New York Gov. Kathy Hochul issued a state of emergency on Saturday as crews battled several brush fires on Long Island.

Towns and communities in Long Island, New York, were on alert Saturday after brush fires spewed thick smoke into the air. New York Gov. Kathy Hochul declared a state of emergency in Suffolk County as ...

Gov. Kathy Hochul declared a state of emergency and said state agencies were responding to the fires around the Pine Barrens, ...

Long Island brush fires were caused by a resident trying to make s’mores - The Westhampton Pines Fire burned approximately ...

Brush fires that burned hundreds of acres on Long Island over the weekend are under control but a burn ban remains in place.

Law enforcement agencies are still interviewing all 911 callers to rule out any possibilities, but they "strongly feel that ...

Firefighters in New York continued to battle at least one brush fire in a wooded stretch of Long Island on Sunday.

Westhampton Beach Middle School student Alexander Pataridze recently competed in ... Pataridze has been playing since he was 6 years old, competing with the U.S. Chess Federation since sixth grade. He ...

A new study shows butterflies are vanishing nationwide due to habitat loss, climate change and use of insecticides, but one Long Island preservationist ... included two New York scientists.