As a child growing up on Long Island, New York, I was curious, along with other children, what was occurring on the mysterious Plum Island, that’s restricted by the public and located just off ...

New York City police say a teenager is in critical condition after getting slashed in the face during a fight at a Brooklyn subway station. Families of children injured by medical malpractice at ...

PLUM ISLAND, N.Y. — A human body has washed ashore on New York’s tiny Plum Island, where a U.S. government lab studies dangerous animal diseases. Police say a security guard discovered the ...

Harrison said Plum Island has “the largest seal haul-out area, where seals pull themselves up onto rocks. It’s the largest seal haul-out area in the state of New York and one of the largest in ...

The bill would declare Plum Island, owned by New York state, a national monument. A hearing on the bill was held in March by the House Natural Resources Subcommittee on Federal Lands. LaLota could ...

"Plum Island should be preserved and protected ... studied infectious animal diseases on the island, 100 miles east of New York City. Congress voted in 2009 to close the aging laboratory, which ...

The new study would take into consideration a biological inventory of Plum Island prepared by New York’s Department of Environmental Conservation and the Nature Conservancy. The inventory lists ...