Suffolk County (New York)

N.Y. blizzard fallout: One highway official resigns, 2 suspended

2013-02-14 14:04:00

As the flurry of complaints about Blizzard of 2013 cleanup pile up in eastern New York, some local officials find their jobs in jeopardy. Four days after the blizzard began and two days after Democratic Gov. Andrew Cuomo sent more than 400 snowplows and...

Twister rakes Hattiesburg, University of Southern Mississippi

2013-02-10 19:45:00

A tornado touched down in a southern Mississippi college town Sunday evening, officials said, inflicting "significant damage" and injuring at least 10 people. "We do have significant damage throughout the city,” Kyle Hopkins, emergency...

In Suffolk County, N.Y., a makeshift storm shelter at Wal-Mart

2013-02-10 12:09:00

As Sixto Nunez surveyed the road conditions in Long Island on Saturday, he started to get anxious. The 40-year-old Dominican immigrant�had already braved three New York winters, but this was different. The plowed snow mounds looked menacing and, a few...

Northeast struggles to dig out from massive blizzard

2013-02-10 16:40:00

Much of the Northeast struggled on Sunday to dig out from the massive weekend blizzard.� By evening, a 27-mile stretch of the snow-covered�Long Island Expressway�remained closed, a day after vehicles became mired there during the blizzard. At New York...

Monster blizzard storms through Northeast

2013-02-09 07:40:00

BOSTON -- Carrying hurricane-force winds, a monstrous blizzard pounded the Northeast on Satur day, dropping more than two feet of snow in many areas and causing as many as 650,000 homes and businesses to lose power. Even as snow-clogged roads gave...

Northeast blizzard eases; snowplows revved up for the big dig-out

2013-02-09 11:51:00

BOSTON--The blizzard of 2013 began to ease somewhat Saturday as the Northeast began to slowly dig out from a fierce, and in some places, record-breaking storm that dropped more than 2 feet of snow and as much as 3 feet in some places. The worst of the...

Suspect in fatal N.Y. firefighter ambush killed grandmother in 1980

2012-12-24 15:57:00

WEBSTER, N.Y. -- Two firefighters lay in the road, shot. Two others had also been hit. “We are being shot at, multiple firemen down, multiple firemen shot," one firefighter radioed in. "I am shot. I think it was an assault rifle. We have...

Missing woman probably not a victim of Long Island serial killer

2011-12-07 16:36:40

First, a sex offender registry. Next, an animal abuser registry?

2012-01-19 16:37:25

Lone killer suspected in New York serial killings

2011-11-30 16:36:24

Autopsies complete on 2 cruise passengers who died aboard ship

2011-11-02 21:37:04

How to avoid being ripped off by phony contractors

2009-08-09 00:00:00

The arrest recently of a group of "woodchucks" by Fairfax County, Va., police is just one example of why homeowners nationwide should use caution when hiring people to do odd jobs around their properties. Woodchucks are so named in this part of the...

Members of the Nissequogue Fire Department assist a stranded motorist in Suffolk County, N.Y., where a group of people took shelter at a Wal-Mart store.

2013-02-10 11:38:35

From left, Rep. Gregory W. Meeks, D-N.Y., Suffolk County, N.Y., Executive Steve Bellone, Rep. Peter King, R-N.Y., Rep. Steve Israel, D-NY, and Nassau County Executive Edward P. Mangano, celebrate just after the House of Representatives passed a $50.

2013-01-15 18:35:00

A happier dog may mean a happier family.

2010-10-15 18:52:05