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Democrats picked up a seat in both the Nassau and Suffolk County Legislatures Tuesday, with one GOP incumbent defeated in Suffolk and one open seat going Democratic in Nassau.

Jessica Valdes, 51, of Islip, said she is a civilian employee of the U.S. Army Reserve who has been furloughed. In her job as a family programs support assistant, "I normally connect our service members and military families with resources," such as food banks like Long Island Cares.

Airports in New York, Los Angeles, Chicago and other busy transit hubs are expected to be affected by the air traffic reduction.

WASHINGTON — Reaching 36 days on Wednesday, the U.S. government shutdown is now the longest ever, with no clear end in sight.

Independent agencies were carefully designed by Congress to ensure that those charged with safeguarding critically important public interests—like workers’ rights, product safety, or household financial security—would act to serve the public good, not the president’s political needs.

UPS said in a regulatory filing that it has cut about 34,000 operational positions and closed daily operations at 93 leased and owned buildings during the first nine months of this year as part of its turnaround plan.