Two state lawmakers from Manhattan have proposed a statewide ban on the ubiquitous plastic shopping bag and a 10-cent fee on paper bags to encourage consumers to use reusable choices instead

The ex-wife of former NBA player Lorenzen Wright is pleading not guilty to murder charges in his death more than seven years ago

EU and Arab League countries insist that Jerusalem must be the joint capital of Israel and a future Palestinian state, as the U.S. prepares to move its embassy there in a step angering the Arab world

If you think there's no escape from the songs of Ed Sheeran, you may be right

Billionaire Warren Buffett says the tax changes will provide a "huge tail wind to American business

Greek officials opened a last round of reforms talks with bailout creditors Monday, just five months before the country's massive rescue loan program ends, as the government and the central bank chief publicly disagreed on post-bailout funding

Romania's top legal body has summoned the chief anti-corruption prosecutor to answer charges made by the justice minister, who wants her ousted over what he says are serious concerns about the way she does her job

The Supreme Court is divided in a major organized labor case over "fair share" fees that nonmembers pay to help cover the costs of contract negotiations

Starkey Hearing severs ties with the NRA

Authorities say an SUV driver fell asleep and fatally struck a pedestrian who was walking to a bus stop

France has opted for a clay court when it hosts the United States in the Fed Cup semifinals in April

Correction: School Shooting-Florida story

Stacks of paper slips have cluttered a U.S. courtroom in Central Islip over the past two weeks: a multicolored trail of evidence in the first major criminal trial of a Long Island fisherman charged in a probe of alleged illegal fishing.

Debris lingers at an illegal dumping site, leaving residents wondering why they have been left behind by the property owner and officials for nearly five years.

Geraldine Hart, a 21-year veteran of the FBI, was tapped by Suffolk County Executive Steve Bellone to serve as police commissioner.

Smithtown Town Council members will seek a new appraisal for two privately owned lots for possible purchase and conversion into municipal parking lots.

Southampton Village officials are considering refining their zoning code to further restrict the size of new homes built in the village.

"All of them are so angry," said Donna Cain-Hlenski, a Red Cross disaster mental health volunteer who returned to Long Island from Parkland. "That's where our skills come in."

A North Bellmore family of six were removed from their house Sunday after it filled with carbon monoxide, a fire department chief said.

Positive train control is designed to prevent accidents by automatically slowing or stopping a train that's speeding or about to hit something.