Suffolk County exec and experts call for urgent upgrades to Long Island’s infrastructure, public transit, and housing to spur ...

A Long Island high school is under a “lockout” after an apparent threat from a 15-year-old student who claimed to be armed with an AR-15 semiautomatic rifle, law enforcement sources said. The threat, ...

New York City — by adding roughly 87,000 people — had the greatest numerical jump in population among cities with 20,000 or ...

Royal Caribbean International’s Ovation of the Seas will be the largest cruise ship ever to be based in Southern California.

Just thinking about great white sharks can send shivers down your spine. You might picture them lurking far out at sea, but ...

Ah, Alameda — that suburban island with its waving palm trees, main-street parades and beach with sun-kissed views of San Francisco. Is there any more pleasant place to traipse around than the "Island ...

Seven states and Washington, D.C., currently have their own state-based Community Reinvestment Acts to help invest in ...

Mare Island was one of only two public shipyards in America that built nuclear submarines during the Cold War. It hosted an ...

William Baker, 91, is believed to be one of the last living inmates of Alcatraz. He has harrowing tales to tell, including about the time he tried to escape.

These craggy islands 27 miles from the Golden Gate are home to hundreds of thousands of birds and marine mammals — and a ...

California's network of marine protected areas, including those off the Channel Islands, could see changes. Here's what to ...

Long before it became the famous prison island, it was Fort Alcatraz ... a historian at the University of Southern California ...