ALGONAC, Mich. (AP) -- A long-distance swimmer plans to swim 22 miles across Lake St. Clair this summer while hauling dinghies filled with 2,000 pounds of bricks.
Jim Dreyer has made... READ MORE »
PHILADELPHIA (AP) -- A former police officer being sought in a central Pennsylvania shooting was shot and killed during a confrontation with law enforcement officers at a Philadelphia-area... READ MORE »
HARRISBURG, Pa. (AP) -- Pennsylvania state police investigated crashes that killed 13 people and injured 245 over the long Memorial Day weekend.
The number of fatalities matched last year'... READ MORE »
PITTSBURGH (AP) -- It's hardly a boom, but the population of six major Pennsylvania cities increased modestly between 2010 and 2012, according to new data from the U.S. Census Bureau.
Last... READ MORE »
LINWOOD, Pa. (AP) -- Authorities in suburban Philadelphia are investigating a fatal accident involving a school bus.
WPVI-TV says a car slammed into the back of the bus shortly after 3 p.m... READ MORE »
BEIJING (AP) -- A newborn's cries from a public restroom in a residential building in eastern China led a tenant to a startling discovery: a baby boy trapped in a sewage pipe beneath a... READ MORE »
BALTIMORE (AP) -- A fire that broke out aboard a Royal Caribbean ship Monday did enough damage that the rest of the cruise was canceled and the company said the more than 2,200 passengers... READ MORE »
EDEN, Texas (AP) -- A man suspected in a West Texas shooting rampage that left one woman dead and five others wounded was a Marine who was wanted for questioning in a slaying in North... READ MORE »
PHILADELPHIA (AP) -- Fire officials say a 7-year-old girl has died a day after being trapped in a house fire in Southwest Philadelphia.
Fire Commissioner Lloyd Ayers tells The Philadelphia... READ MORE »
SKIPPACK, Pa. (AP) -- State police say a teenager has been arrested in the stabbing death of his girlfriend on a suburban Philadelphia hiking trail.
Police in Montgomery County say the two... READ MORE »
