Mosquitoes Carrying West Nile Virus At Historic High On Long Island
To combat the insect infiltration, Suffolk and Nassau Counties have been spraying mosquito repellant by air and by ground. But that is not without controversy.
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To combat the insect infiltration, Suffolk and Nassau Counties have been spraying mosquito repellant by air and by ground. But that is not without controversy.
As police step up security at Sikh temples across New York City and Long Island, authorities have released new details about Sunday's mass shooting at a Sikh temple in Wisconsin.
Raymond Roth was first reported missing on July 28 by his 22-year-old son who told police his 47-year-old dad went for a swim beyond the lifeguard zone and never came back.
At a news conference Friday, Evana Roth said she was planning her husband Raymond Roth's funeral when she stumbled across a suspicious chain of emails between Roth and his son, allegedly detailing plans for Roth to fake his own death and disappear.
Some streets on Long Island were filled with caskets and hearses on Thursday. The coffins were empty, but the scene was filled with very real and raw emotion.
After a police commander was accused of falsifying crime reports for two Nassau County precincts, a County Legislator is questioning whether the closure was warranted.
Brian Miller, 55, and Dominick Iannolo, 44, were arrested by Nassau County authorities on Tuesday on charges of official misconduct and falsifying business records.
A local woman gave birth to twins on the side of a parkway. Siobhan Anderson told CBS 2's Dick Brennan that she and her husband Bryan were on their way to the hospital but the twins did not want to wait that long.
It was a head-on collision between a black Honda and a gray Mercedes, and it was the Honda that was going the wrong way. The car entered at Exit 41 North going eastbound.
When residents in Merrick called police, they were told removing the raccoon would be the homeowners' problem.
The FDA says the New York state DEC closed the waters to harvesting on July 13 after several cases of people getting sick from eating raw or partially cooked shellfish from the area were reported.
Nassau County Police Inspector Kenneth Lack said the cement mixer first hit a Long Island Rail Road train trestle that it couldn't fit under. That is when the mixer veered to the other side of the road and hit the oncoming school bus.
He's vowing not to raise property taxes in the current political climate, but with sales taxes down, and revenues from red light cameras down, Nassau County Executive Ed Mangano still faces a staggering budget deficit.
Nassau County detectives said that 48-year-old Jose Sorto of East Meadow surrendered to authorities on Saturday night, and he has been charged with two counts of leaving the scene of an incident.
Nassau County Police have launched an investigation into a series of tire slashings in East Meadow on Saturday morning.
Moviegoers in New York City were deeply saddened but unfazed by the news of the mass shooting at a Colorado theater, as they turned out by the thousands to see the premiere of the latest Batman film.
Many are still searching for answers following a devastating and deadly shooting at an Aurora, Colorado movie theater during a midnight showing of "The Dark Knight Rises."
Firefighters were taken to a place where fire is the least of their worries, where one misstep can be fatal. It's a world that they could be asked to enter at a moment's notice to save you.
Financial statements reveal that Nassau County ended the 2011 fiscal year with a deficit of over 50 million dollars.
The boat was to be pulled out of the water later Wednesday night, but officials would not say when to avoid the media caravan and spectacle.
Chris Meier, 49, is charged with criminal mischief, reckless endangerment and aggravated driving while intoxicated.
FBI dive teams are lifting the boat using air bladders to the Silverton vessel and inflating them, bringing the boat slowly to the surface where any remaining water will be pumped out.
The FBI has divers at the vessel that capsized and sank off Oyster Bay, killing three children on July 4. A funeral was held today for one of the victims, 12-year-old David Aureliano.
The federal study of the 7.2 mile stretch was called for after the death of Officer Michael Califano, a highway patrolman from Wantagh who was killed by a truck during a routine stop at night in early February of 2011.
In the midst of the second extreme heat wave of the summer, some relief could be on the way in the form of rain. But that rain could potentially be dangerous.
