Islip

A boy and a girl were bitten by sharks in separate attacks off Fire Island Wednesday, according to local officials and the father of one of the children. A spokeswoman from the town of Islip said the 13-year-old boy and 12-year-old girl were bitten off the shores off Atlantique Beach and Sailors Haven — two beaches about 4 1/2 miles...

Menlo Park Library is among the latest victim of a bed bug infestation.

Another library is closed because of a bed bugs – this time it’s the Rinconada Library in Palo Alto, the second library in this city affected in the last few weeks, and at least the third library in the Bay Area to host the tiny pests.

Palo Alto on Wednesday closed announced it was closing a public library for a couple of days because of a bed bug infestation.