Explore themed playgrounds that go beyond everyday parks, where kids can climb a sand-castle tower, a pirate ship, fire truck ...

Sephora is quickly expanding its footprint on Long Island. This spring, the global beauty retailer opened standalone ...

A $22 million loan will enable Greater Water Authority to add a new spillway and other updates at North Fork Reservoir to mitigate the risk of major flooding. And separately, more than $8 million in ...

Long Island wildlife experts have employed the help of citizen scientists in their three-year survey of the island’s terrestrial and semi-aquatic mammals.

Isolated island populations of woolly mammoths held on in Alaska and Siberia for a few more millennia, but the last of those went extinct around 4,000 years ago. Mammoth quiz : Test your knowledge ...

I took a tour of the place that helped inspire the book: Oheka Castle in Long Island, New York. It's the second ... behind only Biltmore House in North Carolina. It's a popular venue for weddings ...

From reproductive rights to climate change to Big Tech, The Independent is on the ground when the story is developing. Whether it's investigating the financials of Elon Musk's pro-Trump PAC or ...

Researchers on Long Island have discovered a breakthrough that ... can make the cells become malignant," Tonelli told FOX 5 New York. Bill Reindl, 68, was diagnosed with stage 4 pancreatic ...

The Sentinelese tribe is said to be highly protective of their island and have attacked multiple people who dared to set foot on the island. A Coast Guard helicopter flew over the island to check ...

A Long Island man is suing a local hospital after he recently learned he was switched at birth decades ago. Sixty-four years ago, Kevin McMahon and Ross McMahon, no relation, were born minutes ...

A 15-year-old boy was arrested after police said he fatally stabbed his grandmother on Long Island. The boy is also accused of stabbing his mother, who was injured in the incident. He's been ...