NEW YORK -- Authorities on Long Island believe they have closed a murder case that had been open for more than 40 years. In November 1984, 16-year-old Theresa Fusco disappeared after she was fired ...

Officials in New York state announced charges Wednesday in the 1984 rape and murder of a Long Island teenager after, they said, the suspect’s DNA was recovered from a discarded straw. Richard Bilodeau ...

Four decades after prosecutors sent the wrong men to prison for the rape and murder of a 16-year-old Long Island girl, DNA obtained from a discarded straw has led to the indictment of a new suspect.

Theresa Fusco, a junior at East Rockaway High School, was 16 years old when she set off on foot from her job at Hot Skates, a roller rink a few blocks away from her Lynbrook home, on Nov. 10, 1984.

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NOW AT THE ARGUMENTS. MONTGOMERY’S APPEAL HINGES ON THREE DIFFERENT ARGUMENTS. THE FIRST IS THAT HE SHOULD HAVE BEEN TRIED SEPARATELY ON ASSAULT AND THEN MURDER. NEXT, THE COURT SHOULD NOT HAVE ...

A transgender Idaho athlete’s request to dismiss her lawsuit against the state was denied by a federal judge. Shannon Tyler A federal judge in Idaho on Tuesday denied a request from the transgender ...

MINEOLA, N.Y. — A person living in New York has tested positive for the chikungunya virus in what state health officials say is the first reported transmission of the mosquito-borne illness within the ...

A Walmart worker was charged Wednesday with the brutal 1984 murder and rape of a 16-year-old Long Island girl — ending decades of mystery and speculation, Nassau County prosecutors announced. Richard ...

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The mosquito-borne disease is most common in tropical and subtropical regions. The New York State Department of Health has confirmed a case of locally acquired chikungunya on Long Island, marking the ...