Long Islanders rally to help engaged couple after devastating fire

The community is stepping up to help one engaged couple whose home burned down, destroying everything they owned, just days before they were supposed to tie the knot.

Long Island teacher indicted for fake vaccine card

A Nassau County teacher has been indicted on charges she allegedly submitted a forged COVID-19 vaccination car to her school in a scheme to get around her district's mandatory testing rules.

Long Island woman chains herself to tree to save it

A Long Island woman has chained herself to a tree outside her home to keep the local government from cutting it down.

Long Island sanitation workers attacked

A Long Island man is under arrest for an attack on a municipal sanitation crew.

Two 'scary' diseases found in NY ticks

While Lyme disease is one of the more commonly known diseases transmitted by ticks, two others getting more attention are babesiosis, caused by a parasite, and anaplasmosis, a bacterial disease.

Former Nassau Exec. Ed Mangano sentenced to 12 years

Former Nassau County Executive Edward Mangano has been sentenced to 12 years in prison for bribery.

Illegal license plate crackdown on Long Island

Law enforcement agencies across Long Island a cracking down on illegal license plates, saying criminals are using them along with bogus registrations to hide from law enforcement.

Gilgo Beach murders: New videos show victim at hotel

Newly released security-camera video footage shows one of the last times Megan Waterman was seen back in 2010. Police believe she left a hotel to meet someone who then killed her.

Food banks need more donations as costs rise

And as the need to feed hungry Long Islanders continues to increase, food and money donations are going down.

Teenage MS-13 associate 'La Diablita' found guilty on all counts in Long Island murders

Leniz Escobar, who went by the name "Diablita" or "little devil" on social media, was found guilty of luring a group of young men to a wooded area in Central Islip where members of the MS-13 gang beat and hacked them to death in 2017.

Police: Queens man stalked ex-girlfriend before murdering her on Long Island

Police say Quay-Sean Renard Hines, 30 of Queens was arrested and charged with second-degree murder for the death of his ex-girlfriend, 33-year-old Amelia Laguerre.

Seal pup rescued from road released back into Atlantic Ocean

A seal that was found flopping around a busy road on Long Island last weekend has returned to the Atlantic Ocean.

Russia-Ukraine war: NY couple continues mission to help refugees

Justin and Neina Vetrano, of Long Island, founded the nonprofit LIFE for Ukraine to provide transportation and accommodations for refugees fleeing the war. Justin and Neina call it their new purpose.

Homeland Security dog retires after 5 years at JFK Airport

U.S. Customs and Border Protection employees this week said goodbye to Bobo, an 8-year-old black Lab, who served as an agriculture canine at John F. Kennedy International Airport.

Long Island man among thousands waiting for new kidney

COVID-19 made giving and receiving organs for a living donor more difficult. More than 7,000 people in New York are on the waiting list for a kidney. Dominick Murdolo is one of them.

Seal pup recovering at rescue center on Long Island

A wayward seal that was flopping around a busy roadway on Long Island is under observation at an animal rescue center. Biologists hope to release him soon.

Long Island man faces 2 attempted murder charges after stabbings

A Long Island man faces 2 attempted murder charges in connection with the stabbing of a 38-year-old woman and her 18-month-old baby.

Man riding scooter killed on Long Island highway

A man riding an electric scooter on a Long Island highway was hit and killed on Monday morning.

Long Island cops corral slippery seal out on the town

A wayward seal has been captured after an early morning foray through the town of Southampton in Suffolk County.