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The number of small turtles that have washed-up dead on Long Island in the last month has doubled, a die-off scientists blame on waterborne toxins that have reached unprecedented levels for reasons that aren't entirely clear.
With concerns about the bacteria rotting fish would produce, officials are now asking local fishermen to help clean up the fish.
Police were searching Friday for whoever made off with several hundred pairs of pricey sunglasses from a Long Island woman's car.
The Federal Aviation Administration is investigating after five pilots reported that a green laser was pointed at their planes while flying over Long Island and New Jersey near John F. Kennedy Airport.
A 25-year-old employee just finished her evening shift, her purse filled with cash from her night's work.
A pit bull puppy that was rescued from an abusive owner has found a loving home.
After receiving numerous Crime Stoppers tips, police said they arrested 28-year-old Luis Flores Junior at his home Thursday morning.
According to authorities, the men rented U-Haul trucks to cart away their loot -- refrigerators, tires, microwaves, granite countertops, perhaps even kitchen sinks.
Seventeen workers at a pen and magic marker manufacturer on Long Island were hospitalized Wednesday after being exposed to carbon monoxide.
A New York City judge has heard arguments over the rights of two chimpanzees that advocates hope to free from Stony Brook University where they're kept.
A nearly six-foot-long alligator was turned over the Suffolk County SPCA on Tuesday.
A man was arrested Tuesday charged with robbing a Port Jefferson Station Rite Aid pharmacy of cash and Oxycontin pills.
Nassau County and Freeport police said they worked together on this case as part of the Long Island heroin initiative.
A Long Island doctor is fed up after an out-of-control driver smashed into his medical office.
A bizarre lawsuit on Long Island will have parents thinking twice about what they pack in their children's lunch.
