Travelers have started hitting the road for the unofficial kickoff of the summer travel season. AAA said to expect more than 36 million people to travel by car.

Service on the Long Island Rail Road between Penn Station and Jamaica was restored in time for the evening rush after a westbound train fatally hit an unauthorized person on the tracks Wednesday afternoon, the LIRR said.

Investigators determined that NYPD Officer Michael Colangelo was behind the wheel of Maserati that crashed, killing him and Det. John M. Martinez.

The USS Arlington made its way into New York Harbor midday Wednesday and then, nudged by a pair of muscular tugs, came to rest at Manhattan's Pier 90.

A driver was seriously injured in a two-vehicle crash in Rocky Point late Wednesday morning, police said.

A proposed affordable housing complex in Amagansett is fully funded after receiving a $7 million state grant.

Music to Long Islanders' ears -- three days ahead with sunny or mostly sunny skies, forecasters say, as temperatures rise to the mid-70s to low 80s.

Federal health officials are asking manufacturers to stop selling products with a popular numbing ingredient.

With its walkable streets and sandy playground, Northport is an under-the-radar destination for a family friendly afternoon.

The sun was setting in the sky as the Brentwood girls soccer team's season came to close. As Coach Martino Sottile spoke to one of his players, two others crept closer. In their hands, they carried a Gatorade bucket.

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"I struggle with my own neurobiological issues, and the kids know that."

Two men who burglarized a Melville church are wanted more than two months later, and a reward of up to $5,000 is being offered for information leading to an arrest, Suffolk County police said.

The proposal is one of several options listed in a report to help improve travel between the Ronkonkoma train station and Long Island MacArthur Airport.

Every autumn, after picking apples at an orchard either on Long Island or upstate, I bring them home, bake pies and make applesauce. In December, I make limoncello to give as gifts and enjoy over the holidays, and every week I make a batch of Greek yogurt. For the past 15 years, I've had an ever-brewing container of kombucha on my kitchen counter, and there is always compost in the backyard. I grow an array of vegetables and, summer before last, I cajoled my family to spend a (somewhat miserable) day canning tomatoes under the hot August sun.

State transportation officials will decide in about three months whether a new railroad crossing should be added in Mastic to alleviate chronic traffic congestion.

Not far from where President Trump branded the gang a "vile criminal cartel," many feel safer but remain concerned about gang activity.

After months of political whispering, it's now official.

State Police investigators have interviewed the lone survivor of an upstate wedding day crash that left the groom and another off-duty NYPD officer from Long Island dead, a police spokesman said.

Federal transportation officials said a pilot headed to Republic Airport early Tuesday was killed after his small aircraft crashed shortly after takeoff in Chesapeake, Virginia.