Long Island

A 27-year-old state trooper was shot in the leg while approaching a vehicle in the Long Island’s Southern State Parkway. Officials announced a $5,000 reward for information that can lead to the arrest of a suspect who escape in a vehicle with a temporary New Jersey license plate. The state trooper’s injuries were described as non life-threatening. NBC New York’s Greg...

Authorities are investigating the shooting of a New York State trooper on Long Island’s Southern State Parkway, and the person believed to be responsible is still on the loose. According to investigators, officer Thomas Mascia was patrolling shortly before midnight Wednesday on the westbound highway near Exit 17 in West Hempstead — about a mile from his parents’ home —…

A state trooper has been shot on the Southern State Parkway. Romney Smith reports.

News 4’s Pei-Sze Cheng reports. 

Thomas Gannon, 56, was found dead with a self-inflicted gunshot wound at his home in Honesdale, Pennsylvania, according to Suffolk County police. His connection to the victim, previously identified by police as 33-year-old Sabina Rosas, of Brooklyn, wasn’t immediately clear. Police said only that the case was domestic. Wednesday’s development came hours after Rosas’ family released a statement expressing...

BREAKING UPDATE: Suspect in murder of NYC woman at luxury Hamptons spa found dead The family of a woman who police say was found murdered in a guest room at a high-end resort and spa in the Hamptons this week released a statement early Wednesday expressing their devastation — and asking for help finding her killer. Police identified the victim…

Police have not revealed how 33-year-old Sabina Rosas, of Brooklyn, was killed — only saying she was a victim of violence. NBC New York’s Greg Cergol reports.

BREAKING UPDATE: Suspect in murder of NYC woman at luxury Hamptons spa found dead Authorities are investigating the apparent murder of a woman whose body was found in a guest room at a high-end resort and spa in the Hamptons a day ago, according to police. Officers from Southampton Town Police went to the Shou Sugi Ban House on Montauk…

Police are investigating a woman’s suspicious death at a high-end resort and spa in the Hamptons.

A police investigation is underway after a “suspicious death” was reported at a high-end resort and spa in the Hamptons on Long Island, according to town law enforcement.

A child therapist on Long Island was arrested on “heinous and disturbing” child pornography charges after she distributed videos that contained victims as young as just 6 months old, federal prosecutors said.

Parents in a Long Island school district are split on a new strategy to ban cellphones in class. Many agree that they can be a distraction, but some parents say the move to spend $67,000 to fix the recurring problem is a bit steep. NBC New York’s Pei-Sze Cheng reports.

A normal school day at a Long Island middle school now begins with students locking their cellphones up in a pouch and putting it way the entire day. Not all parents are in agreement and the school’s decision has not been without some controversy.

A former DJ for Sirius XM was sentenced for his role in a million-dollar cocaine and fentanyl trafficking scheme that involved a U.S. Postal Service worker, according to a Long Island district attorney.

A 26-year-old Long Island man has been arraigned on an indictment charging him with manslaughter and other crimes in the road rage death of a 41-year-old in town for a business trip over the summer, prosecutors say. The defendant’s girlfriend is also being charged in connection with the crash for falsifying business records. According to investigators, the victim, 41-year-old...

A Long Island man ended up getting Tased after teens crashed into his home and, in an odd twist, he started fighting a firefighter, according to police.

A Long Island family buried a loved one who they are calling a hero, as he lost his life while saving a little boy while on vacation. He was on a cruise that docked in Bermuda when he saw a boy struggling in the water. That’s when things took a tragic turn. NBC New York’s Pei-Sze Cheng reports.

A Long Island man is being hailed a hero after he saved a 10-year-old boy who was struggling in the surf while on vacation in Bermuda — but sadly, the man did not survive.

A Long Island police officer and a public school teacher were accused of managing sex workers and multiple brothels on Long Island.

A teacher and a police officer on Long Island were among four people arrested for running multiple brothels and managing sex workers at two business locations, according to the district attorney.