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A DNA sample taken from the estranged wife of the alleged Gilgo Beach serial killer matches her genetic material that was found on the remains of victims, law enforcement sources told ABC News

HEMPSTEAD, N.Y. -- A Long Island town is cracking down on overcrowded, illegal rentals after a fire broke out inside one earlier this month, killing an elderly man. The windows are boarded up at 63 Devon Road, but neighbors still remember the bone-chilling moments from the early morning fatal fire on Nov. 13."My daughter said, 'Mom, poor man, why he can't get out of the basement?'" neighbor Lizeth Cespedes said.Hempstead officials say 16 people resided inside the illegal rental property that became a deathtrap for an 81-year-old tenant living in the basement where the fire started.Read more: Village of Hempstead officials say...

A man was arrested on Tuesday after he chased a naked 14-year-old girl and then barricaded himself inside a home in an eight-hour standoff with a SWAT team, Nassau County police said.

Police are investigating a hit-and-run that left a child struck and killed in Queens Wednesday night.

Officials say the suspects took a mail truck key, two other postal keys and other USPS property.

The sign says "Foot Spa". The website urges patrons to "relax, refresh, and rejuvenate with our licensed masseuses." But an undercover cop says she never touched his foot when he was there on Thursday, November 16, 2023, signing up for their services.

A Long Island man who was caught on video dumping his pregnant girlfriend’s lifeless body on the side of an expressway in Queens was sentenced on Wednesday to 25 years to life in prison for the merciless killing. Prosecutors asked that Goey Charles, 33, get the maximum sentence due to the “brutality of the crime” and his “remorseless discarding of the lifeless body of his girlfriend, the woman who was soon to be the mother of his child,” Queens District Attorney Melina Katz said in a release. Charles was found guilty by a Queens jury in November of one count...

Doggone it, the Town of Hempstead has done it again! Supervisor Don Clavin and Town Clerk Kate Murray have announced another online initiative that allows residents to apply for and renew dog licenses via the Town of Hempstead website, saving residents time and making the process more convenient. Today at the town’s largest dog park at Newbridge Road Park in Bellmore, Supervisor Clavin and Town Clerk Murray – along with Councilman Chris Carini and neighborhood canines – provided details on the program, which incorporates new signage at town dog parks that allow residents to scan a QR code to update dog licenses while their pups frolic with their four-legged friends.

Animal Care Centers of New York City say there are two dogs in every cage, and if people don't adopt them, more dogs may have to be euthanized.

This article presents a selection of three notable burgers found in West Hempstead. Have you had the chance to taste any of these yet? If you have, we'd love to hear your thoughts in the comments section below:

BROOKLYN, NY – A 38-year-old man was shot and killed in Brooklyn on Tuesday, in an incident that unfolded in broad daylight. The shooting occurred on Vermont St. near New…

Madness unfolded in New York City after a man stole a car, crashed it into a taxi moments later, then climbed onto a moving SUV in an attempt to avert police. The suspect, Terrence Brooks, 37, has been arrested and is facing several charges.

Police had urged ‘elevated vigilance’ ahead of the annual event

The Long Island man accused of fatally stabbing a New Jersey high schooler in the heart outside an ax-throwing bar in Lower Manhattan will be released from Rikers Island Wednesday after a judge slashed his bail by several million dollars in light of new evidence, The Post has learned. Gianluca Bordone, 19 — who was busted Thursday in the slaying of 17-year-old Rocco Rodden — posted a $1 million bond secured by a bail bondsman to the stars Ira Judelson, sources said. Manhattan Criminal Court Judge Jay Weiner lowered the teen’s $4 million bail on Wednesday after prosecutors and Bordone’s attorney conferred during a...

The incident occurred on Tuesday, Nov. 28 in Woodbury. Nassau County Police were reportedly traveling to the home of 25-year-old Woodbury resident Adrees Omar in response to a house alarm going off. When they arrived, they saw a young girl fleeing the house. However, Omar refused to let officers into...

That's One. Tough. Repo guy. A tow truck driver sent to repossess a 2019 BMW in Uniondale in the middle of the night was attacked outside the house by the guy who bought that luxury car, Nassau County cops say.

Wagswoofs – A woman from Pennsylvania was taken into custody over the weekend after officials claim she deliberately hit a man who was riding a moped in New York City, resulting in his death. Lillibeth Vasquez, a 28-year-old resident of Allentown, is facing charges of manslaughter and murder. According...

Months after Frank Tammaro was kicked out of his home in a Staten Island senior home, the 94-year-old veteran learned the building was turned into a migrant shelter.

On Monday, the chain will put the cookies on the menu in four restaurants across the country.

Interested in adding a furry friend to your family? Even if you're just keen on viewing some of the cute critters available for adoption nearby, there are ample pets waiting for their forever homes in animal shelters throughout and around freeport.