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Taxi Bursts Into Flames, Teens Hurt in Crash, Hate Crimes Unit Investigating Assault
A look at Thursday's headlines across Long Island.

Here are some of the headlines reported across Long Island Patches on Thursday (click the links to read the full stories):
- Taxi Bursts into Flames in Merrick
- Pair’s Sham Charitable Foundation Bilked LI High School Students Out of Wages: DA
- Hate Crimes Unit Investigating Farmingville Assault
- Police Seek Man Who Broke Into Car in Melville
- August 13-Suffolk Arrest Report
- Three Teens Hospitalized After Southold Crash
- Watch: Montauk Chamber Releases Promotional Video ‘This is Montauk’
- The Hampton Library to Host ‘Fridays at Five’
- Gun Buy Back Set for Saturday in Long Beach
- Taste Peruvian Food This Weekend at the Cradle of Aviation
- Man Charged in West Hempstead Bank Robbery
- Valley Stream Gas Station Robbed at Gunpoint
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