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By Eric Anderson November 02, 2013
Goetz is making headlines again after allegedly selling pot to an undercover cop.
By Joe Randazzo November 02, 2013
The 14-year-old mute and autistic teen was last seen running out of his school in Long Island City on October 4.
By Lyndsay McCabe November 02, 2013
Under the leadership of SUNY Stony Brook and New York University, Cuomo has united several other universities and Brookhaven National Laboratory to create a community of academics to conduct research and share resources to better ...
By Joe Randazzo November 01, 2013
The eclipse will take place in the early morning hours of Sunday, November 3.
By Lyndsay McCabe November 01, 2013
Four Romanian nationals have been arrested for allegedly planting bank card skimmers and pinhole cameras on LIRR ticket vending machines to steal bank information.
By Wendy L November 01, 2013
A supermarket employee tried to get away with stealing as much as $47,000 from the cash register. Police are also on the hunt for suspects involved in robberies in New Hyde Park and Massapequa.
By Christian Abbatecola November 01, 2013
A woman was caught with three pumpkins full of cocaine at an international airport, and an Oyster Bay man was arrested for selling the drug on Halloween night.
By Christian Abbatecola October 31, 2013
A student at Syosset High School was arrested today for making threats to "blow up" the building.
By Joe Randazzo October 31, 2013
270 dead votes were mysteriously counted in Nassau County elections.
By Wendy L October 31, 2013
A couple shopping at the Macy's in Roosevelt Field Mall claim to be the target of racial profiling. The couple has filed a lawsuit seeking $2 million.
By Vickie Moller October 31, 2013
As part of large scale redevelopment efforts, Community Development Corporation of Long Island, Conifer Realty, LLC and the Long Island Regional Economic Development Council Tuesday unveiled a 36-unit affordable housing complex at a ribbon cutting ...
By Cait Russell October 31, 2013
Just as trick or treaters begin to descend upon neighborhoods across Long Island, hazardous weather conditions will worsen in Suffolk.
By Christian Abbatecola October 30, 2013
A suspect has been arrested in one robbery, but three remain on the loose after another.
By Joe Randazzo October 30, 2013
The child was found last week with its umbilical cord and placenta still intact.
By Wendy L October 30, 2013
Police are hunting for the man who attacked a woman in the public bathroom of Tanger Outlets Mall in Riverhead.
By Joe Randazzo October 29, 2013
Repairs to Ellis Island were immense after Sandy. The restoration amounted to more than $77 million.
By Christian Abbatecola October 29, 2013
Long Island was decimated by the Superstorm which struck last October, but has made great strides in returning to normalcy.
By Wendy L October 29, 2013
Severe cries of a baby were heard from a home in Medford on Sunday, resulting in a call to police. When the police arrived, they found a 13-month-old boy was left home alone.
By Wendy L October 28, 2013
On Sunday afternoon, the 911 system was flooded with calls regarding a pack of motorcyclists, dirt bike riders and an ATV rider driving recklessly on Long Island. Seven were arrested and more than 30 were ...
By Lyndsay McCabe October 27, 2013
Lou Reed passed away early Sunday morning at his Southampton home from complications resulting from a liver transplant.