Health Officials Confirm Two Deaths From West Nile Virus
Health officials say there have been 13 human cases of West Nile virus infection in New York so far this year, including the deaths of two older people.
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Health officials say there have been 13 human cases of West Nile virus infection in New York so far this year, including the deaths of two older people.
A Wyandanch, Long Island woman was arrested for driving while intoxicated with two children in her car on Friday night, according to Suffolk County Police.
Nassau County health officials said a resident from the town of Oyster Bay, who was older than 80, has died. No other specific details about the victim's death were announced.
On Long Island, residents and lawmakers want to preserve the site where Charles Lindbergh took off for his historic 1927 Transatlantic flight to France.
Named in Nathan Bruckenthal's honor, Nathan the puppy is being trained as a service dog with the group Veterans Moving Forward – a non-profit organization that provides therapy and service dogs to veterans with both mental and physical health challenges.
Astronomical fare hikes and deep service cuts are possibly on the horizon for suburban commuters. It's all because a major court ruling against the Metropolitan Transportation Authority has put the agency in a financial bind.
Mark Barber was found guilty of 30 of 43 counts against him Thursday by a Nassau County jury.
The suspects pocketed more than $200,000 in the scheme, said Suffolk County District Attorney Thomas Spot.
There was an emotional homecoming Thursday for a Long Island man who spent 18 years in prison for a crime he says he didn't commit. While on vacation with his wife in Vermont, she was brutally murdered and the crime was pinned on him.
One hundred members of a military police brigade wished loved ones goodbye at a time when the death toll for Americans in the Afghan conflict is climbing.
Sixteen years after a murder that stunned Suffolk County, Thursday was sentencing day for the convicted killer. The victim was a 17-year-old homecoming queen. Prosecutors said she was stabbed dozens of times in a jealous rage.
An 5.8 magnitude earthquake that came from three to four miles beneath a central Virginia town of fewer than 500 people sent out shockwaves to millions.
It took firefighters from more than 100 departments in Suffolk County two days to put out the fire that began on April 9 near the Brookhaven National Laboratory.
The pups were rescued from a shelter in Mississippi where a possible tornado destroyed and damaged buildings at the St. Francis Animal Sanctuary in Tylertown on Aug. 9.
Two of the patients who have been hospitalized for West Nile virus are from Suffolk County while the third is from Nassau County.
