LONG BEACH, N.Y. - Long Island was struggling with a shortage of affordable housing before Hurricane Sandy damaged tens of thousands of structures one year ago. People displaced by the storm are still being helped, many living in hotels, motels or with friends or family. Jodi Lieberman, program di ...Read More

BOSTON - Hedrick Smith won a Pulitzer Prize for his reporting on the Soviet Union and wrote a best-seller called "The Russians." Now it's America that's under the magnifier wielded by Smith, a former New York Times editor and a correspondent on the PBS show "Frontline." According to Smith, the 22 m ...Read More

PHILADELPHIA - Pennsylvania college students, with student-loan complaints ranging from high fees to inaccurate payment information, are getting help from an authority formed after the Wall Street collapse of 2008. The Consumer Protection Financial Bureau was established in 2012, and documents the ...Read More

LITTLE ROCK, Ark. - It might not seem very likely, but there actually is a way to get some fun and satisfaction out of filing income taxes: The Arkansas AARP is looking for volunteers to help with their free tax assistance program. According to Mike Rodda, who has been part of the AARP Foundation' ...Read More

CHARLESTON, W.Va. - One of the doctors heading up an effort to address childhood obesity in West Virginia says she's seeing some progress. Dr. Jamie Jeffrey, medical director for Healthy Kids Pediatric Weight Management Program at the Charleston Area Medical Center, said childhood obesity grew so qu ...Read More

YANKTON, S.D. - Late last week a New York Times report found the Affordable Care Act is falling short in keeping costs low for many people in rural America. It said that in rural areas there are far fewer carriers offering plans in the law's online exchanges. However, the research director for the ...Read More

LANSING, Mich. - At the height of the recession, Congress authorized a small increase to the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP, or food stamps), but that extra funding runs out Nov. 1, leaving many Michigan residents struggling even harder to put food on the table. Beginning next week, ...Read More

RENO, Nev. - The Greater Sage Grouse inhabiting areas of Nevada and California is close to being listed as a Threatened Species under the Endangered Species Act. Rob Mrowka, a Nevada-based ecologist with the Center for Biological Diversity, said the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service is taking the actio ...Read More