The downtown of Hempstead, New York State’s largest village located right on Long Island, is getting a $10 million facelift after years of economic struggles. The investment was announced Monday ...

Officials say negotiations would also include the future of Israeli military outposts in Lebanon and of Lebanese prisoners still held in Israel. By Adam Rasgon Reporting from Jerusalem Israel and ...

The wildfires that broke out over the weekend on New York's Long Island, scorching hundreds of acres, are believed to have been caused by a resident making s'mores in a backyard, authorities said ...

Fast-moving brush fires fueled by high winds burned through a large area of Long Island, New York, causing significant smoke and prompting evacuations. Gov. Kathy Hochul declared a state of emergency.

The wildfires began accidentally when someone in Suffolk County tried to light a fire to make s’mores, officials said. They were fully contained by Monday. By Lola Fadulu The wildfires that ...

New York Gov. Kathy Hochul declared a state of emergency on Saturday as crews battled growing brush fires on Long Island. The first fire started around 1 p.m. in Center Moriches in Suffolk County ...

NEW YORK -- Fast-moving brush fires fanned by high winds burned through a large swath of land on New York's Long Island on Saturday, spewing thick gray smoke into the sky and prompting the ...

This photo provided by the New York Air National Guard shows smoke from the fires in the Pine Barrens off Sunrise Highway in New York's Long Island, on Saturday, March 8, 2025. (Cheran Campbell ...

A Hamptons high school was evacuated Friday after administrators received a series of bomb threats — and a 15-year-old student is now facing criminal charges. Students at Westhampton Beach High ...

Firefighters in Long Island were battling a fire in Westhampton Sunday morning after several brush fires broke out in Suffolk County on Saturday afternoon. On Sunday morning, those blazes were "80 ...