KINGSTON, Jamaica — The cash-strapped Jamaica Railway Corporation (JRC) has discontinued the rail service that moved some 400 students daily between Linstead and Spanish Town in St Catherine.

A Nassau police spokesman said a house fire in East Hills, potentially sparked by loose wires, ignited leaves and then spread to near the LIRR tracks.

A brush fire broke out near Mimosa Drive in East Hills after 5 p.m. on Friday, March 28. According to the MTA, Long Island ...