A Long Island biometrics company will play a pivotal role in Zimbabwe's upcoming election, the first following the 37-year rule of deposed president Robert Mugabe.
Teams from R.C. Murphy Junior High School in Stony Brook and Carrie Palmer Weber Middle School in Port Washington grabbed the top spots among middle schools in this year's Long Island regional science olympiads.
A highly toxic and corrosive liquid chemical spilled in a Stony Brook University laboratory Thursday night, leading to an evacuation, university police said.
A federal prosecutor challenged two crucial sets of evidence submitted by defense attorneys for former Nassau County Executive Edward Mangano and his wife, Linda, at their corruption trial.
On the 13th day, U.S. District Court Judge Joan M. Azrack turned to Singh, and said, "Mr. Singh." "Two words you have been waiting to hear: You're excused."
The Shinnecock Indian Nation has voted to re-elect Lance Gumbs, a former tribal chairman, to its council of trustees, in an upset that represented a vindication for the one-time leader.
"They asked me what was good, and I believe Kevin James was in the mood for a burrito," the restaurant's owner says of the actor, who stopped by his spot Wednesday.