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Arson may have sparked the fire that burned through 1,000 acres of brush and forced evacuations on Long Island last month, officials said Thursday.

More than 200 firefighters continue to fight a five alarm-fire at the former Fresh Kills landfill on Staten Island. Fire officials say the cause of the fire was spontaneous combustion of piles of compost and mulch — all very dry from the lack of snow this winter.

Newsday columnist Joye Brown talks about the new Long Island Index that shows among its findings that 61% say paying their rent or mortgage is a struggle.

Mara Salvatrucha, otherwise known as MS-13, is considered one of the nation’s most violent gangs. In recent years, it has a stronghold in Long Island, where is has been considered a source of illegal activity and indiscriminate violence. Local and national law enforcement have joined forces to weaken MS-13.

After a yearlong search, police on New York's Long Island announced Tuesday that they believe they have discovered the skeletal remains of a New Jersey prostitute whose disappearance sparked an investigation into a possible serial killing spree.

Long Island won big in the regional economic development grants Governor Andrew Cuomo announced this week. It's getting $101.6 million compared to New York City's $66 million.

A devastating blaze in Fire Island Pines that took hundreds of firefighters nearly a day to bring under control destroyed most of the resort's summer businesses.

There were systemic problems at a Nassau County crime lab that went largely undetected, were ignore, or were not properly addressed, according to a report released Thursday by the state inspector general.

Season Two of "Boardwalk Empire" premieres this Sunday on HBO. The series, starring Steve Buscemi in a Prohibition-era Atlantic City, won eight Emmys this year -- most of them for costumes, visual effects and art direction. WNYC's Jillian Weinberger spoke with a member of the award-winning creative team.

Police investigating the 10 sets of human remains found on a Long Island barrier beach highway have linked one of the bodies to remains found on Fire Island in 1996, Suffolk County detectives said Tuesday.

A major surf competition with some of the world's best surfers — and $1 million in prize money — is descending on Long Island this weekend, despite the damage from Tropical Storm Irene.

Nassau County voters have defeated a plan that would have allowed the county to use $400 million to redevelop the Nassau Veterans Memorial Coliseum and surrounding area on Long Island, which is home to the New York Islanders hockey team.

On July 17, 1996, Trans World Airlines Flight 800, a Boeing 747-131 jetliner, took off from John F. Kennedy airport and gradually ascended along the Long Island shore. It was on its way to Rome via a stop in Paris. About 12 minutes into the flight, an explosion occurred, followed by several others.

The family of a young woman whose body was found along Ocean Parkway on Long Island are holding a candlelight vigil Saturday.

Some Elmont residents say the community doesn't reap much benefit, because there's nothing to keep visitors there after the big race.

The grisly discovery of 10 sets of human remains along a desolate strip of a Long Island beach highway where authorities believe at least two killers have used the area as a body dumping ground has apparently done little to deter beach-goers from changing their summer plans.

As authorities continue the probe into the sets of remains found on a desolate Long Island beach highway in a case believed to involve more than two killers, one investigator has proved invaluable to the search: an 8-year-old German Shepherd named Blue.

Humans remains found along a stretch of beach highway in Long Island are the work of at least two killers who used the area as a dumping ground, a Long Island District Attorney said Monday.

Police scouring a stretch of Jones Beach in Long Island for human remains and evidence of a possible serial killer discovered two teeth Friday.

State and local law enforcement along with the FBI are scouring on remote stretch of beach highway on Long Island in search of possible victims of a serial killer. Nassau County authorities said the search will now focus on areas that have been inaccessible by foot, where objects were spotted by helicopter.