Women in fancy hats and men in pastel colors stood out among the tens of thousands who converged on Belmont Park to watch a chestnut colt make its run for glory Saturday.
A Coram man who fired a rifle at a group of people in Middle Island on Friday and fled the state was found dead of a gunshot wound after a confrontation with New Jersey State Police, authorities said.
Long Island war veterans gathered Saturday in Center Moriches for a day of spiritual healing, kayaking and information-gathering on services crucial to them and their families.
For nearly a year, Stony Brook University student Luigi Pesce says the main way he ate was by attending campus events where free food was being provided. He would bring Tupperware with him to take leftovers to last him until the next event.
The high-profile suicides of chef Anthony Bourdain and fashion designer Kate Spade this week could work as a trigger for people already thinking about taking their own lives, Long Island experts said Friday -- but they have also increased attention to the resources available to help people struggling with suicidal thoughts.
Republican Hempstead Tax Receiver Don Clavin declared victory last week after Democratic Nassau County Executive Laura Curran appeared to bow to pressure from Clavin and County Legis. Laura Schaefer (R-Westbury) to notify property owners by mail of assessment changes rather than post revisions online.
A pedestrian was struck by a sport-utility vehicle and killed early Friday as he crossed Pinelawn Road just north of the Long Island Expressway in Melville, Suffolk County police said.
An investigation involving multiple overdoses in the area of Freeport and Baldwin over the past few weeks led to the arrest of a Freeport man on gun and drug charges, police said Friday.