12:17, 19 Apr 2019
A South Carolina prosecutor said Friday that the investigation into the death of a fifth grader last month was due to rupturing blood vessels caused by a birth defect and not a fight with another ...
11:53, 19 Apr 2019
The Latest on the sentencing of a California couple who starved and abused a dozen of their children for years (all times local):9:50 a.m.Some of the children of a California couple convicted of torturing them ...
11:42, 19 Apr 2019
President Donald Trump has warned that Central American families are staging an "invasion" at the U.S.-Mexico border. He has threatened to take migrants to Democratic strongholds to punish political opponents. And his administration regularly complains ...
11:41, 19 Apr 2019
People who lived through school massacre still struggle to keep symptoms of post-traumatic stress and anxiety under control
11:35, 19 Apr 2019
South Dakota's governor and attorney general are asking a federal judge to throw out a lawsuit challenging a new law that aims to prevent disruptive demonstrations against the Keystone XL pipeline if it's built. The law ...
11:14, 19 Apr 2019
A federal judge blocked part of an Ohio law late Thursday that bans the abortion method of dilation and evacuation in most cases, adding to a list of restrictions on the procedure that are or ...
11:00, 19 Apr 2019
The wife of a Missouri Ku Klux Klan leader has admitted to fatally shooting her husband. The St. Louis Post-Dispatch reports that Malissa Ancona pleaded guilty Friday to second-degree murder, tampering with evidence and abandonment of ...
10:58, 19 Apr 2019
The Latest on Hurricane Michael being upgraded to a Category 5 storm (all times local):11:55 a.m.The mayor of the Florida city that was ground zero for Hurricane Michael says he's not surprised by news that ...
10:53, 19 Apr 2019
When Jimmy Page was a young student, he had already developed such an inseparable relationship with his guitar that school officials would often confiscate it."It would be given back at the end of the day. ...
10:42, 19 Apr 2019
More than 3,000 fraudulent family cases have been identified by U.S. Border Patrol in the past six months, demonstrating the lengths to which illegal migrants will go to abuse U.S. laws. “It’s very clear that the ...
10:36, 19 Apr 2019
To understand Pennsylvania's fast-changing political geography, look no further than Tom Killion. After Democrats recently flipped six state Senate seats in the suburbs of Philadelphia and Pittsburgh, Killion is one of the chamber's last Republicans standing ...
10:23, 19 Apr 2019
Three months ago, this flu season was shaping up to be short and mild in the U.S. But a surprising second viral wave has made it the longest in 10 years.This flu season has been ...
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10:53, 19 Apr 2019
When Jimmy Page was a young student, he had already developed such an inseparable relationship with his guitar that school officials would often confiscate it."It would be given back at the end of the day. ...
20:40, 18 Apr 2019
Chinese artist Ai Weiwei's interest in studying human rights around the world led to his meeting with relatives of the 43 college students who disappeared in southern Mexico in 2014. That encounter led, in turn, ...
18:50, 18 Apr 2019
Police say an officer was wounded in a broad daylight gunbattle in upper Manhattan that left one suspect dead. It happened at about 4:30 p.m. Thursday in Washington Heights as officers were responding to a 911 ...
16:02, 18 Apr 2019
A college philosophy teacher arrested after entering St. Patrick's Cathedral carrying two cans of gasoline, lighter fluid and butane lighters had also been arrested at a New Jersey cathedral this week and had booked a ...
12:26, 18 Apr 2019
With the Mueller Report finally out, at least in redacted form, publishers are hurrying to release book editions. Two Mueller Report books already are in the top 100 on Amazon.com. Digital and paper publications will be ...
12:01, 18 Apr 2019
The Latest on a man with gas cans arrested at St. Patrick's in New York City (all times local):1 p.m.Police say a man arrested after entering St. Patrick's Cathedral in New York with two cans ...
11:28, 18 Apr 2019
A New Jersey man was arrested after entering St. Patrick's Cathedral carrying two cans of gasoline, lighter fluid and butane lighters, the New York Police Department said, just days after flames ravaged the Notre Dame ...
03:49, 18 Apr 2019
NEW YORK (AP) — Just days after flames ravaged the Notre Dame cathedral in Paris, a New Jersey man was arrested Wednesday night after entering St. Patrick’s Cathedral carrying two cans of gasoline, lighter fluid ...
12:43, 17 Apr 2019
Two New Jersey congressmen are saying "no way" to New York City's plan to charge motorists a fee for entering Manhattan.Democrats Josh Gottheimer and Bill Pascrell announced legislation Wednesday to protect New Jersey motorists who ...
12:10, 17 Apr 2019
Auto shows may be waning in importance as companies find other ways to introduce new products, but the New York International Auto Show still has a healthy list of new vehicle debuts.In keeping with the ...
15:45, 16 Apr 2019
Officials in a suburban New York county are announcing new measures to fight the spread of measles.The new measles rules in Rockland County were announced Tuesday, the day after New York City closed a preschool ...
12:36, 16 Apr 2019
In Paris' heart, a charred and gaping hole. But also a rallying cry.The disfigurement of Notre Dame, the splendid cathedral that has watched over the French capital for centuries and is now a blackened wreck ...
08:55, 16 Apr 2019
There was a church wedding with a Madonna soundtrack, a sit-down tea at a fancy Midtown hotel, and yards and yards of tulle and trains at April bridal fashion week in New York.Several dozen designers ...
15:18, 15 Apr 2019
Paul Buijs had logged more than 750 Citi Bike rides before he took out an electric bike for the first time. He was riding it in Manhattan when a minivan swerved into his path.Buijs hit ...
10:43, 15 Apr 2019
U.S. measles cases have surged again, and are on pace to set a record for most illnesses in 25 years.Health officials on Monday said 555 measles cases have been confirmed so far this year, up ...
04:37, 15 Apr 2019
Police on Long Island said a small plane carrying three people went down in a residential neighborhood of Valley Stream Sunday night. Newsday reports that a disoriented pilot flying a rented single-engine plane flying in thick ...
08:55, 14 Apr 2019
At 6 feet, 5 inches tall, New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio stands out in a crowd. But does he have any shot of standing out in the packed field of potential Democratic candidates ...
18:02, 13 Apr 2019
The president of Brazil may not be a welcome guest in New York — at least, not at one event.President Jair Bolsonaro (zhah-EER!-bohl-soh-NAH'-roh) is to be honored at the American Museum of Natural History in ...
11:40, 13 Apr 2019
A worker was crushed to death Saturday when a crane counterweight fell on him at a lower Manhattan construction site, the third time in less than a week that a New York City construction worker ...
02:41, 13 Apr 2019
Will an emergency declaration help New York end a measles outbreak that has lasted six months?
16:31, 19 Apr 2019
A 27-year-old ex-convict was charged Friday with murder and conspiracy in the killing of a California doctor whose bludgeoned corpse was found last month in the trunk of an abandoned car in the desert outside ...
15:43, 19 Apr 2019
A pilot killed in a fiery plane crash at a Southern California airport has been identified as a 48-year-old Utah man.The Orange County Sheriff's Department identified the pilot as Robert Kenner Ellis. Though it wasn't ...
14:21, 19 Apr 2019
California's unemployment rate edged up slightly in March even as the state continued adding jobs, the state Employment Development Department reported Friday.The rate increased a tenth of a percentage point over February, to 4.3 percent, ...
13:02, 19 Apr 2019
Wildlife officials say a young bobcat captured, collared and released a day before a massive, deadly wildfire has given birth to four kittens.Officials with the Santa Monica Mountains National Recreation Area said Friday that biologists ...
00:35, 19 Apr 2019
Authorities say the pilot killed in a fiery plane crash at a Southern California airport was heading for Utah.The twin-engine Beechcraft Duke was taking off from a runway at Fullerton Municipal Airport, southeast of Los ...
23:57, 18 Apr 2019
The Latest on a plane crash at a Southern California airport (all times local):10 p.m.Authorities say the pilot killed in a fiery plane crash at a Southern California airport was heading for Utah.In this aerial ...
22:28, 18 Apr 2019
The founder of a nonprofit group that was investigated over allegations it gave flutes possibly tainted with semen to schoolchildren has been charged with committing lewd acts against girls in California, it was announced Thursday. John ...
16:59, 18 Apr 2019
Santa Anita will continue racing through the end of the current meet on June 23, despite objections from animal rights activists who urged the California Horse Racing Board to shutter the historic track in the ...
13:39, 18 Apr 2019
There's a whole lot of shakin' going on in Southern California — 10 times more than seismologists had thought. But most of those earthquakes are so tiny that no one feels them.Using a more accurate ...
11:53, 18 Apr 2019
Authorities are seeking the public's help to find a 15-year-old girl believed to be with her mother and a man who investigators say are suspects in a Southern California homicide investigation. Alora Benitez, 15, was last ...
17:27, 17 Apr 2019
There were no positive tests in the first two weeks of horse racing at Santa Anita under new rules limiting race-day medication.Dr. Rick Arthur, equine consultant to the California Horse Racing Board, announced the results ...
15:32, 17 Apr 2019
California Gov. Gavin Newsom says the state will partner with Los Angeles County in its effort to bring down prescription drugs prices.Earlier this year, the Democratic governor directed state agencies to begin buying drugs in ...
14:50, 17 Apr 2019
The trial of a man charged with killing two Southern California police officers in an ambush-style attack began with tears Wednesday, as jurors cried when the prosecutor in the case held up the AR-15 rifle ...
14:06, 17 Apr 2019
The Latest on the trial of a man charged with killing two Southern California police officers in an ambush-style attack in 2016 (all times local):12:05 p.m.The attorney for a man charged with killing two Southern ...
12:38, 17 Apr 2019
Gun shows at an arena in the San Francisco Bay Area will be banned starting on January 1.The San Francisco Chronicle reports the governing board of the Cow Palace in Daly City voted Tuesday not ...
02:46, 17 Apr 2019
The Dixie School District board voted Tuesday night to change the name of the 150-year-old district after critics linked it to the Confederacy and slavery. Trustees voted 3-1, with one abstention, to change both the name ...
00:26, 17 Apr 2019
The flag will continue to wave on police cars in a small Southern California coastal community, the City Council decided Tuesday night. The Laguna Beach City Council voted Tuesday night to retain a new logo for ...
00:09, 17 Apr 2019
The Latest on a Southern California town's decision on whether to keep flag graphic on police cars (all times local): 10:10 p.m. Laguna Beach is keeping the U.S. flag on its police cars after considering whether to ...
18:03, 16 Apr 2019
Artifacts recovered from an 1872 time capsule stashed in the cornerstone of a demolished Masonic lodge in Reno include silver dollars minted in Carson City and San Francisco, and a piece of wood from Sutter's ...
03:21, 19 Apr 2019
Strong storms again roared across the South on Thursday, killing two Mississippi drivers and a woman in Alabama while leaving more than 100,000 people without power across Alabama, Mississippi, Louisiana and Texas. National Weather Service forecasters ...
03:38, 18 Apr 2019
Severe thunderstorms rumbled across North Texas, the Texas Panhandle, Oklahoma and southeastern Kansas on Wednesday, producing several tornadoes and unleashing widespread hail.
23:05, 17 Apr 2019
When it came to population growth last year, cities in central Florida grew by stadiums.Metro Orlando grew by 60,000 residents last year, almost as large as the number of people who can fit into the ...
22:39, 17 Apr 2019
U.S. Border Patrol officials say 360 migrants — mostly families from Central America — have surrendered to agents in Arizona. Border Patrol camera operators spotted the group Tuesday after buses arrived south of the border about ...
18:18, 17 Apr 2019
A survivor of a deadly Texas tornado says he managed to crawl out of a grass house at a Native American historic site before the twister hurled it into the distance with two other people ...
16:31, 16 Apr 2019
The Trump administration wants to open two new tent facilities to temporarily detain up to 1,000 parents and children near the southern border, as advocates sharply criticize the conditions inside the tents already used to ...
12:19, 16 Apr 2019
Officials say an Army sergeant has been charged with murder in the death of his wife on a West Texas military base.An Army spokesman says Staff Sgt. Amy Colbert died on April 6 at Fort ...
08:55, 16 Apr 2019
Marc Marquez's shocking tumble in Texas has jumbled the title chase in MotoGP.Marquez was cruising toward another victory and a chance to extend his lead in the championship when an unforced error at the Grand ...
12:56, 15 Apr 2019
A statue of Lyndon Baines Johnson holding a book has been unveiled at a South Texas school where the future president taught more than 30 years before reaching the White House.LBJ's daughter, Luci Baines Johnson, ...
07:36, 15 Apr 2019
Tens of thousands of utility customers are without power as powerful storms roar through the mid-Atlantic region. The storms caused the roof to collapse Monday morning at a New Jersey apartment complex, though no injuries were ...
17:29, 14 Apr 2019
Danny Santana had a two-run, pinch-hit triple and scored the go-ahead run during a four-run eighth inning, lifting the Texas Rangers over the Oakland Athletics 8-7 Sunday.Santana tripled into the gap in right-center to tie ...
16:15, 14 Apr 2019
The Latest on severe weather in the South (all times local): 4:15 p.m. Two more deaths have been blamed on the weekend storms that ravaged the South, bringing the death toll to at least eight. One of the ...
19:02, 13 Apr 2019
On Thursday, agents of the Laredo Sector Border Patrol arrested 57 migrants on a ranch about 40 miles from the border between Texas and Mexico. The arrests occurred during a four-pick-up truck smuggling operation. During the ...
18:46, 13 Apr 2019
DALLAS – The Latest on a powerful storm system moving through the southern United States (all times local): 6 p.m. Authorities in East Texas say two children were killed after a tree fell on a car as it ...
18:27, 13 Apr 2019
Two children were killed and about a dozen people were injured in Texas Saturday after powerful storms spawned at least one suspected tornado and damaged several homes, authorities said. The Angelina County Sheriff's Office said an ...
16:19, 13 Apr 2019
Gov. Greg Abbott on Saturday praised first responders and residents of a Central Texas town for working together on recovery efforts after a 2013 fertilizer plant fire and explosion claimed 15 lives.Hundreds of people attended ...
15:11, 13 Apr 2019
The Latest on a powerful storm system moving through the southern United States (all times local): 3:10 p.m. Authorities say about a dozen people in Texas have been injured in powerful storms that have spawned at least ...
10:35, 13 Apr 2019
Organizers say an annual event marking the Battle of San Jacinto and re-enactment of the fight for Texas independence has been canceled amid continuing cleanup from a Houston-area chemical plant fire.The nearby Intercontinental Terminals Company ...
09:04, 13 Apr 2019
Two competing requests to designate the Alamo in San Antonio as a Historical Texas Cemetery could change how the mission is remembered.The Texas General Land Office wants to have the Alamo church listed as a ...
19:41, 12 Apr 2019
A Texas court has dismissed a local newspaper's lawsuit claiming a state port authority broke a public meetings law when it hired a former congressman who left the House of Representatives last year amid sexual ...
08:59, 19 Apr 2019
Two top deputies to the Chicago prosecutor whose office handled the Jussie Smollett case are resigning.Documents obtained through open records requests show the resignations will take effect May 3 in the office of Cook County ...
11:22, 11 Apr 2019
A red brick two-flat on Chicago's South Side that once belonged to gangster Al Capone has been sold after being on the market for years.Listing agent Ryan Smith says the 2,820-square-foot (262-square-meter) building in the ...
09:37, 08 Apr 2019
A central Illinois mobile home fire that neighbors called an "inferno" left three young children and two adults dead, authorities said. The victims of the late Saturday blaze were identified as Ariel Wall, 1, Rose Alwood ...
14:38, 07 Apr 2019
Two men who opened fire on a crowd of people gathered for a baby shower, wounding six people, including two children, may have acted in relation for an earlier gang conflict, police said Sunday.Authorities have ...
07:43, 05 Apr 2019
The Latest on the investigation of a man who allegedly claimed to be a long-missing child from Illinois (all times local): 8:30 a.m. A 23-year-old man authorities say falsely claimed to be an Illinois boy missing for ...
21:54, 04 Apr 2019
CINCINNATI (AP) — The Latest on efforts to confirm the identity of a person who told police he is Timmothy Pitzen, an Illinois boy who has been missing since 2011 (all times local): 6:05 p.m. The family ...
17:51, 04 Apr 2019
A young man's claim to be an Illinois boy who disappeared under tragic circumstances eight years ago was disproved by DNA tests and pronounced a hoax Thursday, dashing hopes that the baffling case had finally ...
18:10, 03 Apr 2019
A 14-year-old boy who said he escaped from two kidnappers in Ohio told authorities he is from Illinois, where he went missing nearly eight years ago when his mother apparently took her own life. Police in ...
03:04, 02 Apr 2019
A former federal prosecutor who has never held elected office was vying for Chicago mayor on Tuesday against a powerful official whose political career spans decades, providing voters a clear contrast in a historic runoff ...
23:44, 31 Mar 2019
Two Chicago firefighters have been injured battling a blaze at a building on the west side of the city. Chicago Fire Department spokesman Larry Langford says the injuries were not life threatening and the firefighters were ...
12:04, 30 Mar 2019
An Illinois State Police trooper was killed early Saturday when a wrong-way driver struck his squad car, the third death of a state trooper this year and second in three days. The driver of the other ...
10:29, 29 Mar 2019
A man convicted of murder as a suspected member of the notorious "Ripper Crew" that killed as many as 20 Chicago-area women in the 1980s has been released from prison, according to a statewide alert ...
23:20, 28 Mar 2019
The race to be Chicago's next mayor pits a longtime political insider against a former prosecutor who's never held public office, and it comes at a time when many voters are weary of the old ...
20:05, 28 Mar 2019
An Illinois State Police trooper was killed Thursday when she was struck by a truck during a traffic stop, the second trooper to die that way this year. Trooper Brooke Jones-Story was killed in the crash ...
09:25, 23 Mar 2019
What if you were governor of Illinois and didn't have a thing to wear? If you're J.B. Pritzker, you look at your daily schedule. During his first six weeks in office, Pritzker's appointment calendar includes 70 "attire" ...
17:26, 20 Mar 2019
Advocates for clergy abuse victims released the names Wednesday of 395 priests and lay people in Illinois they say have been publicly accused of sexually abusing children — a roster more than twice as long ...
00:23, 15 Mar 2019
A late-winter storm system continued its trek across the Midwest, expecting to send rain and snow into Minnesota and Illinois on Friday after leaving devastating flooding in parts of eastern Nebraska and Iowa. The quickly rising ...
13:45, 13 Mar 2019
Authorities say a 4-year-old boy and his grandparents were rescued after their small plane crashed in southern Illinois. The fixed-wing single-engine Piper PA-32 was traveling from Mobile, Alabama, when it went down Tuesday in rural Monroe ...
10:38, 12 Mar 2019
The half-sister of an Illinois man accused of fatally shooting a sheriff's deputy says he is "not a monster."Christina Brown spoke after a hearing Monday for her half-brother, 39-year-old Floyd E. Brown. He's charged with ...
18:27, 10 Mar 2019
A judge has ordered a 19-year-old woman held without bond on attempted murder and other charges in the shooting of a Chicago police officer serving a warrant. Police say Emily Petronella fired a shot through a ...
10:58, 19 Apr 2019
The Latest on Hurricane Michael being upgraded to a Category 5 storm (all times local):11:55 a.m.The mayor of the Florida city that was ground zero for Hurricane Michael says he's not surprised by news that ...
20:56, 18 Apr 2019
A Colorado community changed forever by the attack that killed 13 people at Columbine High School moved ahead Thursday with ceremonies marking the anniversary of the tragedy while awaiting more details on what led a ...
09:57, 18 Apr 2019
When a Florida woman heard a noise and saw a man trying to break into her car early Sunday, she took matters into her own hands. Clarese Gainey, 65, of Gainesville tells WGFL that she picked ...
21:49, 17 Apr 2019
The Florida agency that issues concealed weapons and armed security guard licenses has cut processing time by about half despite a surge in applications, but Agriculture Commissioner Nikki Fried said the efficiencies aren't sustainable unless ...
21:27, 17 Apr 2019
Democrats failed to strip language out of a Florida Senate school safety bill that would expand a law allowing some teachers to carry guns in school. They argued Wednesday that more guns in school could ...
21:25, 17 Apr 2019
A proposed ban on sanctuary policies evoked talk of fear and bigotry, shouts of "Shame on you!" and the scolding of a Democratic senator who admonished a woman Wednesday for disparaging Miami, the Florida city ...
20:38, 17 Apr 2019
Legislation that would require consent from a parent or guardian before a girl under 18 could obtain an abortion has passed the Florida House.The GOP-led House voted 69-44 on Wednesday for the bill, which now ...
13:35, 17 Apr 2019
A young Florida woman who authorities say was so "infatuated" with the Columbine school shooting they feared she was planning an attack in Colorado just days ahead of the 20th anniversary was found dead Wednesday ...
04:16, 17 Apr 2019
The Latest on threats that put Denver-area schools on alert (all times local): 5 a.m. Police in South Florida say a young woman being sought for allegedly posing a credible threat that has put Denver-area schools on ...
17:06, 16 Apr 2019
A Florida jury on Tuesday found a man guilty of first-degree murder for dropping his 5-year-old daughter off a bridge four years ago, despite arguments from his attorneys that he was insane and thought his ...
10:30, 16 Apr 2019
A SpaceX rocket booster that landed on an ocean platform after last week's launch has been damaged in rough seas.For the first time, all three first-stage boosters landed upright following Thursday's launch of the company's ...
12:57, 15 Apr 2019
A Florida man who threw his 5-year-old daughter off a Tampa Bay area bridge four years ago knew what he was doing was wrong, and he should be found guilty of first-degree murder, a prosecutor ...
12:32, 15 Apr 2019
The Latest on a bail hearing for a Chinese woman charged with lying to enter President Donald Trump's Mar-a-Lago club (all times local): 1:30 p.m. A Chinese woman charged with lying to briefly gain admission into President ...
18:37, 13 Apr 2019
A large, flightless bird native to Australia and New Guinea attacked and killed its owner when the man fell on his property in Florida, authorities said Saturday. The Alachua County Fire Rescue Department told the Gainesville ...
16:27, 12 Apr 2019
Federal scientists say a tiny group of Bryde's whales in the Gulf of Mexico is endangered, with threats including oil and gas exploration and development."They're the only year-round baleen whales that make their home in ...
12:25, 12 Apr 2019
Police have shared surveillance video showing how a woman drove her SUV into the path of a Florida commuter train. Orlando police Sgt. Eduardo Bernal told news outlets the driver remained hospitalized Thursday in serious but ...
12:33, 10 Apr 2019
Already leading the nation with the highest number of concealed weapon permits, Florida is nearing a new threshold: granting authority to 2 million civilians who can lawfully carry guns tucked in waistbands, under jackets or ...
13:50, 09 Apr 2019
Hundreds of residents in the county hardest hit by Hurricane Michael faced losing a roof over their heads on Tuesday as housing vouchers allowing them to stay at hotels after the Category 4 storm expired.Around ...
16:12, 08 Apr 2019
A Florida judge on Monday set bail at $50,000 and ordered house arrest in Miami for a Mexican soap opera actor accused of punching a man who later died.A court officer handcuffed actor Pablo Lyle, ...
09:37, 07 Apr 2019
Stephanie Loraine Piñeiro was 17 when she discovered she was pregnant for the second time.She says her parents were livid about her first pregnancy a year earlier, though she never dared tell them she was ...
10:36, 19 Apr 2019
To understand Pennsylvania's fast-changing political geography, look no further than Tom Killion. After Democrats recently flipped six state Senate seats in the suburbs of Philadelphia and Pittsburgh, Killion is one of the chamber's last Republicans standing ...
16:50, 17 Apr 2019
A Pennsylvania state government watchdog agency has launched an investigation into the horrific case of a 14-year-old girl who had extensive contact with the child welfare system before her 2016 rape, torture and murder, a ...
16:20, 16 Apr 2019
Jacqueline Zito spends as much time as she can on the Glen Onoko Falls Trail — one of the most scenic and well-known hiking paths in all of Pennsylvania — and was eager to get ...
14:49, 16 Apr 2019
Pennsylvania is getting an official amphibian, a nocturnal, unsightly salamander that's sometimes known as a snot otter, lasagna lizard or mud devil. The House voted 191-6 Tuesday to grant the honor to the Eastern hellbender, which ...
12:46, 15 Apr 2019
The Latest on severe weather in the eastern and southern United States (all times local):1:30 p.m.Authorities in Virginia say severe storms have claimed the life of an elderly woman after a tree fell on her ...
21:25, 12 Apr 2019
A Pennsylvania mall has been evacuated following a shooting.The Pittsburg Post-Gazette reported Monroeville and Pitcairn police were investigating a shooting at Monroeville Mall Friday night. The mall is about 17 miles (27.36 kilometers) east of ...
09:29, 12 Apr 2019
A prosecutor is refusing to approve criminal charges against Pittsburgh's mayor and six City Council members over the passage of firearms laws that gun-rights advocates say are blatant and deliberate violations of state law.Seven city ...
20:44, 11 Apr 2019
The remains of three Marines killed by a roadside bomb in Afghanistan have been returned to the U.S., arriving Thursday at Dover Air Force Base in Delaware.Staff Sgt. Christopher K.A. Slutman, 43, of Newark, Delaware; ...
10:06, 10 Apr 2019
Democratic lawmakers are attempting anew to give now-adult victims of child sexual abuse a reprieve from time limits in Pennsylvania law that prohibit them from suing perpetrators and institutions that may have covered it up.Senate ...
02:17, 10 Apr 2019
Authorities are looking for the cause of a train derailment outside an eastern Pennsylvania city's municipal building.Police said the Delaware-Lackawanna Railroad train carrying lumber and sand used for fracking derailed at about noon Tuesday in ...
21:46, 09 Apr 2019
The Latest on the Taliban attack on U.S. service members in Afghanistan (all times local):7:15 a.m. WednesdayThe Pentagon has released the identities of three Marines killed in a roadside bombing of an American convoy in ...
15:32, 08 Apr 2019
A spokeswoman for the nation's oldest reform school says it will appeal the state of Pennsylvania's decision to revoke its licenses amid an investigation into child abuse allegations.An investigation by The Philadelphia Inquirer earlier this ...
15:56, 02 Apr 2019
State lawmakers, criminal justice reform advocates and rapper Meek Mill joined forces Tuesday to push for an overhaul of Pennsylvania's probation system.House Democratic Whip Jordan Harris said at an event in downtown Philadelphia that he ...
17:43, 01 Apr 2019
An ex-assistant to the former mayor of an eastern Pennsylvania city has been sentenced to five years of probation in a bribery case. The (Allentown) Morning Call reports that 39-year-old Eron Lloyd was ordered Monday to ...
23:09, 31 Mar 2019
A federal appeals court upheld a ruling throwing out convictions on some charges for a former northeastern Pennsylvania judge in what prosecutors said were juveniles wrongly sent to detention center. The three-member 3rd U.S. Circuit Court ...
08:33, 30 Mar 2019
It happened without any warning: The "lobbyist room" at the back of Pennsylvania's House of Representatives chamber was closed and is now off limits to lobbyists. For decades, lobbyists could sit there in a handful of ...
08:01, 30 Mar 2019
Bound for a slaughterhouse less than a year ago, Rescued Performance Machine — RPM for short — rose to stardom earlier this month at the Horse World Expo.RPM and trainer Jeffrey R. Michael won the ...
17:32, 29 Mar 2019
A woman who plotted the rape, torture and murder of her own teenage daughter pleaded guilty on Friday and was sentenced to life in prison for a crime so barbaric that prosecutors and the judge ...
09:41, 28 Mar 2019
A man who killed and dismembered his girlfriend's 14-year-old daughter as part of a rape-murder fantasy he shared with the teenager's mother was sentenced to death Thursday. Jacob Sullivan, 46, had pleaded guilty to first-degree murder ...
19:52, 26 Mar 2019
The first female Muslim member of the Pennsylvania House of Representatives said Tuesday, March 26, she was offended by a colleague's decision to open a voting session with a prayer that "at the name of ...
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