A Suffolk Transit bus van and a car collided in Patchogue Wednesday, sending several people to the hospital, Suffolk police said.

Maribel Touré and Gwendolyn Jackson won't contest Tuesday's election, which challengers Carmen Ayala and Patricia Spleen won.

Rob Walker has pleaded not guilty to charges of obstruction of justice and lying to FBI agents.

Proposed state legislation would cut $2,500 to $3,000 off the cost of new advanced septic systems by eliminating a requirement that professional engineers or architects design where in the ground the systems are installed.

The Nassau County districts were the only two of 124 Long Island school systems to not win voter approval on Tuesday.

Restaurateur Harendra Singh would have gotten "zero" from Nassau County during Edward Mangano's tenure as county executive if superstorm Sandy had not struck, Mangano's defense attorney said.

Investors in a nearly $22 million plan for a new airport in Belize were bilked out of their money, much of it spent by their Sag Harbor fund manager on his "life of luxury," federal prosecutors said on Wednesday.

The developer of an $80 million shopping center proposed along the border of Dix Hills and Elwood plans to modify the proposal after community opposition.

Lauren Grant woke Wednesday morning to a shock.

A state judge issued an order this week postponing the East Hampton Town Democratic Committee election until the committee can prove its true voting membership.

The former defense contractor envisions development at its St. James property that would support nearby Stony Brook University.

School budgets were passing overwhelmingly in districts across Long Island, with returns including a lopsided win in the Greenport district, which overrode its state tax cap for the third time in a row.

A Plandome Manor home on the market for $3.999 million originally belonged to the founder of horseracing's Daily Racing Form.

PSEG Long Island said it has completed all major work on a cable to supply much-needed power to Shelter Island.

The Suffolk County Legislature voted Tuesday to create a Marine Industry Revitalization Advisory Council to boost an industry "decimated" by superstorm Sandy and in urgent need of skilled workers, dredging of waterways and water quality watchdogs.

A Huntington Station man was arraigned Wednesday on a second-degree murder charge in connection with a fatal shooting during a Lindenhurst bar fight, the Suffolk County District Attorney's Office said.

The New York Independence Party has named Suffolk elections attorney Vincent Messina, a Republican, as its candidate for state attorney general.

A very small tsunami occurred off the coast of Montauk in the wake of Tuesday's unsettled weather, but residents don't need to sound the alarm, according to the National Tsunami Warning Center.

Rain that had begun falling across Long Island by noon Wednesday was expected to continue, forecasters said.

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