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"Star Trek: Into Darkness" has warped its way to a $70.6 million domestic launch from Friday to Sunday, though it's not setting any light-speed records with a debut that's lower than the studio's... "Star Trek: Into Darkness" has warped its way to a $70.6 million domestic launch from Friday to Sunday, though it's not setting any light-speed records ... (more)

In what police are describing as a crime of opportunity, a wanted man with a criminal history dating nearly 15 years entered a front door that had been left open at a New York home near Hofstra University.

Democratic Assemblyman Vito Lopez, who represents New York City, said he will resign June 20 amid a sexual harassment scandal and run for a City Council seat.

The Hofstra University junior killed during and armed home invasion of her off-campus house on Friday was accidently fatally shot by the responding officer, forensic investigators have concluded.

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A top White House adviser insisted Sunday that President Barack Obama learned the Internal Revenue Service had targeted tea party groups only "when it came out in the news" while Republicans continued to press the administration for more answers.

Hofstra student John Kourtessis described a chaotic scene of fear and horror when a crazed parolee in a ski mask took his friends and him hostage in a gunpoint siege that ended with the death of a pretty co-ed. "Somebody in this house f--ked up and owes this Russian guy $10,000," yelled Dalton Smith, who was on the run after violating parole last ... (more)

A senior White House adviser insists President Barack Obama learned the Internal Revenue Service had been targeting tea party groups "when it came out in the news." A senior White House adviser insists President Barack Obama learned the Internal Revenue Service had been targeting tea party groups "when it came out in the news." The night of smoke, ... (more)

Witnesses described a frantic scene and close calls after an elderly driver plowed into dozens of hikers marching in a small Virginia mountain town's parade.

Hofstra University students gather near the house where another student and an armed intruder were killed during an overnight house break-in next to the campus, Friday, May 17, 2013, in Uniondale, N.Y. Photo: Louis Lanzano Hofstra University students gather near the house where another student and an armed intruder were killed during an overnight ... (more)

In this photo copied from the 2010 Sleepy Hollow High School yearbook, high school student Andrea Rubello is shown.

Witnesses in southwestern Virginia say a car has driven into a crowd at a parade.

'The screaming just got worse and worse ... And then we heard five bangs': Harrowing account of neighbors who listened as sorority girl, 21, pleaded for her life as she was brutally murdered in front of her twin Police were alerted when another woman in the home was allowed out to get cash from an ATM and immediately called authorities Victim: ... (more)

Police are investigating after a New York college student was killed in an off-campus house during an early morning break-in, casting a pall over the campus and commencement ceremonies.

Hofstra University students gather near the house where another student and an armed intruder were killed during an overnight house break-in next to the campus.

The shooting at a private house only steps from the Long Island campus cast a pall over the university community gearing up for commencement ceremonies this weekend.

A Hofstra University student and an armed intruder were fatally shot during an overnight house break-in next to the campus, police said Friday.

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A Hofstra University student was shot to death after an armed, masked intruder entered the home she shared with six other women near the Long Island campus, and the suspect was also killed, police and witnesses said.

Police say a Hofstra University student and an armed suspect were fatally shot during a break-in at a Long Island home.