Newsday photographer Thomas A. Ferrara won first place in the "Sports Photo" category at the 2018 Deadline Club Awards held on Monday night in Manhattan.

New York's public schools spent more per student than any other state in fiscal year 2016 -- and 80 percent of Long Island's districts topped the state average, the U.S. Census Bureau said.

Projects include repairs to three bridges in Nassau and Suffolk and the installation of 50 new traffic cameras on state highways in both counties.

Five people, including two children, suffered injuries that were not life-threatening when their sport utility vehicle overturned in a crash early Sunday evening on the border of Elwood and Commack, police and fire officials said.

A retired NYPD officer from Huntington Station who spent six weeks working at the smoking ruins of the World Trade Center terror attacks has died of cancer, his family said. Scott Blackshaw was 52.

Suffolk County is opening 376 campsites to out-of-towners at four county parks near the U.S. Open Golf championship at Shinnecock Hills from June 11-17.

Jurors asked the judge for information relating to two county contracts that one-time elected officials Edward Mangano and John Venditto are alleged to have helped secure for restaurateur Harendra Singh.

The Trump administration released a statement titled, "What You Need To Know About The Violent Animals of MS-13," days before the president heads to Long Island for a forum on the gang.

A temporary LIRR platform, air-conditioned tents with 37,000 square feet of retail space and viewing stands several stories tall are being built at and near Shinnecock Hills Golf Club, home of the 118th U.S. Open.

Sen. Chuck Schumer announced Monday an "all-out push" to get Congress to extend the deadline for the National Flood Insurance Program.

Authorities identified the men as Officer Michael Colangelo, 31, the groom, of Huntington Station, and Det. John M. Martinez, 39, of Hauppauge. The speed of their rented Maserati was excessive, State Police Maj. Pierce Gallagher said.

The Northport Village Board has a new trustee after Mayor Damon McMullen's appointment of resident Mercy Smith to finish the remainder of this year of his trustee term.

Nassau Democratic lawmakers have asked County Executive Laura Curran to review or rebid all proposed contracts approved by former Chief Deputy County Executive Rob Walker, a Republican who is under federal indictment.

Dix Hills native Scott Beigel's fiancee, Gwen Gossler, spoke about his life and heroism during a news conference. "He never wanted to be known as a hero. But he was. Scott was a hero to the students that he saved on Feb. 14," she said.

A turn-of-the-last-century home in Sea Cliff comes with modern interiors and views of Hempstead Bay from nearly every window. It is on the market for $799,000.

Spoons, the ice cream parlor where cereal is pulverized into the cold stuff, is expanding its reach with a second location, open now in Stewart Manor, and a third to come within weeks, in Massapequa Park.

The state Department of Transportation has completed millions of dollars in pedestrian safety measures in parts of Babylon and Huntington towns.

New schedules for all Long Island Rail Road branches take effect Monday, the railroad said.

The young activists say they are gearing up for midterm elections, pressing their agenda for tighter gun restrictions.