A hit-and-run driving incident has left a beloved tennis instructor in a wheelchair with a broken leg and wrist.  Jayne ...

The federal Office on Violence Against Women removed grant opportunities just as many nonprofits were preparing  applications ...

When the zoo couldn’t locate an eagle in its care, “I was told, ‘Don’t say anything to anybody, we can’t let anybody know we ...

A new three-bedroom house in Uniondale is going for less than half of what other homes in the area usually cost. It will be sold via a lottery, which is now open for interested applicants.

DeShaun McClean, 42, who works at a New York-run children’s mental-health facility, is accused of groping 14-year-old Emmarae Gervasi and watching her engage in sex acts during her stay ...

Long Islanders are feeling somewhat better about the economy now that the presidential election is over, but still have major ...

Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer and Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand sent a letter Monday to Kennedy reminding him that in a ...

By Philippa Tracy The protagonist in Colm Toibin’s earlier novel Brooklyn, Eilis Lacey, returns in Long Island as she ...

The settlement reached last month in a case alleging Republican gerrymandering in Nassau County is considered a landmark - ...

Cold Spring Hills nursing home on Long Island is set to close in the coming months after a potential buyer backed out of a deal to save the financially ailing facility.

Mike Martucci is energized about his new job as head of the EPA regional office that includes New York and New Jersey and effusively praised his agency’s career civil servants in a Valentine’s Day ...

Just over 50 years ago, paleontologist Donald Johnson unearthed the remains of "Lucy," an ancient human relative who lived more than 3 million years ago. Now, another group of scientists have found ...