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NYPD reports eighth manhole-entry incident since May amid ongoing sewer-diving trend

Police say three people were seen climbing into a Manhattan manhole on Sunday, the latest in a string of at least eight similar incidents in New York City and on Long Island since May. Authorities describe the activity as both dangerous and illegal, though the motive behind it remains unclear.

Long Island's Robke's thrives on cash-only, no-reservation policy, says owner

Robke's, an Italian restaurant in Northport, Long Island run by the Selvaggio family for 48 years, operates without delivery, reservations, or credit cards. Owner Louis Selvaggio says the restaurant keeps these restrictive policies because demand remains high, while his daughter Mia credits Instagram Reels, including videos of the restaurant's signature pork chop martini dish, with boosting its popularity. The restaurant was featured in Entrepreneur's America's Favorite Mom & Pop Shops list, profiled by editor Jason Feifer.

NTSB Links 2016 NJ Transit and LIRR Terminal Crashes to Engineer Sleep Apnea, Weak Safeguards

On September 29, 2016, a New Jersey Transit train failed to stop and crashed into Hoboken Terminal at about 21 mph, killing one person and injuring 110. Three months later, a Long Island Railroad train had a nearly identical failure at Atlantic Terminal in Brooklyn, injuring 108 with no deaths. NTSB investigators found both engineers had undiagnosed sleep apnea and that neither train had systems capable of intervening before the crash.