WASHINGTON (AP) -- Four out of 5 U.S. adults struggle with joblessness, near poverty or reliance on welfare for at least parts of their lives, a sign of deteriorating economic security and... READ MORE »

NEW YORK (AP) -- New York City's crackdown on big, sugary sodas is staying on ice. An appeals court ruled Tuesday that New York City's Board of Health exceeded its legal authority and... READ MORE »

TAVARES CITY, Fla. (AP) -- A series of major explosions at a Florida gas plant has injured several workers and left others missing. John Herrell of the Lake County Sheriff's Office said... READ MORE »

WOODBURY, N.J. (AP) -- A five-time Buffalo wing-eating champion known as El Wingador has pleaded guilty to a cocaine distribution charge in New Jersey. Gloucester County prosecutors say... READ MORE »

HARRISBURG, Pa. (AP) -- Longtime Penn State head coach Joe Paterno said that the university mishandled its response to the Jerry Sandusky child sex abuse scandal, a former assistant coach... READ MORE »

NEW YORK (AP) -- There's extensive evidence that pigs are as smart and sociable as dogs. Yet one species is afforded affection and respect; the other faces mass slaughter en route to... READ MORE »

ABOARD THE PAPAL AIRCRAFT (AP) -- Pope Francis reached out to gays, saying he won't judge priests for their sexual orientation in a remarkably open and wide-ranging news conference Monday... READ MORE »

NOXEN, Pa. (AP) -- A helicopter crash in a rugged, wooded area of northeastern Pennsylvania claimed the lives of five people, including one child, officials said Sunday. The crash happened... READ MORE »

PHILADELPHIA (AP) -- A suburban Philadelphia woman who tied the knot with her longtime partner Sunday with a county marriage license despite the commonwealth's ban on same-sex marriage said... READ MORE »

WERNERSVILLE, Pa. (AP) -- Authorities in eastern Pennsylvania have released the name of a man shot and killed by police officers after a gun battle along train tracks. State police in... READ MORE »