Remains of 3 Marines killed in Afghanistan returned to U.S.

The remains of three Marines killed by a roadside bomb in Afghanistan have been returned to the U.S., arriving Thursday at Dover Air Force Base in Delaware.

New officers bolster women's ranks at MacArthur Airport

Four new law enforcement officers at Long Island MacArthur Airport are the first women to join the force in about 15 years.

Flags lowered to honor New York Marines killed in Afghanistan

Gov. Andrew Cuomo ordered flags lowered to half-staff in memory of two Marine Corps reservists from New York who were killed in Afghanistan.

Marine from Long Island killed in Afghanistan bombing

Cpl. Robert A. Hendriks, 25, of Locust Valley, Long Island was among the recent U.S. servicemen killed in a bombing of a convoy near Bagram Airfield in Afghanistan. 

This Long Island league plays softball after midnight

You'd typically play a softball game during the day but one league starts when most people are fast asleep.

Magnitude 3.0 earthquake hits off Long Island coast

A magnitude 3.0 earthquake struck in the Atlantic Ocean about 33 miles southeast of Southampton, New York, at about 7:22 a.m. Tuesday, according to the U.S. Geological Survey. The earthquake's epicenter was measured at about 4.4 miles deep.

15 nurses at Long Island hospital's NICU and labor unit are pregnant

Is pregnancy contagious? Fox 5 met 14 of the 15 pregnant women who all work as nurses at NYU Winthrop Hospital in the labor and delivery and neonatal intensive care units. They are due to give birth between now and October.

Man arrested for threatening woman with pitchfork

Police on Long Island arrested a man after they say he threatened a woman with a pitchfork.

Thousands of fish poured into Long Island lakes, rivers for recreational fishing

Thousands of fish are being offloaded into small trucks to be distributed into ponds, lakes, and rivers throughout Long Island as part of the New York State Department of Environmental Conservation's stocking program to enhance recreational fishing.

Missing teen with autism located

UPDATE:  Police say that Daniel Velez has been located.

Recovering patient thanks fellow LIRR commuter who saved him

Brad Wieboldt is lucky to be alive after suffering a massive heart attack on a Long Island Rail Road train two weeks ago.

Creative activities for New Yorkers with autism and developmental disabilities

Family Residences and Essential Enterprises, or FREE, is a nonprofit organization that supports more than 4,000 individuals with intellectual and developmental disabilities. At least a quarter of whom are diagnosed on the autism spectrum.

Long Islanders upset over FEMA's flood insurance reform

U.S. Sen. Charles Schumer, D-New York, is calling on the Federal Emergency Management Agency to put what he calls their under-the-radar Risk Rating 2.0 plan to reform the National Flood Insurance Program on hold until critical questions are answered.

Mobile units can quickly respond to stroke patients on Long Island

Stroke is the most time-sensitive diagnosis in medicine so doctors at Stony Brook Medicine hope their two new state-of-the-art mobile stroke units will increase the likelihood of a patient's full recovery.

Hospital volunteers cuddle newborns in NICU

Good Samaritan Hospital in West Islip, Long Island, has more than two dozen volunteers whose job is to hold and soothe babies in the Neonatal Intensive Care Unit.

'Angels' help save life of LIRR heart attack victim

A Long Island man who was unresponsive for six days after suffering a heart attack on an LIRR train woke up not remembering a thing about the incident.

Woman severely injured by hurled frozen turkey dies

A New Yorker who urged leniency for the teenager who nearly killed her in 2004 by throwing a frozen turkey through her car windshield has died. Victoria Ruvolo was 59.

New York powerlifter brings home gold from Special Olympics

Angel Athenas knows what being a champion is like. The 34-year-old athlete, who has autism, ADHD and bipolar disorder, just brought home a quartet of gold medals at the 2019 Special Olympics World Games, winning her weight division in female powerlifting.