In the final week ahead of the presidential election, Republican Donald Trump’s campaign is facing widespread backlash after his rally Sunday at Madison Square Garden, where conservative comedian Tony ...

Outrage was spreading Monday over racist gibes aimed at Puerto Ricans, Blacks and others by speakers at former President Donald Trump’s rally at Madison Square Garden. A parade of Democratic leaders ...

This story was originally published in Newsday on March 23, 1997. EXACTLY 10 YEARS AGO yesterday, a tugboat named the Break of Dawn left New York Harbor, towing a barge full of Long Island trash.

An elaborate plan masterminded by a college dropout to help rid the Pacific Ocean of a Texas-sized island of garbage will kick off next month. While it sounds promising, some experts have expressed ...

Long Island’s garbage problems have been piling up for years, just like the mountainous landfills that are now mostly closed and can still be seen from miles away. With the expected shuttering of Long ...

Officials are gearing up for the launch of a floating vessel — an elaborate plan masterminded by a college dropout — this weekend with the hope it will act as a giant trash collector and eventually ...

DONGAN HILLS, Staten Island (WABC) -- Neighbors are fuming over trash bags piling up outside their homes on Staten Island and are wondering if a work slowdown is to blame. "It's garbage. Eventually it ...

Normally when you are a huge fan of a band, and that certainly describes me and The Lonely Island, you are highly protective of them. Even when a group wants you to laugh at them, the last thing you ...

In one of my first stories for SURFER, I wrote The World’s First Zero-Waste Island. As you could assume it was about the process of Tilos Island, Greece to completely eliminate waste. Even though the ...

The Mediterranean islands of Corsica and Elba are famous for being the birthplace and exile prison, respectively, of Napoleon Bonaparte. But now the isles might be known for something else: being the ...