Suffolk police make a DWI arrest just moments after the ball drops and Billy Joel fans waited in the pouring rain during slow entry into Nassau Coliseum.

An update on the New Hyde Park fire that killed a woman and a child, and Patchogue cancels its New Year's Eve festivities. 

Police announce an impaired driving crackdown for the long holiday weekend, and a Southampton school senior is a killed in a crash in El Salvador.

A purse stolen during Christmas Eve Mass, and Freeport's school board vice president is accused of drunk driving in a hit-and-run.

The effect of the partial government shutdown and fluctuating stock market on Long Islanders, and malls busy with post-holiday returns.

A looming government shutdown, flooding on the roads from a winter storm and questions and concerns about homeless shelters in Nassau.

A father is accused of fatally shooting his daughter and two Suffolk men are charged with the kidnapping and sex trafficking of two girls, including a 12-year-old.

An attorney for former Nassau County Executive Ed Mangano claims the prosecution hid key evidence, a Greenport man accused in a deadly DWI crash faces upgraded charges and President George H.W. Bush's service dog has a hero's homecoming in Smithtown.

A man found behind a community center in Lawrence, a stepped up search after a suspected serial robber stabs a gas station attendant, and the response to Penny Marshall's death.

A push to legalize recreational marijuana in NY, a Lyft driver accused of sexually abusing a passenger and major steps toward making the long-awaited Nassau "Hub" a reality.