Long Island teen gets college degree before graduating from high school
Bryan Diaz-Ximello is the first in his family to ever earn a college degree, and he hasn't even graduated from Longwood High School yet.
Dramatic video shows plane crash-landing on Long Island beach
A single-engine plane was forced to make an emergency landing on a beach in Long Island, New York, on Friday, after an engine malfunction, and the dramatic moment was caught on camera.
14-foot python found along Medford road
Conservation officers found the massive snake curled up on the side of the road in February.
Video: Good Samaritans save woman from burning car on Long Island Expressway
Video shows a group of good Samaritans pulling a woman from a burning car on the Long Island Expressway on Monday afternoon.
NY road salt law raises concerns about costs, shortages
Some New York communities worry they may soon not have enough salt to spread on the roads before, during, or after winter storms.
2 officers stabbed on Long Island, knife-wielding suspect shot and killed
Authorities say a knife-wielding man was shot and killed by Suffolk County Police after stabbing two officers in Medford on Wednesday night.
Brave barber chases, scuffles with catalytic converter thief
Johnny Can is a barber on Long Island. But many years ago he served as an infantryman in the Turkish military, so he didn't hesitate to chase a catalytic converter thief outside his barber shop.
Hundreds of animals removed from roach-infested Long Island home
Authorities rescued nearly 300 animals from a house that was infested with cockroaches, mites, and lice. Prosecutors said a woman got overwhelmed by the animals in her care.
WNBA legend Sue Wicks' 2nd act: Long Island oyster farmer
From baskets to bags of oysters, and sneakers to water shoes, WNBA legend Sue Wicks has discovered a second passion as a Long Island oyster farmer.
Long Island triple-jumper leaps to the top of her sport
Rocky Point High School graduate Alexandra Kelly is considered the top-ranked high school female triple-jumper in the nation.
Shark bites surfer at Suffolk County beach
A tiger shark bit a surfer in the water off Smith Point County Park in Suffolk County Wednesday morning.
Long Island shark attack: Beaches reopen with drones on patrol
Lifeguards at Smith Point and Cupsogue beaches started their shifts an hour early on Monday morning to scan the water for signs of sharks. Over the weekend, a shark bit a lifeguard who was in the water for a training exercise.
Boat crashes into Fire Island bulkhead, flinging man into water
Police officers and a bystander rescued a man whose boat slammed into a bulkhead on Fire Island on Wednesday evening, police said.
Suffolk man shot, killed during burglary
Police say that Eric Westby, 46, was shot and killed when multiple people broke into a home in Coram early Thursday morning.
Off-duty cop who survived cancer dies in car crash on Long Island
Police Officer Vincent Pelliccio crashed into a median on Nicolls Road in Selden shortly after 12:30 a.m. Pelliccio, who was off-duty, died at Stony Brook University Hospital. He was 30 years old.
Gabby Petito mourned by grieving Blue Point community
People in Blue Point, Long Island are continuing to remember Gabby Petito, while divers have joined the search for Brian Laundrie in Florida.
Topgolf, driving range with bar and restaurant, opens on Long Island
Topgolf, a chain of driving ranges featuring food and alcohol, has opened its first location in New York.
Police: 3 bodies found inside Suffolk County home
Police are investigating the deaths of three people who were found in a home in Suffolk County on Friday.
Many more court rulings on vaccine mandates expected
A federal court declined to block Indiana University's requirement that all students be fully vaccinated upon returning to campus. This is the first of what are expected to be many more federal rulings on vaccine mandates.
Dozens of domestic rabbits dumped in the woods
A rescue group contacted the SPCA about the discovery of domestic rabbits left in a wooded area of Calverton.