Desiree D'Iorio

Labor leaders and Metropolitan Transportation Authority officials announced a tentative deal Monday night, ending the three-day strike on the Long Island Railroad.

A bill in the U.S. House of Representatives would rename an Oceanside post office in honor of the late Luis Alvarez.

The Health & Welfare Council of Long Island has created a clearinghouse website to help SNAP recipients navigate changes to the federal food assistance program after new work requirements took effect on June 1.

The Massapequa Park man who killed eight women from 1993 to 2010 will spend the rest of his days behind bars. Judge Timothy Mazzei sentenced 62-year-old Rex Heuermann to life in prison without the chance of parole on the top charge.

The National Weather Service is predicting scorching temperatures Wednesday through Saturday. The extreme heat warning means the combination of heat and humidity could make it feel like 105 degrees or higher.

Southold Town officials are considering a new public safety law that would allow local police to respond to immigration enforcement operations, confirm that ICE agents are who they say they are, and document ICE activity for reporting to the town.

State lawmakers from Suffolk County are pushing a pair of bills to crack down on Medicaid fraud, including vendors charging Medicaid for services they never provide.

Election results from last night’s Democratic primary races in Connecticut. Flock cameras raise surveillance concerns for some Long Island residents. Connecticut enjoys a tourism boost. And, the latest on Nassau County Executive Bruce Blakeman’s campaign for New York governor.

Suffolk County officials are condemning anti-Muslim graffiti found at the construction site of a new mosque in Shirley and asking the public for help identifying who was responsible.

Twenty-five years after the Sept. 11 attacks, health officials are still studying the effects of the tragedy, with experts warning that many survivors are excluded from long-term studies.