VANCOUVER, Wash. (AP) -- The school district in Vancouver is investigating a third-grade teacher accused of using a "pay to potty" policy that required students to spend their fake... READ MORE »

CARY, N.C. (AP) -- It will take more than tissues for police in a North Carolina town to take care of the mildly offending graffiti being spray-painted on businesses and signs.... READ MORE »

PHILADELPHIA (AP) -- Pennsylvania's ban on gay marriage has been overturned by a federal judge in a decision that makes same-sex matrimony legal throughout the Northeast. U.S. District... READ MORE »

SUNBURY, Pa. (AP) -- A northeastern Pennsylvania judge has ruled a woman charged with her newlywed husband with luring a man through Craigslist and killing him can face the death penalty.... READ MORE »

PORTLAND, Maine (AP) -- Police say a home invasion suspect was coaxed into surrendering after several days in the woods with a promise that he wouldn't be harmed -- and that he'd be... READ MORE »

PHILADELPHIA (AP) -- A 13-year-old boy is accused of beating his foster mother and stealing her car before getting into an accident. WPVI-TV said the teen faces serious charges after... READ MORE »

WASHINGTON (AP) -- The devastating wildfires scorching Southern California offer a glimpse of a warmer and more fiery future, according to scientists and federal and international reports... READ MORE »

HANOVER, Pa. (AP) -- Volunteers at an exotic animal rescue in southern Pennsylvania are still looking for a monkey that got loose and ran away during a fire that destroyed the facility.... READ MORE »

PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) -- Cardiologists taking part in the American Heart Association's annual Portland Heart and Stroke Walk saved a fellow participant who went into cardiac arrest on the... READ MORE »

CENTERVILLE, Pa. (AP) -- A Pennsylvania man has been charged with tattooing a smiley face and a derogatory word on a 12-year-old girl's arm. State police tell the Erie Times-News that... READ MORE »