The slayings became the catalyst for new law enforcement strategies designed to take down the gang, officials said.

Prosecutors originally asked for bail to be set at $1 million cash and $2 million bond in light of the semi-automatic weapons police found at his home.

A Patchogue woman was held at gunpoint and tied up as her home was burglarized in a home invasion early Saturday, Suffolk County police said.

Members of Long Island's 13 African Methodist Episcopal churches gathered at the African American Museum of Nassau County in Hempstead.

Robert Zimmerman came to his senses screaming. His arms felt locked in place and he remembers that the pain coursing throughout his body was unbearable.

Neil Tiger, a former Suffolk Democratic elections commissioner, Southampton Democratic chairman and veteran party lawyer, has died after a yearlong battle with bladder cancer. He was 69.

Suffolk County police said they shut down a Copiague grocery and arrested an employee of the store Friday, saying the business was promoting gambling and selling tobacco and alcohol to minors.

We were invited to visit YOTTOY, a toy company in Manhattan, and we had so much fun while we were there. We met Kate Clark, the founder and president, and Peter Doodeheefver, vice president and creative director.

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Don't expect spring to blossom in all its glory this weekend, as temperatures are expected to remain below average and the nights could feel like you're in a meat locker, forecasters say.

A pink cottage in Flanders, down the road from Reeves Bay, has hit the market for $300,000.

The hotel's security manager was investigating a report of a barking dog when he entered an unoccupied room and saw a rifle on the floor, police said.

A Selden man was impaired by drugs when he crashed his car into a house Thursday evening in Copiague, police said.

Four groups are proposing ideas including mixed-use developments, an e-commerce facility and a 17,500-seat arena on a 40-acre site near MacArthur Airport and an LIRR station.

The Long Beach, Port Jefferson and Port Washington branches will be affected, the railroad said.

PRINCETON, N.J. -- U.S. Interior Secretary Ryan Zinke issued a powerful endorsement for offshore wind energy at a symposium here Friday, and announced a call for new proposals for a wind energy area off Long Island.

Long Islanders are facing another stretch of precipitation Saturday, with skies most likely drying out for Sunday.

Students in grades 3-8 will take the tests over two days instead of three, and tests will have "substantially fewer questions."

Jodi Giglio met by herself with representatives of a group proposing a land sale and development at the Enterprise Park at Calverton.

Hate crimes detectives are investigating vandalism on the grounds of Westhampton Beach High School Friday morning.