A proposal by Republican members of Congress to tighten work rules for recipients has provoked a partisan split.

The formidable task of beating back climate change must be tackled by teenagers who are still in school -- and their communities -- as global accords falter, a scientist told students on Saturday.

The entire Suffolk County Legislature this week huddled behind closed doors more than an hour and a half, grilling county attorneys over a $10 million settlement with Martin Tankleff, who served 17 years in prison for killing his parents before the appellate division in 2007 overturned the conviction.

"Now when I do things, I can get the awards, I'm with the boys and I'm not just off to the side," said scout Sarah Scotch.

The state Office of the Attorney General has fined a Bethpage developer $141,000 and ordered him to pay $25,000 in restitution over information omitted from state filings on condominium developments in Copiague, Westbury and Islip Terrace.

The business has grown from a few wooden boats to a fleet of 28 that serves more than a million passengers a year.

Xuefei Xia visited the Syosset Volunteer Fire Department open house Saturday so his 4-year-old son could check out the fire engines. While a beaming Vincent Xia climbed into the passenger seat of a big red firetruck, firefighter Mike Shi chatted with his father in their native Mandarin about volunteering.

Suffolk County police suspect a man who wears a surgical mask is responsible for five armed robberies since February.

A sliver of Suffolk's pine barrens now bears the name of a late Port Jefferson environmentalist who devoted nearly two decades to preserving them.

Can defendants be found guilty if they're hardly ever present at the scene of a crime?

In Nassau County, a capital of political branding, the county executive is erecting signs with nobody's name on them.

A disagreement at a Bellmore comedy club escalated Friday night as several patrons attacked a security guard and a female worker and one attempted to take the guard's handgun, police said.

Recently, we had the pleasure of going to the newly opened restaurant and music hall, Opry City Stage, in the heart of Times Square. When we first walked into the restaurant, we were face to face with a wax figure of Johnny Cash. There was also a gift shop where you could buy T-shirts, cowboy hats and other country music memorabilia. The staff was super kind and friendly.

Earlier this week, we had the opportunity to meet Keegan Allen. Everyone knows Keegan. He starred as Toby Cavanaugh on the popular TV show "Pretty Little Liars." Besides acting, Keegan has two books out: "life. love. beauty" and "Hollywood: Photos and Stories from Foreverland." We met him to talk about his latest, the Hollywood book. We met Keegan at the Flatiron Building in a conference room at St. Martin's Press offices.

A thick blanket of morning fog lifted at about noon Saturday, unveiling a splendid spring day sure to lure people out of doors, forecasters say.

ALBANY -- Working Families Party candidate for governor Cynthia Nixon opposes the state's 2 percent cap on annual spending and the 2 percent cap on local property tax growth -- two of Gov. Andrew M. Cuomo's most popular accomplishments.

Suffolk officers arrested an 11-year-old Lake Ronkonkoma boy who they said made terroristic threats Friday morning while talking with classmates during a bus ride to school.

The National Council for Occupational Safety and Health included the New York and Atlantic Railroad in its "Dirty Dozen" list of companies that put workers and communities at risk.

New York American Water, the private water company whose soaring rates in Sea Cliff have led to ratepayer outrage, on Friday hit Nassau County and others with a lawsuit on behalf of customers "forced to pay excessive rates due to illegal property taxes."

After years of tensions, Kim Jong Un's historic visit to South Korea was met with optimism and doubts.