A police dog riding in a car with his officer in pursuit of a driver who fled from a DWI checkpoint was killed when the officer lost control of his vehicle and hit a utility pole.
A woman who painted a religious message on a tractor-trailer placed on her Riverhead farm in New York continues to fight town officials who say the trailer itself is a code violation.
Long Island officials have agreed to pay $7.5 million to settle lawsuits involving the accidental death of a 21-year-old student college during Superstorm Sandy.
RIVERHEAD, N.Y. (AP) — A federal judge has ruled that Suffolk County must pay $10.4 million for breaking a contract with a private firm hired to install solar panels at a Long Island rail station parking lot.