Stony Brook

A woman claiming to sell Tiffany merchandise to benefit a Suffolk County food pantry was actually selling cheap Chinese jewelry and pocketing the proceeds, according to the Suffolk County DA. Mary Ann Bell, 69, claimed that she was selling "trendy...

A Halloween party at a Long Island night club turned into a brawl and shootout, sending two partygoers to the hospital early Friday morning. Southampton Town Police say the shooting occurred at a Halloween costume party hosted by Dream Night Club,...

New York Governor-Elect Andrew Cuomo savored victory on election night almost two weeks ago. Now he's getting ready to govern. Cuomo's transition teams are expected to begin meeting as early as next week. The transition teams are meant to help the...

It was a chilling "hit list" that sent shock waves through an elite christian school. A former grad is now under arrest and charged with making the threats.  Long Island reporter Rob Hoell was at "The Stony Brook School" where security is on high alert.  ...

A pedestrian walking outside the State University of New York at Stony Brook was struck and killed Tuesday night by multiple vehicles. The victim, identified as 20-year-old Stony Brook University student Shubo Lin, was crossing from east to west across...

A new procedure for treating pancreatic and liver cancer using electrical fields to poke holes in tumors was used at Stony Brook University Medical Center, hospital officials say it was the first time this type of procedure was used anywhere. SBUMC...

Suffolk County Police have arrested a woman Wednesday for causing a hit-and-run crash that killed an 11-year-old girl. Police say Maureen Lambert, 20, of Stony Brook was the driver who mowed down young Courtney Sipes as she was crossing the street with...

The MTA board voted Monday to rescind the massive fare hikes previously adopted in their "doomsday" budget, and to instead implement a 10 percent increase this year, and another 7.5 percent in 2011 and 2013. The board will vote later this month at a...

A Long Island senior faces drunk driving charges as the result of a deadly accident Saturday afternoon in Suffolk County, that killed an internationally renowned professor from SUNY Stony Brook, that's according to a report in Newsday. Police say...

Retired Lt. Cmdr. Wesley A. Brown, who broke the color barrier at the Naval Academy and was its first African-American graduate in 1949, died Tuesday of cancer at Springhouse of Silver Spring Assisted Living. He was 85. "It's important for America to...

Date of birth: Sept. 30, 1953 Hometown: Phoenix, Md. (Baltimore County) Education: Course work in psychology at Brooklyn College in 1973; bachelor’s degrees in psychology, education and social science from State University of New York at Stony...

Figure Skating-ISU Grand Prix Final, same-day tape, 11 a.m. (NBC) NFL Football-Kansas City Chiefs at New York Jets, Noon (CBS); Minnesota Vikings at Detroit Lions, Noon (FOX); Oakland Raiders at Green Bay Packers, 3:15 p.m. (CBS); New York Giants at...