The scaled-down application for the facility, town planners said, reflects demand from residents storing household goods and furniture but also from business owners storing equipment. Officials have scheduled a Feb. 8 Board of Zoning Appeals hearing.

Rayjuan White, 23, opened the rear door of a woman's car and sat down, according to police. She jumped out and went into a Starbucks to call 911 and White drove off, police say.

The governor's plan seeks to combat higher-than-average unemployment rates for the disabled, veterans and the formerly incarcerated.  

Jerry Sibony, 67, who lives in the Terry Apartments on Rider Avenue, was charged with three counts of public lewdness and one count of endangering the welfare of a child, Suffolk police say.

More than 32,000 flights came in and out of the airport in 2021, contributing to years of complaints about aircraft noise and traffic, but advocates who want to keep the airport open warned of lawsuits if the town closes the facility temporarily.

Organizations across Long Island are offering opportunities for learning and service, including talks, films, music and crafts.

Charles McGee, a Tuskegee Airman who flew 409 fighter combat missions over three wars and later helped to bring attention to the Black pilots who had battled racism at home to fight for freedom abroad, has died.

The rabbi of a Texas synagogue where a gunman took hostages during livestreamed services said that he threw a chair at his captor before escaping with two others after an hourslong standoff.

It wasn't immediately clear where Djokovic planned to travel next. The Dubai Duty Free tennis tournament, which Djokovic won in 2020, doesn't start until Feb. 14.

Authorities identified a 44-year-old British national as the man who took four people hostage at a Texas synagogue for 10 hours before an FBI SWAT team stormed the building.