On the latest episode of "Sarra Sounds Off," Newsday's Michael Sicoli talks about the top guards in boys basketball on Long Island, plus Jared Valluzzi on the Suffolk hockey finals, a look at Long ...

The sister of Shannan Gilbert, who was found dead near a suspected serial killer's mass grave, stabbed their mother to death due to her schizophrenia, according to the family attorney Mental illness ...

Newsday's Gregg Sarra talks about Massapequa and Miller Place wrestling teams winning state dual meet championships and ...

Kingston, N.Y. >> Sarra Gilbert, convicted of murder for the brutal stabbing death of her mother, will spend at least 25 years in state prison. And, Ulster County Judge Donald Williams said, if he has ...

Netflix’s new true crime film Lost Girls is based on the true story of a mother, Mari Gilbert, whose daughter, Shannan Gilbert, went missing on Long Island on May 1, 2010. The 24-year-old sex worker's ...

From reproductive rights to climate change to Big Tech, The Independent is on the ground when the story is developing. Whether it's investigating the financials of Elon Musk's pro-Trump PAC or ...