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WASHINGTON (AP) – Up to 1 in 5 people may be dying unnecessarily from car crashes, gunshots or other injuries, a stark conclusion from government…
WASHINGTON (AP) – Up to 1 in 5 people may be dying unnecessarily from car crashes, gunshots or other injuries, a stark conclusion from government…
ORLANDO, Fla. (AP) — A week has passed since the Orlando nightclub shooting that killed 49 club patrons and the funeral processions are wrapping up,…
GOLETA, Calif. (AP) — Firefighters battling a California wildfire that forced the evacuation of campgrounds and ranches were struggling with strong overnight winds and bracing…
GOLETA, Calif. (AP) — Fueled by hot and dry weather, wildfires threatened homes in California and other Western states as crews struggled to corral flames…
HARRISBURG (AP) – A judge on Thursday ordered hearings to let former Penn State assistant football coach Jerry Sandusky develop more information as he tries…
The Associated Press Some like it hot. But a new report from the World Health Organization suggests that when it comes to beverages such as…
PHILADELPHIA (AP) — The Museum of the American Revolution in Philadelphia has announced it will open on April 19 next year. It’s the anniversary of…
NEW YORK (AP) – The father of a young woman killed in the Paris massacre last November is suing Google, Facebook and Twitter, claiming that…
HARRISBURG, Pa. (AP) — Pennsylvania’s governor had a Confederate flag removed from a Flag Day exhibit in the state Capitol on Wednesday after the chairwoman…
LAKE BUENA VISTA, Fla. (AP) — Walt Disney World closed beaches at its Florida resorts Wednesday while dozens of rescuers searched a lagoon for…
PITTSBURGH (AP) — A huge turnout is expected in downtown Pittsburgh for the 2016 Stanley Cup champion Pittsburgh Penguins victory parade. A parade after the…
PITTSBURGH (AP) — Into battle and outer space, outside homes and on covered wagons, the American flag goes wherever Americans go. Their stories are…
WASHINGTON (AP) – Scientists have a found a quick way – but not a cheap one – to turn heat-trapping carbon dioxide gas into harmless…
LOS ANGELES (AP) — An Indiana man arrested over the weekend in California with three assault rifles and ammunition in his car was forbidden from…
DENVER (AP) — The deadliest shooting in modern U.S. history has people around the world wondering why mass violence keeps happening in America. For…
HARRISBURG (AP) – Republican leaders of the Pennsylvania House surprised many this week when they pushed through a bill to allow sales of wine at…
ORLANDO, Fla. (AP) — A gunman wielding an assault-type rifle and a handgun took hostages and opened fire inside a crowded Florida nightclub, killing approximately…
LOUISVILLE, Ky. (AP) – The Greatest was laid to rest in his hometown Friday after an all-day send-off that was a lot like Muhammad Ali…
SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — A women’s advocacy group said it will turn in petitions Friday that urge a California agency to remove the judge who…
WASHINGTON (AP) – An international team of scientists has found that man-made climate change nearly doubled the likelihood of last month’s devastating French flooding. In…
BILLINGS, Mont. (AP) — The death of a tourist who left a boardwalk and fell into a boiling, acidic spring in Yellowstone National Park shows…
HARRISBURG (AP) – A new law will soon give Pennsylvania consumers many more options about where to purchase their favorite varieties of wine. Democratic Gov….
MONACA (AP) – Shell Chemical Appalachia LLC is building a petrochemical plant in western Pennsylvania that will create up to 6,000 construction jobs and 600…
GREENSBURG, Pa. (AP) — A prosecutor is trying to block the appeal challenging a judge’s decision that a defendant must stand trial as an adult…
BEAVER, Pa. (AP) — A western Pennsylvania man has been arrested in Kentucky after being charged with slaying his ex-girlfriend in her Pennsylvania apartment. Twenty-six-year-old…
PITTSBURGH (AP) – A western Pennsylvania man pleaded guilty Monday to selling thousands of counterfeit, Chinese-made DVDs on eBay, all while twice running for the…
CINCINNATI (AP) — A prosecutor said Monday that he isn’t seeking charges against the mother of a 3-year-old boy who got into the Cincinnati Zoo’s…
CLEARFIELD (AP) – The American Red Cross has set up a service center to help residents needing help after last week’s flooding in central Pennsylvania….
CALABASAS, Calif. (AP) — A car crash that downed power lines turned the hills northwest of Los Angeles into torches, forcing thousands from their homes…
BEAVER (AP) – A woman in western Pennsylvania found an 8-foot-long unwelcomed passenger on her SUV. The Beaver County Times reports Patricia Russell discovered a…
LIGONIER, Pa. (AP) — Emergency crews had to evacuate several residents along a western Pennsylvania creek swollen by heavy overnight rains. Flooding was plaguing Ligonier…
TRAVERSE CITY, Mich. (AP) – Federal officials said Thursday they will consider extending protections under the Endangered Species Act to moose in four upper Midwestern…
LOS ANGELES (AP) — The investigation into a murder-suicide on the UCLA campus took a more sinister turn Thursday when police announced they suspected the…
NEW KENSINGTON (AP) – A western Pennsylvania man has been jailed in a standoff that police say began when he used a bow-and-arrow to shoot…
LOS ANGELES (AP) — A murder-suicide at a UCLA engineering building Wednesday drew hundreds of heavily armed officers who swarmed the sprawling Los Angeles campus,…
LOS ANGELES (AP) — Two people were shot and killed on the UCLA campus Wednesday morning, according to a Los Angeles Police Department spokesman. The…
The Associated Press BALTIMORE — The Zika virus is not being spread by genetically engineered mosquitoes, nor is it transmitted through vaccines. It also is…
CINCINNATI (AP) — The director of the Cincinnati Zoo says it remains safe for its 1.6 million annual visitors despite a weekend tragedy in which…
CINCINNATI (AP) — The Cincinnati Zoo has temporarily closed its gorilla exhibit after a special zoo response team shot and killed a 17-year-old gorilla that…
SYLVA, N.C. (AP) — Authorities say a fingerprint has led them to a man who placed a pipe bomb near small propane tanks in a…
WALLKILL, N.Y. (AP) — A woman came home from work to find that her retired police officer husband had fatally shot their two sleeping children…
WASHINGTON (AP) – Federal health officials on Thursday approved an innovative new option for Americans struggling with addiction to heroin and painkillers: a drug-oozing implant…
NEW YORK (AP) — McDonald’s, under intense pressure in a competitive industry, sought to reassure its shareholders Thursday that it is making changes to its…
OXON HILL, Md. (AP) – The 284 kids competing in this year’s Scripps National Spelling Bee got their first opportunity to approach the microphone on…
KENNETT SQUARE, Pa. (AP) — A horse adopted by Jon Stewart and his wife reported to have been shot more than 100 times by a…
AUSTIN, Texas (AP) — Texas and 10 other states are suing the Obama administration over its directive to U.S. public schools to let transgender students…
HARRISBURG, Pa. (AP) — The Pennsylvania Liquor Control Board is granting nine more licenses to businesses that sell gasoline. It’s the latest step in loosening…
HARRISBURG (AP) – Gov. Tom Wolf wants Pennsylvanians to be able to buy six-packs of beer and gasoline in the same place, despite a pending…
NORRISTOWN, Pa. (AP) — Bill Cosby was ordered Tuesday to stand trial on sexual assault charges after a hearing that hinged on a decade-old police…
CAIRO (AP) — Human remains retrieved from the crash site of EgyptAir Flight 804 have burn marks and are very small in size, suggesting an…