Long Island

Instead of going to school on Thursday, some students and their parents staged a so-called sickout outside to voice concerns about environmental hazards at Northport Middle School.

A Long Island firm sold tens of millions of dollars in Chinese-made surveillance and other sensitive security equipment to customers, including the U.S. military, by falsely claiming it was made in America, federal prosecutors said Thursday. Reported by Teresa Priolo

Illegal guns, crack cocaine, and photographs of about 400 grams of almost pure fentanyl seized by investigators were on display Wednesday to highlight what officials are calling the largest fentanyl bust in Nassau County history. The fentanyl is too dangerous to show as evidence.

Matias Ferreira,a Suffolk County police officer has been serving his community with honor, even though he lost both his legs below the knee while serving with the U.S. Marine Corps in Afghanistan.

Three years ago Shirley Ruch wanted to find a way to pair a love for cooking with a desire to create employment opportunities for some who may have none. So she founded South Fork Bakery in Amagansett, Long Island, where all of the employees have developmental disabilities.

Walk inside the Long Island Music Hall of Fame's Mobile Museum and it's hard to believe you're on a bus. The project that's been in the works for three years was created by the Long Island Music Hall of Fame, a nonprofit dedicated to recognizing, honoring and preserving Long Island's longstanding and diverse music heritage.

A donation-based yoga center where practitioners pay what they can afford is said to be a new concept on Long Island. It stands in stark contrast to the centuries' old practice of yoga.

Liam Noonan got a big surprise on Friday. The 17-year-old from East Northport, Long Island, was diagnosed with cancer last March and through all of his treatments was a superstar. He is now in remission.

Plainedge High School head football coach Rob Shaver has been suspended for one game after allegedly failing to follow a lopsided scores policy. It mandates that coaches of football teams in Nassau County that win by more than 42 points explain what they did to prevent running up the score in an unsportsmanlike fashion. The game in question was played last Friday night between Plainedge and South Side, both 6?0 teams. The outcome was a 61?13 victory for Plainedge.