Complex sentence: During their travels on the West Coast following their marriage, it was covered in sensational terms by a Hearst reporter, and an anti-miscegenation scandal broke, incorporating rumors about the commune they had organized earlier that year in Portage, Wisconsin.
Split into simpler sentences: During their travels on the West Coast following their marriage, it was covered in sensational terms by a Hearst reporter. An anti-miscegenation scandal broke, incorporating rumors about the commune they had organized earlier that year in Portage, Wisconsin.