Long Beach man writes and forges on the Wild West

By Carole Carver | The Long Beach Press Telegram Harald Kondrk, whose books have sold 1.7 million copies, was a Yank with a talent to live with the sun, friends say. He had the nervous energy of an athlete. And...

Murphy, Green say they’re teaming up to help struggling Senate president Sweeney

New Jersey Gov. Phil Murphy and Democratic strategist Derrick Green said on Thursday that they had signed on as deputy campaign managers for the incoming state Senate President Steve Sweeney (D-Gloucester). They say that despite one day of public confusion,...

Blue-green algae’s sour taste may be lurking in Florida’s waters

A man tries to reach an ornamental pond that could contain sickening orange blooms on Caloosahatchee National Wildlife Refuge in Jacksonville, Florida on June 22, 2014. Photo by Justin Sullivan/Getty Images In advance of the June 1 date set by...

More than half of the 600,000 kids that received vaccinations after dayslong delay found their shots

An estimated 600,000 children have been vaccinated in the past week and a half, federal health officials said on Thursday. A lack of doses and expired cartridges of the vaccine caused widespread disruptions to pre-school vaccinations in some states in...

Study Shows More Than Half of NYC Businesses in Nassau-Suffolk Count on Community Access

With 400 businesses counting on getting people to shop, officials at New York State Assembly Bill 715 and the New York State Department of Community Affairs released the latest report on the involvement of people in business development activities in...

Children with Addison’s disease undergoing ‘friendly fire’

The same head, torso and lateral fractures reported in children with terminally ill Addison’s disease are being found to be lethal elsewhere in the world. Each year, more than 4,000 children under 5 die worldwide of a rare genetic disease...