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Celebrate Women's History Month at Stony Brook's Long Island Museum where paintings, sculptures, embroideries and more by female artists of the past 200 years are on view.

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The Heckscher Museum of Art, the African American Museum and other venues showcase art by Richard Mayhew, the people of Mali and more for Black History Month.

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Charles Riley discusses "The Art of Music" exhibit at Nassau County Museum of Art.

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The Long Island Museum in Stony Brook spotlights the work of glass blowers including Hamptons artists Bengt Hokanson and Trefny Dix in the exhibit "Fire and Form: New Directions in Glass."

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New York became the first state to require health insurers to cover scalp cooling treatments, which help to reduce hair loss during chemotherapy. NewsdayTV's Virginia Huie reports.

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Port Washington's Rapid Response Network aims to prevent or stop federal officials from making arrests by warning immigrants of ICE sightings. NewsdayTV's Virginia Huie has more.

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The deposed Venezuelan leader made his first court appearance on Monday in Manhattan as large crowds gathered outside the courthouse. NewsdayTV's Andrew Ehinger reports.

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Hundreds attended the funeral for Edeedson Cine Jr., 23, in Dix Hills on Friday.

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Gov. Kathy Hochul said she is preparing a legal fight. NewsdayTV's Andrew Ehinger reports.

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John Pilaccio pleaded not guilty to first-degree murder charges in the fatal stabbing of CVS employee Edeedson Cine Jr. NewsdayTV's Ken Buffa reports.

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The congressman said conditions appeared to be improving in the holding rooms that ICE uses for detainees. NewsdayTV's Ken Buffa reports.

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A Three Kings Day event took place at the Knights of Columbus in Brentwood on Sunday. The celebration provided a warm, welcoming environment in a time of uncertainty, according to some attendees. NewsdayTV's Virginia Huie reports.

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Authorities are looking for a thief who stole a statue of baby Jesus from a Nativity scene displayed outside the H. Lee Dennison Building in Hauppauge last week. NewsdayTV's Ken Buffa reports.

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Composer Stephen Schwartz, who grew up in Roslyn Heights, says he will not perform at the Kennedy Center after President Donald Trump's name was added to the building.

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