The senator advocated for legislation that would make it easier for companies to pursue employee stock ownership plans.

Three dogs died in a house fire Monday evening in Amityville, fire officials said.

A coalition of a mosque, three synagogues and two churches is using Ramadan, which starts Tuesday at sunset, to launch a program aimed at combating intolerance by targeting a group they feel can have a long-term impact: teenagers.

A motorist was charged with drunken driving after he crashed his car Tuesday morning into a gasoline pump in Huntington Station, triggering a fire, Suffolk County police said.

A homeless man was arrested Monday in connection with the fatal stabbing of a man outside a Hempstead residence, Nassau police said.

The Coast Guard is investigating the collision between a tanker and a commercial fishing vessel about 30 miles southeast of Bridgehampton.

The party's chairman, who has served for a record 35 years, has been nominated to be U.S. Ambassador to Trinidad and Tobago.

"There's more than sufficient evidence for this case to go to the jury on all counts," U.S. District Judge Joan M. Azrack said of the indictment against Edward Mangano and John Venditto.

Suffolk County District Attorney Timothy Sini unveiled a program Monday aimed at educating high school students and their parents on the dangers of drunk, drugged and distracted driving.

Tempus fugit

An East Hampton windmill house where Marilyn Monroe is believed to have stayed is available to rent this summer for $55,000, says the listing agent.

The eastbound lanes of Jericho Turnpike between Plainview Road and Juneau Boulevard in Woodbury reopened overnight Monday after an accident, Nassau County police said.

Southampton Town officials announced several road closures and traffic changes for the U.S. Open tournament set for June 11-17 at Shinnecock Hills Golf Club.

Mayor Scott Strauss said that homeless people in the vicinity of the Long Island Rail Road station near NYU Winthrop Hospital will "from time to time" panhandle in the area.

Once prosecutors rest their case, it's the defense's turn. But John Venditto's attorney is the only defense lawyer who has indicated he may produce witnesses.

Suffolk County Executive Steve Bellone will venture out next week to deliver his State of the County speech at Newfield High School in Selden, despite a 2010 law that says he should make his annual report to the county legislature at a regularly scheduled meeting.

Huntington residents are watching Town Supervisor Chad Lupinacci's decision on the proposed $80 million, 486,380-square-foot Villadom commercial complex to see if he follows his campaign promise of taking the town in a "New Direction."

The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers has provoked complaints from environmentalists with a plan to begin spraying herbicides on Fire Island in Suffolk's Smith Point County Park this fall to create sparsely vegetated habitat for the piping plover.

We interviewed Cydney Sherman, Season 5 "MasterChef Junior" contestant and self-taught chef, at The Creative Kitchen Kids Food Festival in lower Manhattan. The festival was held at the Oculus at Westfield World Trade Center, an incredibly beautiful mall. The festival is for families with children of all ages and offers lots of fun activities that help kids make healthy and balanced food choices for themselves. Before we met Cydney, we enjoyed visiting the many exhibits that offered food samples and information about healthy eating. We went on the Balanced Plate Food Scavenger Hunt using a MyPlate nutrition guide diagram to collect stamps from the exhibits and earn a goodie bag full of nutritious food samples.