this is my first story for Jerseyvindicator.org, a general-interest NJ startup that seeks to help fill the news desert that the state has become. historically a gaming pioneer, in these "casino wars" NJ for once is being more passive: jerseyvindicator.org/2025/06/26/a-g… spread the word !

For AP Climate: The Republican megabill headed to Trump supports oil, coal and gas - largely driving Earth’s warming and increasingly deadly and costly extreme weather - while slashing tax credits for clean technologies including wind and solar energy. apnews.com/article/congre…

Seventy-eight years ago today, Larry Doby played one last game for the Newark Eagles, then boarded an overnight train to Chicago to join the Cleveland Indians. This is my favorite passage of "Our Team," one that I used in the proposal to sell the book. It's the emotional crux.

“I’ve been with you long enough to know this is true” -my wife

Ozzy Osbourne, who led Black Sabbath and became the godfather of heavy metal, dies at 76 apnews.com/article/ozzy-o…

My tribute to Hall of Famer Tom Hamilton, everyone's best friend and the best narrator for the soundtrack to summer that anyone could ask for: nytimes.com/athletic/65065…

Beautiful and illuminating slice-of-life photos by The Associated Press colleague Jae Hong on mobile home communities in Southern California, where many are distrustful of the water in their taps. Text by Dorany Pineda apnews.com/photo-essay/mo…

Some really excellent work here.

Michigan led on safe water after Flint, but mobile home parks are stubborn rough spot apnews.com/article/tap-wa…

From Waterloo to Cooperstown. A Hall of Fame career, and an even better dad. We’re so darn proud!

I hate this.

Trump's Environmental Protection Agency moves to repeal finding that allows climate regulation. 2009 EPA 'endangerment finding ' said greenhouse gas emissions can harm human health and the environment. apnews.com/article/trump-…

WASHINGTON (AP) - EPA moves to terminate $7 billion in funding for rooftop solar program approved under the Biden administration

Trump blames renewable energy for rising electricity prices. Experts point elsewhere. Higher power bills could become factor in midterm campaign. My The Associated Press story apnews.com/article/trump-…

A whopping majority of the 64 experts Michael Phillis & I asked panned as biased, cherry picked, misleading, distorted and just plain wrong the 2 documents underpinning Trump admin saying climate change not a danger. The grade most commonly given? An F. apnews.com/article/climat…

Sixty-four scientists described what they thought about the Trump administration's effort to undo a landmark finding that climate change is dangerous. The majority called it biased and sometimes flat wrong w/@borenbears apnews.com/article/climat…

The Washington Nationals just threw 77 pitches in the bottom of the 3rd inning. It's the most pitches by any team in any inning of any game in the entire pitch tracking era (2008-now).

The parasite that causes Chagas disease, which kills more people in Latin America than malaria, is here in the U.S. The disease's symptoms generally don't show up for decades: heart attack, stroke, death. Have we been ignoring a potential source of #CVD ? latimes.com/science/story/…

There has been a lot of talk in recent days about a massive iceberg breaking apart. Here The Associated Press colleague Seth Borenstein sorts out what has happened and what will likely happen in the months ahead. apnews.com/article/iceber…