GRAPEVINE, Texas (AP) -- The Boy Scouts of America threw open its ranks Thursday to gay Scouts but not gay Scout leaders -- a fiercely contested compromise that some warned could fracture... READ MORE »

PHILADELPHIA (AP) -- For bicyclist Rudi Saldia, you could say a cat is his co-pilot. Saldia often buzzes around Philadelphia with his year-old feline Mary Jane perched on his shoulder.... READ MORE »

PHILADELPHIA (AP) -- A Philadelphia police officer has been arrested and charged in federal court with working with another person to set up and rob suspected drug dealers. Prosecutors... READ MORE »

PHILADELPHIA (AP) -- Philadelphia Police released video from a shooting earlier this month, showing one man shooting an AK-47 in the parking lot of the Purple Orchid Gentlemen's Club, then... READ MORE »

MIAMI (AP) -- Wildlife officials are investigating an online video that shows a man doing a cannonball onto two manatees in Florida. The video shows a man jumping on top of what appears to... READ MORE »

LANCASTER, Pa. (AP) -- Police in Lancaster say they've detained two men in an investigation prompted by a woman's call to 911 from the trunk of a car to report that she had been abducted by... READ MORE »

EPHRATA, Pa. (AP) -- Police in central Pennsylvania said Tuesday they charged three adults after finding them living inside a mobile home with a small child, two other people and more than... READ MORE »

VATICAN CITY (AP) -- Pope Francis' fascination with the devil took on remarkable new twists Tuesday, with a well-known exorcist insisting Francis helped "liberate" a Mexican man possessed... READ MORE »

SAN JOSE, Calif. (AP) -- A high-tech startup is wading into the gun control debate with a wireless controller that would allow gun owners to know when their weapon is being moved -- and... READ MORE »

HARRISBURG, Pa. (AP) -- A mayoral candidate in Harrisburg spray-painted the campaign signs of one of his competitors for the Democratic nomination, police say. The charges announced Monday... READ MORE »