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A recent string of car break-ins in Brooklyn have not been your typical smash-and-grab jobs. Instead of stereos and other loose valuables, thieves have been snatching airbags right out of steering wheels.
A prosecutor says human remains that have been found along Ocean Parkway -- including the head of a prostitute missing since 2003 -- are the work of as many as 3 killers.
The licensed drivers include four working for the Metropolitan Transportation Authority, one of whom is a mechanic who also drives buses in MTA facilities.
Authorities said the suspect enters stores while covering his face with one hand and placing the other hand under his shirt to simulate a gun.
Long Island Rail Road riders are urged to plan alternate routes to and from work until Wednesday as crews work to fix damage caused by a derailed Amtrak train beneath the East River.
Nassau County Executive Edward Mangano issued a public health alert Monday on the increasing usage of the painkiller Opana. The drug is a morphine-like opioid prescribed to manage moderate to severe pain.
It hardly seems like the time to be shutting up the house, but for allergy sufferers, that may be precisely the ticket for surviving this pollen-coated spring.
City Council Speaker Christine Quinn insisted that the banks must take responsibility for the buildings, saying that officials will "hold the banks accountable."
In a case that got national attention, a college student is now on trial for running over and killing a Long Island man. Prosecutors call it road rage, but defense attorneys say their client was afraid for his life.
What would you do if you got a ridiculously high electric bill? Call and complain, right? Well, one Suffolk County couple did just that -- and then paid the sky-high bill for a decade.
With Tony nomination week behind us, let's take a little break from the glare (and expense) of Broadway. Because there's plenty of good theatre to be experienced off-Broadway, as well. And the drinks are cheaper, too.
A federal judge has ruled that Connecticut's prisons department discriminated against more than 100 women who applied to be guards.
The U.S. senator says the National Park Service should help renovate a Long Island Rail Road station once used by President Theodore Roosevelt.
"I'm a kid from Jersey who has people asking him to run for president. I'm thrilled by it," he said. "I just don't want to do it."
Nearly 80 animals left homeless after tornadoes struck the south are coming to Long Island today.
