The Latest Breaking News from Newsday

Anthony Rieber: Mets will rely on Jason Vargas to start something against Yankees

If the Mets want to really get their season going, it starts on Monday night. At Yankee Stadium. With their ace on the mound.

Newsday · Jun 9, 2019

Steven Matz guts through six innings as Mets beat Rockies, 5-3

NEW YORK _ In years past _ in months past, even _ Steven Matz never would have been granted the chance to put together the kind of game he had Saturday night.

Newsday · Jun 8, 2019

Sir Winston rides the rail to win Belmont Stakes

ELMONT, N.Y. _ It's not jockey racing. When a trainer saddles the best horse, most riders are capable of winning on it. But sometimes a 109-pound man's tactical brilliance can make a thoroughbred max out and run the race of his life, which is what Joel Rosario did with Sir…

Newsday · Jun 8, 2019

What's new to stream in June on Netflix, Hulu, Facebook Watch and more

June's streaming options throw a wide net, including network switchovers ("Designated Survivor") and revived landmarks ("The Real World," "Tales of the City").

Newsday · Jun 7, 2019

DeLorean fans talk their wheels, new Alec Baldwin movie

LONG ISLAND, N.Y. _ Back in the 1980s, when Dr. David Delman was a medical resident at Stony Brook University, he suffered serious car envy _ and the condition was chronic.

Newsday · Jun 7, 2019

USGA's setup of US Open again under scrutiny at Pebble Beach

The U.S. Open will begin on familiar terms, with the U.S. Golf Association looking to bounce back from the previous year's controversy and some pros arguing that the USGA has lost its way.

Newsday · Jun 7, 2019

What to read this week: New books by Eve Ensler, Julia Phillips and Andrea Lawlor

'THE APOLOGY,' by Eve Ensler. What if an abuser actually made amends to his victim? In her new book, Eve Ensler ("The Vagina Monologues") writes a letter in the voice of her late father, the man who physically and sexually abused her as a child. "My father is long dead,"…

Newsday · Jun 7, 2019

Garden dedicated to late Boy Scout Andrew McMorris

SHOREHAM, N.Y. _ John McMorris, his voice cracking at times, spoke Wednesday of the lifting of grief as he dedicated a rock garden in memory of his son, 12-year-old Andrew, killed when an accused drunken driver plowed into him and his troop of Boy Scouts.

Newsday · Jun 6, 2019

Danny Green does it again with 3-pointers in the NBA Finals, this time for the Raptors

OAKLAND, Calif. _ If there was an X factor in the Raptors' 123-109 Game 3 victory over the Warriors on Wednesday night at Oracle Arena, it was the 3-point shooting of Danny Green.

Newsday · Jun 6, 2019

3 best songs to stream this week

So many singles, so little time. Here are three songs to stream right away:

Newsday · Jun 6, 2019