WASHINGTON (AP) — Government meteorologists say this year’s hurricane season may be busier than initially expected now that summer’s weak El Nino has faded away. The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration’s Climate Prediction Center said Thursday the Atlantic season looks more active than normal as peak hurricane season begins. Forecasters now expect 10 to 17 […]

“Lost You: a Novel” (Crown), by Haylen Beck Surrogacy — in which a woman agrees to carry a baby for another person or couple — is a legal swamp in America, and in this, veteran crime novelist Stuart Neville, writing under the pen name Haylen Beck, has found the makings of an emotionally wrenching psychological […]

“Thirteen” (Flatiron Books), by Steve Cavanagh The tag line to Steve Cavanagh’s fourth novel about former con man turned defense lawyer Eddie Flynn is, on its own, tantalizing: “The serial killer isn’t on trial he’s on the jury.” But Cavanagh’s “Thirteen” is no gimmick. It’s a superb action-packed story that melds the legal thriller with […]

NEW YORK (AP) — As many as 50 people in at least six states have come down with breathing illnesses that may be linked to e-cigarettes or other vaping products. No deaths have been reported, but at least a few have come close. Some patients have likened onset of the illness to a heart attack, […]

The dog and I were lazily walking the shore when the brown and white blur streaked into view from the left. Gaining speed toward the shallow bay, the Bald Eagle leveled off inches above the water, its large yellow talons fully extended in front of its body. With one quick thrust, the unaware fish was […]