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.

New York Institute of Technology will use a $150,000 state grant for a bioengineering laboratory in Old Westbury as part of a larger expansion of biotechnology initiatives on Long Island, officials said.

One teacher said the lack of a contract is demeaning. "This is not fair to the devoted teachers," he said.

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 unidentified man, who lived at the home with a woman and a young girl, was shot in the upper torso and pronounced dead at a hospital, police said.

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.

Four Wyandanch women were arrested Tuesday and charged in connection with thefts from stores at the Tanger Outlets in Deer Park, Suffolk County police said.

"Usually when I go to Turkey, I consider that going home. But last summer is when I first felt like when I was coming back here that I was actually coming home."

Long Islanders can look forward to two mostly sunny days to wrap up the work week before -- once again -- there is a chance of rain for Saturday, forecasters said.

Suffolk County Legis. Monica Martinez (D-Brentwood) will formally announce her candidacy Thursday for the open 3rd District State Senate seat GOP incumbent Tom Croci is vacating to rejoin the Navy.

"I apologize to the officer," Mark Caraway said. "I didn't know what happened. I heard voices in my head. The voices kept saying that somebody was going to kill me."

Gina Lieneck walked slowly, purposefully, to the front of the room, then told the story that changed her life -- and now defines it.

WASHINGTON -- Former Nassau County Republican chairman Joseph Mondello will appear before a U.S. Senate hearing on June 13 for his nomination to be the ambassador to the Republic of Trinidad and Tobago, the Foreign Relations Committee said Wednesday.

iPic Entertainment plans to open the location as part of a new development at the site of the former Sears store in Hicksville.

Patchogue plans to round up as many residents as possible Sunday to re-enact a historic group photo in anticipation of the village's 125th anniversary celebration later this year.

Shinnecock Hills Golf Club, site of the 2018 U.S. Open golf championship, is located on the south shore of Long Island, about 85 miles east of New York City.