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A Tournament on Native Land Makes Millions. A Tribe Wants a Bigger Cut.

17 June 2026 at 08:00
The Shinnecock Hills Golf Club on Long Island earns millions when it hosts the U.S. Open. But the nearby Indian tribe has for years only received a fraction of that.

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Lisa Goree, the chairwoman of the Shinnecock Indian Nation, why says the golf course hosting the U.S. Open this week on Long Island was built on their land.

Gilgo Beach Serial Killer Receives Life Sentence After Guilty Plea

17 June 2026 at 20:58
The decision on Wednesday brought an end an infamous case that took investigators more than a decade to solve.

© Pool photo by James Carbone

Rex Heuermann gave only a hushed statement before he was sentenced to life in prison for killing eight women.
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