A rescue mission was staged in the early morning hours on a Fort Salonga driveway to free a raccoon with its head stuck in a peanut butter jar.

The Suffolk Legislature approved a $92,699 promotion for Suffolk Legis. Monica Martinez's sister-in-law as required under the county nepotism law.

Hempstead Supervisor Laura Gillen clashed with board members Tuesday as the town board awarded a no-bid contract to an outside bond counsel.

Volunteer fire officials Tuesday pressed Suffolk lawmakers to preserve a ban on sparkler sales to protect youngsters from burn injuries despite a new state law that automatically makes such sales legal unless counties opt out.

Chrisopher Loeb faces felony charges after threatening to stab his ex-girlfriend to death in a hotel room, authorities said.

A Jericho attorney who spent $187,000 of her client's lawsuit settlement funds on personal expenses and luxury items, including a BMW, was sentenced to 3 1/3 to 10 years in prison Tuesday, Nassau authorities said.

The 17-year-old convicted of a notorious Christmas 1990 killing during a showing of "The Godfather" at a Valley Stream movie theater filed a federal class action suit Tuesday against the state parole board for alleged unconstitutional handling of applications from juvenile criminals.

"Hope always wins, and love conquers all -- that's what the High Holy Days that are approaching are all about," the Rev. Greg Rannazzisi said just hours before the new statue was to be put in place.

Recently we went to screening of the new film "Pacific Rim Uprising." It is the sequel to "Pacific Rim." Set in the future, peace has remained on Earth for 10 years since the war against the Kaiju, creatures from another universe, emerging from the Pacific Rim, a portal in the ocean floor.

After seeing "Pacific Rim Uprising," we went back to Manhattan to interview Scott Eastwood at the Gramercy Park Hotel on Monday. We were all very excited yet nervous at the same time to meet him. He was very nice, welcoming and honest. He stars as Nate Lambert in the film. As he was on his way to the interview, he encountered a fan who said they were cousins. (The fan wasn't his cousin.)

Police said an old scam nabbed a new victim when a Florida grandmother wired $2,000 to an East Farmingdale Walmart after getting a call from a man claiming to be her grandson who said he needed the money to get out of jail.

A 70-year-old woman was rescued from a Holbrook house fire on Tuesday by an off-duty firefighter and two Suffolk police officers, officials said.

Brookhaven Town inspectors issued hundreds of summonses for housing, vehicle and fire safety violations in Mastic Beach in the past two months as part of its plan to improve the community, officials said.

Dr. Allison McLarty knew as a 10-year-old she wanted to become a physician and confirmed that decision after a childhood accident landed her in a hospital.

The Long Island Rail Road is postponing the first stop in its "LIRR Listens Tour" at Penn Station Wednesday because of the impending snowstorm, officials said.

Luck may have run out for a man who authorities said stole four $30 scratch-off lottery tickets.

A Wyandanch man was arrested early Monday after officers determined that his driver's license had been suspended 76 times on 15 different occasions, police said.

The Farmingville man who robbed a convenience store at gunpoint early Tuesday also robbed the same store at gunpoint on New Year's Day, Suffolk County police said.

The Hicksville born-and-bred Theresa Caputo responded to Kardashian's question with mutual admiration.

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