Farmingville resident Kelly Hagan, 22, was driving away from work at a nearby bagel store about 9:25 a.m. when she saw the mother duck hovering around the drain near a new building at 852 Middle ...
Long Island bodybuilders celebrate their fitness
LIGALY (Long Island Gay and Lesbian Youth), which credits itself for holding “America’s first-ever full-fledged ‘gay prom’ in the suburbs,” held its 15th prom at Courtyard by Marriott i...
“We came back because my family and I wanted to show solidarity with the families and with the church.” - Joe Biden at Emanuel African Methodist Episcopal Church BIDEN MAKES SURPRISE A...
New York Gov. Andrew M. Cuomo kicked off Sunday’s New York City Pride celebration by officiating at a same-sex wedding as revelers and parade floats prepared to roll down the streets of Manhatt...
“As we swing into the 2016 campaigns, candidates who want to make the case against the Affordable Care Act should concentrate a lot more on ‘replace’ and a lot less on 'repeal.’” - ...
Transgender students face widespread discrimination and harassment in public schools on Long Island and across New York State, despite recognition of their status and adoption of a state law mean...
“I don’t like to let days go by when I’m unproductive. I feel like I always have to be doing something because I understand that life is short and you have to use everything up.” - BO...
Maple syrup producers, known as sugarmakers, turned out more than 601,000 gallons of the breakfast staple. That surpassed a record set in 2013 and was 10 percent higher than 2014’s production l...
Maya Rudolph's Rachel Dolezal impression on 'Late Night'
“It’s sort of like the Wild West out there. There is no main avenue that everybody is using. Everybody’s just sort of going out and trying different things, trying to figure out what works....
“In the United States, we prize our freedom to speak, but in fact our laws uphold many limits. Sedition, for example, or advocating force as a way to change the government, is illegal. Threats,...
DR. BEACH’S TOP 10 BEACHES OF 2015
“In the first night of #ramadan we were blessed with a miracle. My daughter was born. Baby Amanah” Newsday.com asked five Long Islanders to share their experiences during Ramadan by sendin...
As Arthur McCormack walked the “runway” Wednesday evening at East Rockaway High School’s pre-prom celebration, he received some of the biggest cheers from the crowd as his name was announce...
allycaplephoto : > Pete Wentz. Jones Beach, 6.21.14. At least four people who took sick were transported by ambulance from a concert at Nikon at Jones Beach Theater on Wednesday night, ...
Nearly 100 retail food stores on Long Island have been cited by the state in the past year for 1,050 inspection violations, including critical deficiencies that could lead to foodborne illnesses....
Gene Palmer, guard who gave meat to 2 New York inmates, faces arraignment : “He did pass the hamburger meat. He shouldn’t have done it. He apologized for it,” said defense lawyer Andrew B...
“Hate is powerful but love is more powerful.” - Brandon Risher, grandson of Ethel Lance, a Charleston native who had been a member of the Emanuel African Methodist Episcopal Church for ...
It’s very easy to heap scorn upon something so obvious and symbolic as the confederate flag. But racism in the U.S. is far more complex. MATT DAVIES’ POLITICAL CARTOONS