Commercial GPS systems are not mandatory -- and are often not used -- by truck and charter bus companies, despite advanced technology which could potentially have prevented Sunday's parkway bus crash.

Former Maryland Gov. Martin O'Malley, who challenged Hillary Clinton in the 2016 Democratic primary for president, will headline an Old Westbury fundraiser Tuesday night for Democratic congressional candidate Liuba Grechen Shirley.

The spring weather prize is in sight, at least two days of it.

A Hempstead woman was sentenced to 17 years in prison for killing a bystander and injuring two others by ramming her sport utility vehicle into a crowd in 2016.

PSEG Long Island will install an osprey nesting platform in Riverside this week after the power authority removed a nest it said was a fire hazard, leaving a pair of birds without a home.

Three Wyandanch men charged in October with abusing dogs in connection with an Islandwide dogfighting ring have pleaded guilty to felony prohibition of animal fighting charges, officials said.

Acting Suffolk police commissioner Geraldine Hart turned Tuesday's ceremony honoring 24 recently promoted police officers into a family affair.

Seven students were taken to a hospital with minor injuries after their bus was involved in a crash in North Bellport, Suffolk County police said.

The Village of Amityville held three back-to-back public hearings on Monday, all related to a proposal to create a transit-oriented zone.

LIRR riders will continue to deal with Amtrak track repairs at Penn Station as the agency undertakes another round of work through midsummer, Amtrak announced.

The change is meant to lessen class time lost to storms or other interruptions and could also lead to the recognition of new holidays.

Suffolk Democratic chairman Richard Schaffer gave 510 party faithful a dispensation from listening to speeches Monday night at the party's $300-a-head spring dinner at Villa Lombardi's in Holbrook Monday night, to the applause of most of the room.

Brookhaven Town Councilman Kevin LaValle says he remains optimistic that a $100 million housing project touted two years ago as an anchor for downtown Farmingville will eventually be just that.

Sellers Lydia and Ray Pynn

The Pynns' home, which they estimate to be 3,800 square feet, offers vintage charm but modern amenities.

'I may never feel warm again!'

When responsible first-time homebuyers need help buying a home, the family bank sometimes can lend a hand.

A pink cottage in Flanders, down the road from Reeves Bay, has hit the market for $300,000.

A Maltipoo puppy worth about $2,500 was stolen from a Huntington Station pet store Monday morning, Suffolk police said in asking for the public's help to find the thief.

Congressional candidate Liuba Grechen Shirley, who is running in a Democratic primary to face Rep. Peter King (R-Seaford), has asked the Federal Election Commission for an advisory opinion about whether she can use campaign funds for childcare.