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By Amy Gernon October 24, 2012
Nassau County police officer Arthur Lopez was shot and killed by ex-convict Darrell Fuller as he chased the suspect who was fleeing the scene of a car accident.
By Amy Gernon October 23, 2012
Suffolk County District Attorney Tom Spota, after a 10-month investigation, announced the arrests of 13 individuals involved in a major west coast-east coast drug trafficking and distribution ring.
By Amy Gernon October 23, 2012
Two weeks until the election, the race between Bishop and Altschuler remain close.
By Amy Gernon October 23, 2012
A minibus driver was arrested on Monday for driving while impaired after backing into a tree during a field trip to Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory.
By Amy Gernon October 23, 2012
The unusual series of exotic animal trappings on Long Island continued over the weekend when Suffolk County SPCA captured an alligator at a local pond.
By Amy Gernon October 23, 2012
Louis Fortunoff, former executive of the Fortunoff department stores, dies at 47 from pancreatic cancer.
By Amy Gernon October 22, 2012
An audit of SUNY's Research Foundation, initiated last May when it was discovered that political appointments had been made for no-show positions, has revealed the extent of the misspent public funding.
By Amy Gernon October 22, 2012
A single-engine, custom plane crashed into the Moriches Inlet just minutes after taking off from nearby Spadaro Airport in East Moriches.
By Amy Gernon October 19, 2012
The Town of Islip has selected shellfish farmers to fill 13 vacant lots in the Great South Bay.
By Amy Gernon October 19, 2012
A Nassau County man has become the first confirmed case of illness related to a tainted batch of steroids, which has resulted in a nationwide outbreak of meningitis and at least 20 related deaths.
By Amy Gernon October 19, 2012
James Ryan, 25, of Oakdale, was charged in the death of Nassau County Highway Patrol officer Joseph Olivieri.
By Amy Gernon October 19, 2012
Ten Long Island state parks will have new, uniquely themed playgrounds which will be opened next spring!
By Amy Gernon October 18, 2012
Officer Joseph Olivieri, 43, was struck and killed while assisting passengers in vehicles that had just had an accident on the Long Island Expressway early Thursday morning.
By Vickie Moller October 18, 2012
For the past 16 years, Stony Brook University's Long Island High Technology Incubator (LIHTI) has been supporting new technologically-innovative companies by providing them with a variety of resources and services to improve their opportunity for ...
By Amy Gernon October 18, 2012
New York Attorney General Eric Schneiderman has released guidelines for charities and campaigns raising money for breast cancer research.
By Amy Gernon October 18, 2012
Suffolk and Nassau County Police Departments are investigating bomb threats at two Home Depot store locations on Long Island.
By Amy Gernon October 18, 2012
Kevin O'Connell, assistant to the superintendent of the Roosevelt School District, was arrested and charged with receiving child pornography at his home in Patchogue.
By Amy Gernon October 17, 2012
Michael Vaughan, a 72-year-old research geophysicist at Stony Brook University, contracted the Hantavirus while backpacking in the High Peaks region of the Adirondacks.
By Amy Gernon October 17, 2012
Secretary of State Hillary Clinton, as head of the State Department, has claimed responsibility for the Sept. 11 terror attacks at the U.S. consulate in Benghazi.
By Amy Gernon October 17, 2012
Assemblyman James Conte (R-Huntington Station) passed away on Tuesday in Manhattan after a long struggle with cancer.
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