Long Island

A Florida woman who claimed she is Harry Potter struck and killed a federal judge visiting from New York and seriously injured a 6-year-old boy after swerving her car onto a sidewalk, officials said.

The white headmaster of a New York Catholic school who made a Black student kneel as part of an apology to a teacher has resigned, the school said Wednesday.

A New York City police officer who’s been arrested twice for alleged brutality was arrested again Sunday after police on Long Island say he fired a pistol into the Atlantic Ocean while off duty.

Nicki Minaj’s mother is now suing the Long Island man charged in the hit-and-run that resulted in the death of the rapper’s father.

The white headmaster at a Catholic school on Long Island was placed on temporary leave after reportedly telling a Black student to kneel and apologize to a teacher, the boy’s mother said.

Authorities in Nassau County have made an arrest in the hit-run death of rapper Nicki Minaj’s 64-year-old father, who was killed on Long Island less than a week ago, a police source with knowledge of the case told News 4 Wednesday. Robert Maraj was walking on a road in Mineola at 6:15 p.m. Friday when he was hit by a…

Police say the 64-year-old father of singer-rapper Nicki Minaj has died after being struck by a hit-and-run driver in New York.

The landscapes and picturesque colonial homes in East Hampton evoke affluence and a proud history that dates back before the country’s founding. But two friends from the area say there’s another, more sobering story.

Police on Monday released two new photographs of articles recovered in relation to the investigation into the bodies of 10 victims found near a stretch of highway near Gilgo Beach.

Bystanders helped rescue an elderly couple from a sinking car Monday after it careened into a Long Island canal

The unidentified Long Island serial killer, also known as the Gilgo Beach killer, is believed to have murdered 10 to 16 people on Long Island over the course of two decades. For True Crime Tuesday, NBCLX welcomed Chris Mass, the host of the new podcast “LISK,” which is shining a spotlight on the victims’ stories in a six-part series.

Coronavirus changed everything about the American landscape, including politics. It’s forced candidates across the country to call audibles on their original campaign plans as they adjust to campaigning amid coronavirus. Those candidates include Jackie Gordon and Andrew Garbarino, who are battling to represent New York’s second congressional district.

A brewery on Long Island is delivering more than just beer during the coronavirus pandemic. It’s delivering joy brought by two golden retrievers carrying beer cans.

After becoming an overnight sensation after her first rally, Wynta-Amor Rogers marched in her second protest Thursday in New York City, and said she wants to prompt change like Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.

Suffolk County police have released the name of a previously unidentified victim linked to the notorious Gilgo Beach killings. Nearly a week after announcing they had unearthed the identity of the woman previously referred to as “Jane Doe #6,” cops revealed her to the public as Valerie Mack. Mack was 24 when she was last seen; she was working as…

A Long Island man was stabbed and killed by his son while he was participating in a live video chat from his home, police said

Another woman linked to the Gilgo Beach killings, a file of 10 unsolved cases over a nearly two-decade period, has been identified, officials said Friday. Suffolk County Police, working in tandem with the FBI, say they now know the name of the woman previously referred to as “Manorville Jane Doe” or “Jane Doe #6.” They did not provide a timeline…

New York City has identified more than a dozen children in city hospitals who have a rare illness connected to COVID-19 — and at least one expert believes there are sure to be more

New York City has identified more than a dozen children in city hospitals who have a rare illness connected to COVID-19 — and at least one expert believes there are sure to be more

Amid new concerns about the possible impact of COVID-19 on children, Mount Sinai Hospital is confirming reports by NBC New York that they are seeing new and unusual COVID-19 related illness in several pediatric patients. The hospital’s chief of pediatric critical care is now issuing a warning to parents to be on the lookout for certain symptoms. And doctors...