One year ago today, Superstorm Sandy devastated large swaths of New York and New Jersey, killing hundreds and doing billions of dollars of damage. Here, AP photographers who were on the scene during the storm and its aftermath return to the subjects of their 2012 photographs to see how reconstruction has progressed.
At the time of writing there is just one comment underneath Annie Leibovitz's Hurricane Sandy-themed photoshoot for Vogue magazine: "this is tacky and tasteless."
Police in New Jersey today arrested a man who surreptitiously climbed Seaside Heights' submerged Jet Star Roller Coaster, and planted an American flag at the top.
The Daily Show returned to Comedy Central last night with a well-rested and well-fired-up Jon Stewart at helm champing at the bit to blast Republicans for all the things they've fucked up while he was away.
Sheila and Dominic Traina of Staten Island were in the middle of Thanksgiving dinner when they suddenly spotted their New Dorp Beach home in an Allstate ad aimed at patting the insurer on the back for helping victims of Superstorm Sandy get back on their feet.
23-year-old Dylan Smith of Belle Harbor, New York, who risked his life to save his Rockaway neighbors at the height of Hurricane Sandy, was found dead over the weekend after an apparent surfing accident off the coast of Puerto Rico.
