Long Island

Sabrina Thompson's presence among the graduates at Stony Brook University's commencement ceremony Friday surely will represent the culmination of her own hard work.

Eric Arsenault was riding dirt bikes and all-terrain four-wheelers off-road when most preteens were learning how to stay on a bicycle, his father, Chris, said.

Nancy Vartabedian has served three jail terms in the name of what she calls parental rights -- and she could serve a fourth sentence starting Friday as she continues a long battle for custody of her 9-year-old son.

Michael Cohen accused a re-elected board member of running a campaign that included "code words" for racist beliefs.

The dean of Long Island's town supervisors, Republican Patrick Vecchio of Smithtown, is scheduled to formally endorse Democratic County Executive Steve Levy for re-election Friday.