Sag Harbor priest turned playwright Joe Pintauro dies.

A leader of a Hempstead street gang who federal prosecutors say conspired to distribute drugs and shot a rival drug dealer in a 2014 turf war was sentenced Thursday to more than 30 years in prison.

An appellate court has again upheld the murder conviction of a North Babylon man who in 2001 shot at a car he was chasing in Deer Park, causing it to lose control, killing a passenger.

ALBANY -- Sen. Phil Boyle on Thursday proposed that a commission investigate why State Police chose not to issue an Amber Alert to motorists while Suffolk County police were looking for an armed Coram father and his toddler, who were later found dead in Virginia.

The former communications chief for the Suffolk police notified the county that she intends to sue the county for firing her in retaliation for reporting professional misconduct by the DA's chief of staff.

A Huntington Station woman with 89 previous license suspensions has been charged again with driving with a suspended or revoked license, Suffolk County police said.

Authorities are looking for a male suspect who they say abandoned an Australian shepherd Tuesday night, leaving it behind with no food or water in the dog pen at the Long Island Welcome Center off the Long Island Expressway.

Poquott Mayor Dee Parrish faces an election challenge from trustee John Richardson, who says he has been unfairly targeted for code violations because he has criticized Parrish.

The winners received a five out of five safety rating.

Both films are based on the 1982 Caldecott Medal-winning book "Jumanji" by Chris Van Allsburg.

Golf fans heading to next week's U.S. Open tournament in Southampton will be able to do so via a new Long Island Rail Road station.

The state Department of Environmental Conservation will oversee the installation of a water treatment system at a building that houses Shelter Island's senior center and a pair of medical offices after a banned gasoline additive was detected above allowable levels in the property's private well last month.

A Brightwaters village trustee is challenging the incumbent mayor in the June 19 election.

Long Island has hosted 22 major golf championships, beginning with the U.S. Open and U.S. Amateur championships at Shinnecock Hills Golf Club in 1896:

One of the all-time most recognizable and respected figures in golf will return to major championship competition this week. Front and center, right in the middle of the action, this icon will hold everyone's attention throughout the U.S. Open.

A vehicle struck and seriously injured a bicyclist on Thursday morning in East Farmingdale, Suffolk County police said.

Port Jefferson's financial future has become a main issue shaping the June 19 election with two incumbents and a political newcomer running for two trustee seats.

Most students get dragged to the principal's office for the wrong reasons. Copiague's Franklin Parra went there to get drafted by the Mets.

The NYPD bestowed its highest honor on slain Det. Myosotis Familia and retired the shield of Det. Steven McDonald in a ceremony Wednesday in front of police headquarters in Manhattan.

A man used an aerosol can to start seven fires early Wednesday that included torching a car, a boat, a business, a fence and two flags in Wyandanch and Deer Park, police said.