New Jersey coast

Seven years after Superstorm Sandy pummeled the New Jersey coast, about 700 families still have not finished rebuilding.

A New York man has drowned while swimming in rough surf off the southern New Jersey coast.

A massive great white shark surprised a group of fishermen off the coast of New Jersey on Monday. The close encounter was captured on video.

A small earthquake was recorded off the New Jersey coast and it does not appear anyone noticed.

Several people on a Norwegian Escape cruise ship headed to Florida were injured Sunday by “a sudden, extreme gust of wind,” the company said.

Several people on a Norwegian Escape cruise boat were hurt when ‘a sudden, extreme gust of wind’ rocked their ship, the company said. Ray Villeda reports.

After Superstorm Sandy pummeled the New Jersey coast, then-Gov. Chris Christie set out to build protective sand dunes along most of the state’s 127-mile shoreline. Despite lawsuits from homeowners throughout the shore seeking to block the project, the state prevailed and much of the work has been done. But two recent jury awards in cases seeking compensation for beachfront property...

JWoww of “Jersey Shore” has filed for divorce from her husband of less than three years. The divorce complaint was filed Sept. 12 in Ocean County Superior Court, citing irreconcilable differences between JWoww, whose real name is Jenni Farley, and Roger Mathews. The Asbury Park Press reports the 32-year-old Farley is starring in “Jersey Shore: Family Vacation” and the spinoff...

After Amtrak — the owner and landlord of New York’s Penn Station — announced in April that it’s fixing tracks and switches at the crumbling transit hub, many commuters were bracing for the worst.

A federal judge has temporarily halted deportation proceedings against Indonesian Christians who are in the U.S. illegally but are seeking to gain legal status, including a man honored for his work helping to rebuild more than 200 homes after Superstorm Sandy.

A group of three Indonesian immigrants seeking sanctuary at a New Jersey church won a victory Saturday after a federal judge ordered a temporary halt to their deportation.

Brian Shea was paddle boarding in Long Branch, New Jersey, Saturday when he had this insane close encounter with a humpback whale.

A New Jersey paddleboarder’s incredible experience with a humpback whale over the weekend had him in awe, but his daughter says it was “too close.”

A New York woman who was pulled unconscious from rough waters at a New Jersey shore beach this week has died, authorities say.

Warm weather may convince some tri-staters to head to the beaches. But Brian Thompson reports that they should think twice before getting in the water.

Jose, which went from a Category 1 hurricane to a tropical storm late Tuesday, caused flooding and took down trees in parts of Long Island overnight, and though it’s expected to pass well east of the Jersey Shore, coastal flooding and dangerous rip currents are likely there as well, forecasters say.

Jose, which went from a Category 1 to a tropical storm, caused flooding and took down trees in parts of Long Island. Katherine Creag reports.

Jose, the system that had been a Category 1 hurricane for several days as it worked its way up the east coast, has weakened to a tropical storm, forecasters say.

Long Islanders are hunkering down as Hurricane Jose moves closer to Long Island. Greg Cergol reports.