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Bird lovers may see a lot less of the piping plover on the region’s beaches this summer. The little black-and-white shorebirds’ winter habitat in the…

The Suffolk County Legislature rang in the New Year with its first meeting of 2017, with DuWayne Gregory re-elected as presiding officer.Gregory says the…

Ninety young Syrian refugees are teaming up with neuroscientists in Leipzig to figure out the quickest and best way to teach German as a second language. Vocabulary first, or grammar early on, too?

House Republicans have dropped plans to gut the independent ethics office after criticism from watchdog groups and President-elect Donald Trump.

New York Governor Andrew Cuomo wants free college tuition for students in families making less than $125,000 a year. At an estimated cost of $163 million…

President-elect Donald Trump hasn't done enough to separate his role as president from his role as businessman, several high-profile conservatives and others wrote in an open, bipartisan letter.

U.S. Senator Chris Murphy, D-Conn., defended the Affordable Care Act in a speech on the Senate floor on Thursday. Murphy also used the speech to accuse…

A survey of Long Island business owners and executives finds that most are cautiously optimistic about the Island’s economy in the new year.The…

The statue in front of the Japanese Consulate, commemorating the plight of Korean women forced by the Japanese to work as sex slaves during World War II, has prompted Japan to withdraw its ambassador.

If the rift gets long enough, Antarctica will lose a chunk of ice the size of Delaware.