Jaytornah Wisseh scored 21 points and Long Island University defeated St. Francis (N.Y.) 62-53 on Thursday night. The Blackbirds (9-13, 7-4 Northeast Conference) snapped a two-game skid while the Terriers (9-13, 6-5) have lost three in a row. David Hicks added 16 points for Long Island ...

The tip-off was the sunglasses. A New Yorker faces a $135 traffic fine for using a mannequin as her "plus one" in the high-occupancy vehicle lane of the Long Island Expressway. An alert sheriff's deputy on Long Island became suspicious this week when he saw ...

Police say a collision between a bus and another vehicle on eastern Long Island killed one person and slightly injured 15 others. The crash Tuesday morning involved a Suffolk County Transit bus carrying 14 passengers. The passengers and the bus driver were taken to hospitals ...

A former New York school superintendent who admitted taking part in the theft of $11.2 million from a Long Island school district has been released from prison. Frank Tassone received an early release Tuesday from his 4-to-12-year term because of good behavior. Tassone and ...