Long Island News

A popular beach on Long Island was evacuated at the height of a holiday weekend after stray, unexploded fireworks washed ashore the day after a July Fourth show, state parks officials said Saturday.

If you've got a few minutes to kill, go to Newsday.com to view the 'Wall of Shame,' a gallery of mug shots of Long Islanders nabbed for driving while intoxicated that comes courtesy of Nassau County.

Peace activists, asserting their right to free speech as guaranteed by the First Amendment, carried on the action which began in Smith Haven Mall on March 29th, and which resulted in the arrest of an 80 year ...

Sen. Dean Skelos , of Long Island, is expected to be elected leader of the Republicans' tenuous majority in the Senate on Tuesday, according to two Republicans briefed on the succession deal struck Monday night ...

Surrendering personal indulgences seems like a given with the prices of fuel, food and other necessities soaring.

Where will the money come from? Gas and food prices are rising, mortgage interest rates are adjusting higher, loans are harder to find and unemployment is ticking up.

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Joe Mondello is "apprehensive" about November, but in a story for tomorrow's Newsday new majority leader Skelos tells James Madore that based on internal polls he's optimistic about maintaining GOP control of ...

State Sen. Dean Skelos of Rockville Centre was expected Tuesday to be selected the next Senate majority leader, succeeding Joseph Bruno , according to several Republican senators.

As the torrent of floodwaters continues to drench Midwest fields and inundate crops, it seems about the only thing left above the high-water mark are food prices, expected to rise further on Long Island in ...

Long Islanders are going to the polls Tuesday to vote in nine contested village elections, including a race in Asharoken that pits 26-year incumbent William Kelly against village trustee and former ally ...

When the boys and the grandkids come for grilled steak and lobster tails at Jim Nicholson's Wantagh backyard today, his youngest child won't be there.

NEW YORK: An Indian-American running an IT company in the US and six Indians have been arrested in an alleged immigration scam involving H1-B visas.

Click Here to to find out how the heat wave is affecting schools walkradio.com's James Brierton reports With some strong to severe thunderstorms expected Tuesday night, Long Islanders can finally expect some ...

The hottest June 8 of the millennium -- so far -- was accompanied by furious thunderstorms that leveled swaths of trees in some areas, cut power to at least 38,000 Long Island homes and drenched Long Islanders ...

Integrated with Newsday's successful things-to-do website, exploreLI.com, the section will be packed with information to help Long Islanders spend their time and save their money.

If Long Island is Hillary Rodham Clinton country, it's about to become occupied territory.

Has Nassau County lost 28,011 people this decade, as the U.S. Census Bureau estimates, or gained 20,758, as calculated by the Long Island Power Authority ? Has Suffolk gained 33,860 people, as the census says? ...

IT IS SAFE to say that when I hear the word "free," I do not believe it. I don't think I have ever gotten anything for free and that includes a lunch.

Architect Richard Stott, a panelist at the GreenSpeaks community program at Stony Brook Southampton, speaks on the subject of eco-friendly design.