ARLINGTON, Texas (AP) -- Investigators will try to determine if a woman who died while riding a roller coaster at a Six Flags amusement park in North Texas fell from the ride after some... READ MORE »

WASHINGTON (AP) -- Helen Thomas, the irrepressible White House correspondent who used her seat in the front row of history to grill 10 presidents and was not shy about sharing her opinions... READ MORE »

DETROIT (AP) -- Once the very symbol of American industrial might, Detroit became the biggest U.S. city to file for bankruptcy Thursday, its finances ravaged and its neighborhoods hollowed... READ MORE »

PHILADELPHIA (AP) -- A man who allegedly struck and killed a Philadelphia woman and her three sons while drag racing in Philadelphia had been out on bail this year in a $3.6 million... READ MORE »

FORT WORTH, Texas (AP) -- A demolition company has mistakenly torn down a three-bedroom home in North Texas rather than the condemned building next door. David Underwood and his wife... READ MORE »

BELLEFONTE, Pa. (AP) -- A son of former Penn State assistant football coach Jerry Sandusky is seeking to have his name changed more than a year after his adoptive father was convicted of... READ MORE »

ERIE, Pa. (AP) -- Police have cited eight people for violating a northwestern Pennsylvania city ordinance banning guns in parks during a rally in support of open-carry laws. Twenty-six-... READ MORE »

POTTSTOWN, Pa. (AP) -- Authorities in suburban Philadelphia say a man they call a wedding crasher alleged to have stolen thousands of dollars in gifts has now been charged in another theft... READ MORE »

PHILADELPHIA (AP) -- Samara Banks often called a cab to take her and her four little boys home from family visits on the other side of a 12-lane, crosstown highway that's notorious for drag... READ MORE »

PITTSBURGH (AP) -- The Allegheny County Medical Examiner's Office says that bones found in a Pittsburgh park are from a man who appears to have died about two years ago. Medical Examiner... READ MORE »