LI 7-Eleven Clerk Fatally Stabs Shoplifter, Police Say: Patch PM

Share-worthy stories from Long Island Patch sites to talk about tonight:

Long Island 7-Eleven Clerk Fatally Stabs Shoplifter, Police Say

The employee stabbed a man who shoplifted from the store with a box cutter during a confrontation, police say. Police identified both men.

New York App Alerts You If You Come Near Someone With Coronavirus

The state has launched its new COVID Alert NY app, which tells users when they're near people infected with the coronavirus.

Let Catering Facilities Open At 50% Capacity: Lawmaker To Cuomo

Councilwoman says catering halls have been crippled by coronavirus; she's organized a rally Friday.

Police ID Pedestrian Hit, Killed By Car On Long Island Expressway

Police said he was walking on the expressway when he was hit by a driver heading west in the high-occupancy lane.

Rare Halloween Blue Moon Joins October Sky Over New York

A full harvest moon tonight and a full hunter's blue Halloween moon bookend a month of meteor showers in the skies over New York.

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