GOP State Sen. Tom Croci won’t seek third term

Republican State Sen. Tom Croci on Wednesday ended the long-running speculation about his future by announcing he will not run for re-election this fall. The development - which Croci had been hinting about for months - makes it even more dicey for the GOP to maintain its one-seat hold on the Senate majority in this fall's elections.

LI woman laundered $85K to support Isis: Feds

A Long Island woman has been charged in federal court in Central Islip with laundering more than $85,000, using Bitcoin and other cryptocurrencies, to support ISIS, officials said Thursday. Zoobia Shahnaz of Brentwood transferred those funds out of the country and then attempted to leave the United States and travel to Syria, according to the U.S. Justice Department.