As chilly, winter temperatures spread through the Lehigh Valley, so do the yearly outbreaks of whooping cough that permeate the halls of the East Penn School District’s various buildings. Since November, there have been at least 21 confirmed cases...

When Robert Christmas left Elizabeth, New Jersey nearly three years ago, he left behind a life of sleeping with guns by his side, dealing drugs, and couch-hopping, all his necessities for survival -- but he also left behind the only life he ever knew,...