When the Pennsylvania Railroad threw its sickly stepchild, the Long Island, into bankruptcy two years ago, it expected the reorganization to run a normal course. That meant that the Long Island ...

Firefighters are making progress battling a series of brush fires on Long Island that burned over 400 hundred acres of land and prompted evacuations east of New York City, local officials say.

Investigators believe the initial backyard blaze started when a Long Island resident used cardboard ... calls from officials looking to help him battle the multiple brush fires that erupted.

Firefighters on New York's Long Island gained control of a wind-driven brush fire in the Pine Barrens on Sunday, about a day after Gov. Kathy Hochul declared a state of emergency and said ...