RIO RANCHO, N.M. (AP) -- A New Mexico high school teacher has been disciplined after reportedly telling a black student that Santa Claus is white. Officials at the school in Rio Rancho,... READ MORE »

STATE COLLEGE, Pa. (AP) -- Pennsylvania State Police say they found 20 pounds of marijuana in boxes wrapped as Christmas presents inside a minivan after a traffic stop. The Centre Daily... READ MORE »

CAMPBELLSVILLE, Ky. (AP) -- Twinkling lights, ornament-strewn trees and bustling campgrounds. Those are signs of the Christmas season in this Kentucky town, where the Amazon.com... READ MORE »

PHILADELPHIA (AP) -- Administrators at a Roman Catholic high school suffered a sharp and swift backlash this week after firing a well-liked teacher who sought to marry his same-sex partner... READ MORE »

MILAN (AP) -- A provocatively adorned outdoor Christmas tree in central Milan was just too naughty for city officials, who have ordered it denuded of its racy red sex toys. The city said... READ MORE »

SCRANTON (AP) -- A Pennsylvania woman allegedly beat her father-in-law with a cane after she accused him of stealing her dentures. The Scranton Times-Tribune reports Friday that 36-year-... READ MORE »

CENTENNIAL, Colo. (AP) -- A suburban Denver student shot at least one other student at a high school Friday before he apparently turned the gun on himself, authorities said. Arapahoe... READ MORE »

SHAMOKIN, Pa. (AP) -- Investigators in northeastern Pennsylvania believe that a cigarette thrown in a trash can is to blame for sparking a three-alarm fire that destroyed five homes and... READ MORE »

JOHANNESBURG (AP) -- The sign language interpreter at Nelson Mandela's memorial says he suffers from schizophrenia and hallucinated and saw angels while gesturing incoherently just 3 feet... READ MORE »

MISSOULA, Mont. (AP) -- A Montana newlywed pleaded guilty Thursday to killing her husband of eight days by pushing him from a cliff in Glacier National Park while they argued about her... READ MORE »