WILKES-BARRE, Pa. (AP) -- A northeastern Pennsylvania elected official apparently wrote a five-word email to his wife on Friday, hours after police asked the public for help locating him.... READ MORE »

DARBY, Pa. (AP) -- Authorities are searching for a medical services vehicle stolen in suburban Philadelphia that has radioactive medical waste inside. The gun-point carjacking happened... READ MORE »

NEW YORK (AP) -- Ben Affleck will be the next Batman: How 'bout them apples? Well, the Internet, which erupted Thursday night after Warner Bros. announced that Affleck will play the Caped... READ MORE »

SCRANTON (AP) -- President Barack Obama will visit the state for the first time in more than a year as he brings his plan for college affordability to Scranton, a city that's friendly to... READ MORE »

MEMPHIS, Tenn. (AP) -- Memphis police say no charges will be filed against a kindergartener after a gun discharged inside the child's backpack in a school cafeteria. Police spokeswoman... READ MORE »

BEIRUT (AP) -- Syrian troops and opposition fighters clashed Friday during fierce battles in suburbs of the Syrian capital where the opposition claimed a chemical weapons attack this week... READ MORE »

FORT MEADE, Md. (AP) -- Three years after Bradley Manning rocked the Pentagon by leaking a mountain of secrets, the soldier created a whole new set of potential complications for the... READ MORE »

RIO DE JANEIRO (AP) -- Brazilians were outraged when they learned their country was a top target of the U.S. National Security Agency's overseas spying operation, with data from billions of... READ MORE »

A gun-control group has erected a billboard calling on the small northeastern Pennsylvania borough of Gilberton to fire its police chief, who's been suspended for allegedly using department... READ MORE »

POTTSVILLE, Pa. (AP) -- A man will serve 14 to 28 years in state prison in the death of an eastern Pennsylvania man whose body was found tied to a tree. A jury convicted 49-year-old Keith... READ MORE »