Aman Ali

BABYLON, New York (Reuters) - At Gilgo Beach on a breezy summer day, Cheryl Mozetti kicks back on a beach chair as she watches her two children shovel piles of sand onto their makeshift castle.

NEW YORK (Reuters) - A group of employees at a Costco store on Long Island will collect a $201.9 million prize on Thursday after winning the massive Powerball lottery earlier this month.

NEW YORK (Reuters) - Police on Long Island resumed on Tuesday a search for clues in the hunt for a possible serial killer but their sweep of 11 hot spots in FBI aerial photographs came up dry.

NEW YORK (Reuters) - A deputy sheriff in upstate New York was fatally shot while trying to calm a man attempting suicide, and his death prompted his wife to go into labor on Tuesday with their second child, authorities said.

NEW YORK (Reuters) - Democratic Representative Anthony Weiner has hired an attorney to investigate the hacking of his Twitter account after a lewd photo was sent to one of his followers, his office said on Tuesday.

TUCSON, Ariz (Reuters) - Emails released by court order from an Arizona college about Tucson shooting rampage suspect Jared Lee Loughner show campus police were so worried they asked federal authorities whether he had a gun.

NEW YORK (Reuters) - Two single-engine planes collided in upstate New York on Monday, killing two people and critically injuring a third, authorities said.

NEW YORK (Reuters) - The bodies of prostitutes discovered on Long Island beaches in recent months may have been the work of more than one killer, authorities said on Monday.

NEW YORK (Reuters) - Dozens of drivers, including taxi and bus operators, have been arrested on charges of fraudulently obtaining commercial driver's licenses in a crackdown following a deadly Bronx bus crash, New York authorities said on Monday.

NEW YORK (Reuters) - A tour bus driver who struck a pedestrian on a midtown Manhattan street was charged on Sunday with drunk driving and vehicular manslaughter, police said.

NEW YORK (Reuters) - A crowded commuter train crashed into an abutment as it was pulling into a New Jersey train station on Sunday, injuring about 40 people.

NEW YORK (Reuters) - A retired New York City sergeant who won a court battle to secure his "GETOSAMA" vanity license plate said on Wednesday he's trading it for "GOTOSAMA" to mark the U.S. killing of Osama bin Laden.

CHICAGO (Reuters) - American Muslims welcomed Osama bin Laden's death, hoping it would help cast off a stigma attached to their community since the September 11 attacks.

BALTIMORE (Reuters) - Prosecutors may bring hate-crime charges against suspects in the videotaped beating of transgender woman outside a women's restroom at a McDonald's restaurant in suburban Baltimore, authorities said on Sunday.

NEW YORK (Reuters) - Luxury liners that dock in New York will soon be able to plug into the East Coast's first electric ship terminal, city officials said on Thursday.

NEW YORK (Reuters) - Luxury liners that dock in New York will soon be able to plug into the East Coast's first electric ship terminal, city officials said on Thursday.

NEW YORK (Reuters) - Absolutely no one likes a rat, a city official said on Tuesday, demanding $1.5 million be restored to the budget to be help control what he called Manhattan's horrific rat problem.

NEW YORK (Reuters Life!) - Absolutely no one likes a rat, a city official said on Tuesday, demanding $1.5 million be restored to the budget to be help control what he called Manhattan's horrific rat problem.

NEW YORK (Reuters) - Absolutely no one likes a rat, a city official said on Tuesday, demanding $1.5 million be restored to the budget to be help control what he called Manhattan's horrific rat problem.

SCHENECTADY, New York (Reuters) - Seven state workers who won the $319 million Mega Millions lottery said on Thursday they are still deciding whether to split it with five unlucky co-workers who chose not to play this time around.