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The death toll in Sunday's small plane crash has risen to two -- the pilot and one of the passengers. The pilot's name has not been released. The other victim has been identified as Jane Unhjem, 60, of Goshen, N.Y.; Her husband, Erik Unhjem, 61,...

One man is dead and two others badly hurt after the small plane they were in crashed and burned Sunday on a residential street in Shirley. Neighbors used fire extinguishers and garden houses to try to put out the flames. But, the pilot was trapped in the...

Calexico resident and Oklahoma graduate Amber Flores was recently named as the new head coach at Seminole State in Seminole, Okla., stated a press release on www.soonersports.com Flores was busy this past weekend recruiting and getting ready for the...

Three people were injured in a car crash, including a pregnant woman and a child, after the driver allegedly drove intoxicated and crashed the car in Brentwood Thursday evening. The car went airborne into the back of a 7-Eleven store, injuring the...

After just one season as an assistant coach for the Stony Brook University softball team, Amber Flores will try her hand at being a head coach as she was named to lead the Seminole State College Trojans in Seminole, Okla. “It’s been such a...

WASHINGTON (AP) — A young man talking on a cellphone meanders along the edge of a lonely train platform at night. Suddenly he stumbles, loses his balance and pitches over the side, landing head first on the tracks. Fortunately there were no trains...

WASHINGTON (AP) — A young man talking on a cellphone meanders along the edge of a lonely train platform at night. Suddenly he stumbles, loses his balance and pitches over the side, landing head first on the tracks. Fortunately there were no...

A house explosion on Long Island Tuesday has killed a baby and hospitalized at least fourteen others. The baby, an 18-month-old boy, was rushed to the hospital, but died shortly after, according to reports.  Seven people - six adults and the baby - were...

A Long Island teen is lucky to be alive after being struck by lightning this weekend. According to officials, 18-year-old Nicole Burke was hit at Heckscher State Park in Huntington at about 6 p.m Sunday. The teen was struck during a passing thunderstorm....

NEW YORK (AP) — Noted paleoanthropologist Richard Leakey says scientific discoveries may soon make the debate over evolution a part of history. The Kenyan-born scientist serves as a professor at Stony Brook University on New York's Long Island....

For the first time in the six years since Victoria Chakwin was diagnosed with a deadly lung disease, the gown she wears won't be hospital issue. The 18-year-old from Martinsburg, W.Va., will go to her senior prom Saturday night in a red-and-black...

Textaholics beware! Now, in Fort Lee, N.J., not only can you not text and drive, you can't text and walk. Police have started handing out $85 jaywalking tickets to pedestrians who are caught texting while walking. "It's a big distraction. Pedestrians...