Long Island

Two senior women and a man got stuck in a gaping sinkhole in a Long Island front yard Thursday, authorities say. Suffolk County cops say they initially responded to a home in Huntington Station just after 6 a.m. for a report of a woman stuck in a hole in the ground. When they arrived, they found her — and two…

The Nassau County GOP is expected to release a statement Tuesday on the controversy surrounding Rep.-elect George Santos, R-N.Y., who admitted a day ago that he lied about his job experience and college education during his successful campaign for a seat in the U.S. House.

George Santos, who won NY’s 3rd congressional district on Long Island, appears to have fabricated work and education experience prior to his win.

A man who was serving in the Air National Guard died after he fell while snowboarding at an indoor ski park inside a New Jersey mall, officials and family members said.

Mimi the cat went missing 10 years ago on Long Island and despite her family’s best efforts, she’s been lost to them for the past decade. The Price family searched and searched — putting up flyers around town and contacting local veterinarians — but eventually they gave up hope of ever seeing their beloved cat again.

Richard Cottingham has claimed to be responsible for up to 100 murders. Prosecutors say Diane Cusick was one of them.

A 31-year-old man landed in the hospital Saturday night after an argument with his roommate over loud music escalated to a physical assault, Long Island police said.

A Long Island cable repairman allegedly helped an armed suspect hide in his company van from police officers looking for him. But that choice is also what led to both men getting arrested — because the work van had a camera inside that recorded their entire conversation.

A Long Island home has been condemned and its owner arrested after more than 300 animals and 100,000 roaches were allegedly found on her property, officials said Tuesday.

A 20-year-old Long Island native and minor league pitcher with the Philadelphia Phillies has died after a battle with non-Hodgkin’s lymphoma, the team’s head of player development announced Thursday. Corey Phelan, of Greenlawn, was an undrafted free agent out of Harborfields High School who signed with the squad in 2020. He gave up just one run while pitching nine...

A 31-year-old Long Island woman has been arrested in an alleged $40 million counterfeit goods scheme, manufacturing fake Gucci, Chanel, Prada and other high-end labels out of the boutique she owns, Nassau County police said Tuesday.

Federal agents were seen carrying out boxes from a Park Avenue apartment belonging to a Russian billionaire oligarch, who recently had his yacht seized and the U.S. believes has significant ties to Vladimir Putin.. NBC New York’s Jonathan Dienst reports.

Viktor Vekselberg, a billionaire and close Vladimir Putin ally, had his superyacht seized off the coast of Italy in early April in the first U.S. sanction-related seizure stemming from the Ukraine crisis.

It wasn’t clear if the goose was hurt in the two-day ordeal but it was seen moving around in a laundry basket after the rescue.

A United States postal worker has been arrested for allegedly stealing Costco rewards checks from the Long Island mail facility where he worked, authorities say. NBC New York’s Pei-Sze Cheng reports.

Boston’s effort to build a new bridge to Long Island got a lift Monday with a favorable high court ruling. The Supreme Judicial Court ruled that a Massachusetts Department of Environmental Protection order supersedes the Quincy Conservation Commission’s application denial related to the bridge construction because the commission “did not rest its determination on more stringent local provisions.” “The...

A message in a bottle turned up on Long Island. Turns out, it was sent as a desperate plea for companionship during COVID lockdowns at the height of the pandemic — and the message is resonating with millions.

Richard Cottingham has claimed to be responsible for up to 100 murders. Prosecutors say Diane Cusick was one of them.

A Long Island man’s yearslong scheme to collect disability insurance benefits all the while he trained for bodybuilding competitions and owned and operated a limousine business was foiled by a series of social media posts, state officials said. Instagram posts chronicling Anthony Ragusa’s physical transformation as a bodybuilder helped the state attorney general’s office catch the fraudster for illegally...

It’s an all-too-familiar story: Someone hits the gas instead of the brake pedal. But they don’t all end up in bays. And they certainly don’t all have 17-year-olds diving after them.