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Before and After: A Satellite Captures Damage and Recovery from Superstorm Sandy
A look from above reveals the long road to full recovery in New York and New Jersey.
Six Months After Sandy’s Destruction, a New Jersey Community Tries to Put Back the Pieces
The once vibrant town of Ortley Beach is still struggling to rebuild what it lost in the storm
A Hero Among Heroes: A Boston Cop’s Story at the Marathon
For Thomas Barrett, a patrolman in the Boston Police, what happened last Monday, April 15, hasn’t sunk in yet
Friends and Family Mourn Krystle Campbell, Boston Marathon Bomb Victim
The 29-year-old Arlington woman was a fiercely loyal hard-worker with immense pride for her city
Sandy Hook Victim Dylan Hockley: A ‘Beautiful Butterfly’ Whose Life Was Cut Short
Hundreds of people gathered to remember the life of Dylan Hockley, a young boy with autistic spectrum disorder struck down in the mass shootings in Newtown, Conn.
The Re-Making of Newtown: Will Tragedy Make It Stronger?
It was a quaint town until Adam Lanza walked into Sandy Hook Elementary School. Now Newtown is in the middle of a media maelstrom. How will it emerge?
A Town of Broken Hearts: How Newtown Residents Cope with Grief
After one of the deadliest shootings in American history, Newtown, Conn., begins its days of grieving.
One Month After Sandy: Where the Storm Came Ashore
Ortley Beach and the barrier islands of the Jersey Shore were at the epicenter of the storm — and it is a long way before they bounce back
The Roller Coaster and the Sea: How a Jersey Shore Town is Picking Up the Pieces After Sandy
People aren’t being allowed back into Seaside Heights yet and the task of rebuilding the community is daunting – and expensive