the greatest rappers of all time . [2] [3] [4]  The son of jazz musician  Olu Dara , Nas began his musical career in 1989 under the moniker "Nasty Nas", and recorded demos under the w...

WFTY-DT  (channel 67) is a  television station  licensed to  Smithtown, New York , United States, serving  Long Island  and owned by  TelevisaUnivision . Its main channel broadcasts the  True Crime Network ; it also rebroadcasts the main channels of its New York City–area  Univision  and  UniMás  stations,  WXTV-DT  (channel 41) and  WFUT-DT  (channel 68), from its transmitter in  Middle Island, N...

WLNY-TV  (channel 55), branded as  New York 55 , is an  independent   television station  licensed to  Riverhead, New York , United States, serving the  New York City   television market . It is owned by the  CBS News and Stations  group alongside  CBS   flagship   WCBS-TV  (channel 2). The two stations share studios within the  CBS Broadcast Center  on West 57th Street in  Midtown Manhattan ; WLN...

WNJU  (channel 47) is a  television station  licensed to  Linden, New Jersey , United States, serving as the  Telemundo  outlet for the  New York City  area. It is one of two  flagship stations  of the Spanish-language network (the other being  WSCV  in  Miami – Fort Lauderdale ). WNJU is  owned and operated  by  NBCUniversal 's  Telemundo Station Group  alongside  NBC  flagship  WNBC  (channe...

James Todd Smith  (born January 14, 1968), known professionally as  LL Cool J  (short for  L adies  L ove  Cool   J ames), [3]  is an American rapper, songwriter, record producer, and actor. [4]  He is one of the earliest rappers to achieve commercial success, alongside fellow  new school hip hop  acts  Beastie Boys  and  Run-DMC . Signed to  Def Jam Recordings  in 1984, LL Cool J's breakthrou...

James Carter Walker Jr.  (born June 25, 1947) is an American actor and comedian. He portrayed James Evans Jr. ("J.J."), the older son of Florida and James Evans Sr., on the  CBS  television series  Good Times , which ran from 1974 to 1979, and was nominated for a  Golden Globe Award  in 1975 and 1976 for his role. While on the show, Walker's character used the catchphrase "Dyn-o...

Lisa Randall   HonFInstP  (born June 18, 1962) is an American  theoretical physicist  and Frank B. Baird, Jr. Professor of Science at  Harvard University . [1]  Her research includes the fundamental forces of nature and  dimensions  of space. She studies the  Standard Model ,  supersymmetry , possible solutions to the  hierarchy problem  concerning the relative weakness of gravity, cosmology of di...

Mark Stephen Roth [1]  (April 10, 1951 – November 26, 2021) was an American professional  bowler . He won 34  PBA Tour  titles in his career (sixth most all-time), and is a member of the  PBA  and  USBC  Halls of Fame. [2]  Roth was most dominant from 1975 through 1987, a stretch in which he made 107 televised finals appearances, captured 33 titles, and won four PBA Player of the Year awards. [3]...

Paul Leonard Newman  (January 26, 1925 – September 26, 2008) was an American actor, film director, racing driver, philanthropist, and entrepreneur. He was the recipient of  numerous awards , including an  Academy Award , a  BAFTA Award , three  Golden Globe Awards , a  Screen Actors Guild Award , a  Primetime Emmy Award , a  Silver Bear , a  Cannes Film Festival Award , and the  Jean Hersholt Huma...

WMBQ-CD  (channel 46) is a  class A television station  in  New York City , affiliated with  First Nations Experience . Owned by The WNET Group, it is  sister  to the city's two  PBS  member stations,  Newark, New Jersey –licensed  WNET  (channel 13) and  Garden City, New York –licensed  WLIW  (channel 21), as well as WNDT-CD (channel 14). Under a  channel sharing  arrangement, WMBQ-CD shares...