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newsday.com — Traffic alerts4 22 m ago ongoing clean up of a vehicle fire Shoulder blocked on The L.I.E./I-495 EB east of X51/Deer Park Ave/Rt-231 and before X53/Sagtikos Pkwy in Dix Hills 27 m ago Accident cleared on The Southern St Pkwy WB at Hempstead Ave/X17.

newsday.com — It's Final Four weekend for men's college lacrosse and the matchups in Philadelphia are intriguing. In Saturday's opener, Duke, which has reached seven consecutive Final Fours, faces Cornell, in a game matching two of the nation's highest-scoring teams. In the second semifinal, top-seeded Syracuse, more of a defensive team the last couple of years, must try to stop high-scoring Denver, a relative newbie in the sport whose coach, Bill Tierney, won a record six national titles at Princeton.

newyork.newsday.com — Newsday Westchester's news blog, covering snippets of government, politics, crime, transportation, education and local events in Westchester, Rockland and the Hudson Valley. Westchester is getting more international, while Rockland is having a baby boom. That's the takeaway from new Census Bureau data released this week.

newsday.com — Traffic alerts4 13 m ago In Copiague accident cleared on Great Neck Rd (CR 47) SB at Bayside Ave In Copiague accident cleared on Great Neck Rd (CR 47) SB at Bayside Ave 23 m ago In Nassau Cnty accident cleared on Wantagh Pkwy NB at Sunrise Hwy/NY Rt-27/W5 In

newsday.com — Traffic alerts2 20 m ago In Selden vehicle on fire on Mooney Pond Rd at County Rte 83/Patchogue Mount Sinai Rd In Selden vehicle on fire on Mooney Pond Rd at County Rte 83/Patchogue Mount Sinai Rd 26 m ago Scattered arrival and departure delays on US Airways and Southwest ...

newyork.newsday.com — Local governments and transit agencies in New York got some good news Thursday relating to damage suffered from superstorm Sandy last fall, as federal legislators announced two major increases in federal aid to the state. Rep. Nita Lowey (D-Harrison) announced that all government entities that suffered damage to facilities in the storm -- from municipalities on up to the state -- will now...

newyork.newsday.com — Local governments and transit agencies in New York got some good news Thursday relating to damage suffered from superstorm Sandy last fall, as federal legislators announced two major increases in federal aid to the state. Rep. Nita Lowey (D-Harrison) announced that all government entities that suffered damage to facilities in the storm -- from municipalities on up to the state -- will now...

newyork.newsday.com — GRAPEVINE, Texas - The Boy Scouts of America threw open its ranks Thursday to gay Scouts but not gay Scout leaders - a fiercely contested compromise that some warned could fracture the organization and lead to mass defections of members and donors.

newsday.com — Here we are on the doorstep of Memorial Day and of the truncated, four-game Subway Series Lite, which is a handy reminder that it is baseball season at last in Baseball City! Or so the friendly folks who bring the Yankees and Mets to our television screens hope.

newsday.com — (AP) -- The Boy Scouts of America threw open its ranks Thursday to gay Scouts but not gay Scout leaders -- a fiercely contested compromise that some warned could fracture the organization and lead to mass defections of members and donors.

newyork.newsday.com — The federal housing monitor wants Westchester County Executive Rob Astorino to cough up information on communications he's had with lawmakers on a controversial income anti-discrimination bill. As if a paper trail of memorandums and emails weren't enough, James E.

newsday.com — Traffic alerts4 26 m ago Scattered arrival and departure delays on US Airways and Southwest ... contact carrier ahead of time.

newsday.com — Steve Zipay takes you inside the locker room, home and on the road, with the New York Rangers, and also writes about the NHL, off and on the ice. The Rangers underperforming, but expensive, center, Brad Richards, is a healthy scratch for Thursday night's possible elimination game against the Bruins at Madison Square Garden.