Hurricane season runs from June 1 to Nov. 30, but storms could still pop up outside of these dates.

The scenario was imagined but plausible: A category 4 hurricane has devastated Fire Island. New York City's elite search and ...

By Alex Rickert and Jim McCarthy Four bills that could have provided hundreds or thousands of new building rights to the ...

The hotel, a neon-blue staple on the island since 1957, will be demolished and rebuilt after Hurricane Helene wreaked catastrophic destruction upon it more than six months ago. In a statement ...

From reproductive rights to climate change to Big Tech, The Independent is on the ground when the story is developing. Whether it's investigating the financials of Elon Musk's pro-Trump PAC or ...

Justin Albanese, Eastport-South Manor, Sr. The Binghamton commit owns the third-best 1,600 meters personal record on Long Island, logging a 4 minute, 19.48 second mark at the indoor state ...

The Long Island Aquarium is seeking the public’s help deciding the names of four otter pups. The new generation of otters were born in February. They comprise of two males and two females.

A Long Island teenager has been arrested for a stabbing attack that killed his grandmother and wounded his mother, officials announced Tuesday. The 15-year-old suspect, whose name has not been ...

NEW YORK -- A man on Long Island grew up with a suspicion his entire life that something wasn't right... that maybe he wasn't in the right family. In 2020, his sister took a DNA test, and those ...

MEDFORD, Long Island (WABC) -- More than 180 cats that survived the devastating fire at Happy Cat Sanctuary in Medford, Suffolk County, are now up for adoption. Those who are interested in ...

A Long Island man is suing a local hospital after he recently learned he was switched at birth decades ago. Sixty-four years ago, Kevin McMahon and Ross McMahon, no relation, were born minutes ...

A 15-year-old Long Island boy was arrested for going on an alleged stabbing rampage inside his home that left his grandmother dead and his mother badly injured after the family threatened to take ...