Motorists in 12 northern New Jersey counties will be allowed to buy fuel just every second day under an order by Governor Chris Christie.

Life in the US north-eastern states hit by Superstorm Sandy was slowly struggling back to normality for many as bodies of the more than 90 dead continued to be found.

New Yorkers awoke to the rumble of subway trains for the first time in four days and the death toll continued to rise from the former hurricane Sandy, one of the biggest and most devastating storms ever to hit the US.

New York City moved closer to resuming its frenetic pace by getting back its vital subways today, three days after a superstorm left neighbouring New Jersey stunned by miles of coastal devastation.

New Yorkers are being offered free travel on subways, buses and commuter trains as the city tries to help ease recovery from the chaos caused by superstorm Sandy.

The Brightside Tavern in Jersey City is beginning to fill up with supporters of Barack Obama and the city’s long-time mayor, Jerramiah Healy.

REPUBLICAN Mitt Romney’s presidential campaign has a hint of a swagger about it as a good showing looks more likely next week in the Iowa caucuses, where his 2008 campaign crashed badly.

Former Alaska Governor Sarah Palin has confirmed she will not run for the US presidency.

NEW YORK CITY was slowly getting back to business as usual after Hurricane Irene, but hundreds of thousands of people who normally travel in from the surrounding area faced a tortuous commute as flooding knocked out transit routes.

Mitt Romney formally declared his candidacy to challenge President Barack Obama in next year’s US election, but the presumed front-runner for the Republican nomination will likely face some big-name competition for his party’s backing.