• It's eclipse day on Long Island

    If the clouds cooperate, Long Islanders will be able to catch the solar eclipse Monday, when the moon will block 90% of the sun, leaving just a sliver of light around the edge, just before 3:30 p.m.

  • Rangers' animosity toward Islanders won't have to fester for long

    This bad blood between the Rangers and Islanders won’t simmer for long. The teams square off again on Saturday.

  • Microplastic 'hotspots' identified in Long Island Sound

    Forensic and environmental experts have teamed up to develop a new scientific method to pinpoint microplastic pollution 'hotspots' in open waters. A study by Staffordshire University, The Rozalia Project for a Clean Ocean, and Central Wyoming College trialed the technique in New York's Long Island Sound.

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    Best Solar Panel Installation Companies on Long Island

    New York's wealth of state-level solar incentives extends to Long Island too. Here's how to access these benefits and choose the best solar installer in the area.

  • 49 Animals Saved from Terrible Conditions in Long Island

    In Long Island, authorities found a distressing scene at a Ronkonkoma residence, where 49 animals were found living in deplorable conditions.

  • Panarin scores in 3rd, shootout, Rangers rally past Islanders

    NEW YORK -- Artemi Panarin scored a game-tying goal at 15:43 of the third period and again in the shootout, helping the New York Rangers rally for a 3-2 win against the New York Islanders at Madison Square Garden on Saturday.Igor Shesterkin made 34 saves, including a highlight-reel windmill glove save on Mathew Barzal with eight seconds left in overtime. He also stopped Brock Nelson in the shootout. Panarin scored off a face-off win by Vincent Trocheck to tie it 2-2, ripping a shot from the...

  • Rangers vs Islanders games are, at long last, ones that matter

    Let’s get one thing clear: – games mean something to a whole group of people, no matter when they happen. There’s a reason that UBS Arena will have a large contingent of red, white and blue on Tuesday and Madison Square Garden will have an equally large swath of orange and blue on Saturday afternoon. When you grow up around fans who root for the other New York team, as lots of people do around here (especially on the Island), you’re going to badly want your team to win regardless. Advertisement...

  • Freeman 2-run HR helps power Guardians past Athletics

    A 14-6 record is the best start for the franchise since 1999.

  • Guardians use 5-run fifth inning to storm past A's

    Tyler Freeman hit a two-run homer and Josh Naylor added a solo shot as the Cleveland Guardians opened a three-game series against the visiting Oakland Athletics with a 10-2 victory on Friday. Steven Kwan and Andres Gimenez each drove in two runs for Cleveland, which won for the fifth time in six games and improved to an American League Central-best 14-6. Abraham Toro hit a leadoff home run in the first inning to give the A's an early lead. Brent Rooker added a solo shot against Scott Barlow in...

  • Canada hands ‘long-overdue’ title over more than 200 islands to Haida Nation

    Nearly half a million hectares of Crown land on Haida Gwaii will be returned to Indigenous people in first-of-its-kind agreementFor centuries, the Haida people have known that the impenetrable forests and bountiful waters of Xhaaidlagha Gwaayaai – “the islands at the boundary of the world” – were both a life-giving force and their rightful home.Now, after decades of negotiation, the province of British Columbia has come to the same conclusion: the title over more than 200 islands off Canada’s...

  • MLB roundup: Nico Hoerner, Cubs run past D-backs in 11

    Nico Hoerner scored the tying run with a mad dash from second base on a wild pitch in the ninth and delivered the tiebreaking single in the 11th as the Chicago Cubs notched a 3-2 victory over the Arizona Diamondbacks on Monday at Phoenix. Michael Busch homered in his fifth consecutive game to tie the Cubs' franchise record, joining Hack Wilson (1928), Ryne Sandberg (1989), Sammy Sosa (1998) and Christopher Morel (2023). Hoerner and Garrett Cooper had two hits apiece as Chicago won its third...

  • Review: 'Civil War' shows an America long past unraveling, which makes it necessary

    The sharp crack of a snare drum, shuffling along at an insistent martial clip, is what first kicks “Civil War” into gear. The beat is joined by some menacing electronic bloops and nervous muttering, and while you may assume this is the work of some promising young bedroom producer, it’s actually a 1968 track, “Lovefingers,” by the radical duo Silver Apples. Somehow, the music matches the nervous, revolutionary energy on screen: the unlikely sight of an angry Brooklyn patrolled by troops,...