Unofficial summer is here — whether you're headed to the Rockaways or Orchard Beach, here’s what a surf teacher, boat captain and beach bar manager want you to know before you go.

A 9-year-old girl identified as Leah Lendel lost her hand in an apparent bull shark attack while snorkelling off of a Boca Grande beach in Florida on June 11. The girl was rescued by good Samaritans, ...

US filings for jobless benefits were unchanged last week at 248,000, remaining at the higher end of recent ranges.