ISTANBUL (AP) -- Pope Francis stood Saturday for two minutes of silent prayer facing east in one of Turkey's most important mosques, a powerful vision of Christian-Muslim understanding at a... READ MORE »

VINELAND, N.J. (AP) -- Police in New Jersey say a man told officers he fled the scene of an auto accident because he "didn't want to deal with his girlfriend yelling at him." They say... READ MORE »

PHILADELPHIA (AP) -- A college senior has been reported missing after a night out with friends at a crowded Philadelphia bar. Police say 21-year-old Shane Montgomery was home from West... READ MORE »

WILKES-BARRE, Pa. (AP) -- Police say a Pennsylvania woman chased her boyfriend around a dining room and stabbed him in the chest because he started eating Thanksgiving dinner while she... READ MORE »

PORTSMOUTH, N.H. (AP) -- Police say a man who broke into his neighbor's apartment to silence a barking dog ended up getting bitten and arrested. They say a brawl erupted Friday morning... READ MORE »

UNIONTOWN, Pa. (AP) -- Authorities say a woman being cited for public drunkenness in Pennsylvania accidentally dropped a baggie of crack cocaine on the police station floor. Uniontown... READ MORE »

CANNON BEACH, Ore. (AP) -- A 2-year-old Belgian Malinois was supposed to be the ninth member of the police force in the Oregon coastal town of Cannon Beach, but "Cash" just didn't have... READ MORE »

SAN JOSE, Calif. (AP) -- An assistant manager at a Northern California Burger King found a backpack loaded with about $100,000 in a booth, but so far no one has come forward to claim it.... READ MORE »

CHICAGO (AP) -- Unlike some resource-rich powerhouses that typically vie for Illinois' high school football championships, the Phillips Academy Wildcats must lug their helmets and pads... READ MORE »

PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) -- Two Sundays before Thanksgiving, my farming partner and I brought a live turkey in a burlap sack to our urban farm on the outskirts of Portland. The lanky brown-... READ MORE »