TAVARES CITY, Fla. (AP) -- A series of major explosions at a Florida gas plant has injured several workers and left others missing. John Herrell of the Lake County Sheriff's Office said... READ MORE »

WOODBURY, N.J. (AP) -- A five-time Buffalo wing-eating champion known as El Wingador has pleaded guilty to a cocaine distribution charge in New Jersey. Gloucester County prosecutors say... READ MORE »

HARRISBURG, Pa. (AP) -- Longtime Penn State head coach Joe Paterno said that the university mishandled its response to the Jerry Sandusky child sex abuse scandal, a former assistant coach... READ MORE »

NEW YORK (AP) -- There's extensive evidence that pigs are as smart and sociable as dogs. Yet one species is afforded affection and respect; the other faces mass slaughter en route to... READ MORE »

ABOARD THE PAPAL AIRCRAFT (AP) -- Pope Francis reached out to gays, saying he won't judge priests for their sexual orientation in a remarkably open and wide-ranging news conference Monday... READ MORE »

NOXEN, Pa. (AP) -- A helicopter crash in a rugged, wooded area of northeastern Pennsylvania claimed the lives of five people, including one child, officials said Sunday. The crash happened... READ MORE »

PHILADELPHIA (AP) -- A suburban Philadelphia woman who tied the knot with her longtime partner Sunday with a county marriage license despite the commonwealth's ban on same-sex marriage said... READ MORE »

WERNERSVILLE, Pa. (AP) -- Authorities in eastern Pennsylvania have released the name of a man shot and killed by police officers after a gun battle along train tracks. State police in... READ MORE »

PITTSBURGH (AP) -- An elderly western Pennsylvania funeral director has been charged in the shooting death of a man that authorities allege stemmed from a dispute over a vacant house.... READ MORE »

LANGHORNE, Pa. (AP) -- Fire investigators are trying to find out what started a four-alarm blaze that tore through a suburban Philadelphia apartment complex, injuring two people and leaving... READ MORE »