Parents Back Push For Interlock Ignition Devices On School Buses
Some parents on Long Island are encouraging lawmakers to pass a new law that would prevent school bus drivers from getting behind the wheel drunk.
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Some parents on Long Island are encouraging lawmakers to pass a new law that would prevent school bus drivers from getting behind the wheel drunk.
Bail was set at $120,000 for 25-year-old James Ryan. He was arraigned in First District Court in Hempstead on vehicular manslaughter, reckless endangerment, criminal possession of a control substance, driving while intoxicated and other charges.
The finishing touches were underway for the Petty family's American dream home. However, construction was suddenly ordered to be halted on their four-bedroom, four-bath center hall colonial.
North Shore Animal League America said the dogs, cats, puppies and kittens came from commercial breeding operations in Missouri and Kansas and municipal shelters in Virginia and Tennessee.
Officer Joseph Olivieri was apparently struck after he got out of his patrol car to investigate the accident that closed the eastbound lanes of the expressway.
The federal government is shutting down the Plum Island Animal Disease Center, located on Long Island Sound. Now the debate over what to do with the space.
When some people need home improvement supplies, even the threat of violence can't keep them away.
A Home Depot in Nassau County was evacuated Wednesday after a suspicious device was found days after a pipe bomb was discovered in another of the retail giant's stores in Suffolk County.
President Barack Obama and Mitt Romney engaged in a pushy, interruption-filled encounter at the town hall-style event at Hofstra University in Hempstead, making charges and countercharges that the other guy wasn't telling the truth.
The post-debate headline from factcheck.org was "Obama And Romney Continue False, Misleading Attacks In Second Debate."
The move comes after two alleged drunken driving incidents over the last two weeks.
The bomb was believed to be part of a larger plot against the store -- with possible theories including an extortion attempt, or a full scale attack timed for the holidays, possibly on Black Friday.
The proposed budget in Huntington includes a huge increase in parking costs and commuters are picking up the tab -- again.
No matter who comes out on top tonight on stage at Hofstra University, one local lodging place is already a winner.
If given the opportunity to ask either candidate a question this evening, what would it be?
