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East Coast beaches have reopened but swimmers are urged to take caution due to the continuing threat of rip currents.

Experts say there are simple ways to reduce your risk of an unwanted shark encounter.

The attack was the third in just over a week, but shark attacks are still exceedingly rare.

The poster boy for the weekend's controversy was one Corey Hannon, an NYC resident who posted to Instagram about his ongoing COVID-19 symptoms, while surrounded by other Pines beachgoers.

Here's everything you need to know about the beaches in and around NYC.

This week's question comes from a New Yorker who's bummed that sharks are biting kids on Fire Island.

According to the state Department of Environmental Conservation, the tooth fragment removed from 13-year-old Matthew Donaldson's leg is consistent with a shark.

Two children were injured in possible shark encounters off Fire Island beaches on Wednesday.

The marine arthropods are getting it ON.

People really know how to live out on Fire Island.