An annual tradition at one Long Island school is sparking a firestorm after residents learned that taxpayers picked up most of the tab.
Authorities believe 44-year-old Thomas Calhoun shot and killed his girlfriend, 43-year-old Tanya Lawrence, and her daughter, 17-year-old Danielle Lawrence, before killing himself.
Family, friends and schoolmates gathered Tuesday to bid a final farewell to a high school football player who tragically lost his life during a game last week.
Junior Tom Cutinella, a guard/linebacker, collapsed during the game against John Glenn High School after taking a big hit by an opponent and suffering a head injury.
Authorities say 18-year-old Matthew Grimaldi, of Lake Grove, impaled himself on a tree limb in Wading River around 7 p.m. Sunday.
Kristin Thorne reports from Long Island where a teenage boy died when he was impaled on a tree branch after losing his footing on a hill.