Long Island

The Suffolk County Department of Health (SCDHS) announced the potential cases of tularemia — a bacterial disease spread through tick and deer fly bites, as well as through infected rabbits, hares and rodents — adding that it may take weeks for the cases to be confirmed.

Accused killer Austin Lynch, 18, faces a third psych evaluation after allegedly trying to hire an inmate to rob victim Emily Finn’s family.

The mayhem first began on Saturday evening when 911 calls flooded in reporting reckless driving and daredevil stunts on Route 347 in Hauppauge, Suffolk County Police said. 

Stefanie Rock, 29, who worked as an associate broker at Jones Lang LaSalle specializing in New York City commercial office leasing, died on Friday morning after being struck by a Toyota while jogging in Water Mill just after 9 a.m., Southampton Police said. 

Residents of a Long Island town are fighting a proposed Muslim boarding school for boys expected to house 120 teenage students — claiming it’s illegal to open in the neighborhood. 

Suffolk County has confirmed nearly 50 cases of the notorious “explosive diarrhea” parasite — more than double the amount in neighboring Nassau — bringing Long Island’s total number of positive cases to 66, health officials revealed. 

A 6-year-old girl from Brooklyn died in a suspected drowning when she was swept away by a strong current at a Southampton beach while on a family vacation.

“I’m giving the town a choice, and they’ll have to deal with the consequences of their decision,” he told The Post about his ultimatum.

The New York doctoral student, who was allegedly raped and murdered by her brother-in-law, called him “one of the most wonderful people in the world” in a celebratory Facebook post on the day he married her sister, which has taken on a dark new meaning following her horrific death.

Joseph Horner, 27, strangled his 25-year-old sister-in-law at their shared home at 285 N. Oak St. in North Massapequa around 8:45 a.m. on Monday, the Nassau County Police Department and prosecutors said.