Long Islanders can look forward to a weekend that's set to bring sunny skies and temperatures warming up to the mid- to upper-50s, a few degrees cooler on the East End, forecasters say.
Once again, nearly half of all state park lifeguards this summer will be stationed on Long Island, officials said, where every summer they prove their worth.
Thirty-three Long Island students were first-place winners last month in a regional contest that asked them to explore local, state, national and world history.
A Woodmere man faces multiple charges after police said he struck another motorist's vehicle with a wooden bat in a case of road rage on the New York State Thruway in upstate Ramapo.
Authorities seized 90 pounds of opioids and arrested a major supplier to Long Island drug dealers in a bust that "saved thousands of lives," Suffolk County's top prosecutor said.
Suffolk lawmakers approved a $10 million settlement for Martin Tankleff, whose conviction for killing his parents was overturned by an appellate court in 2007.
Three people were injured when a man pulling out of a parking spot crashed his SUV into a supermarket, struck two parked cars, and then drove into a clothing shop, police said.