CALIFORNIA, Pa. (AP) -- A western Pennsylvania university student and basketball player likely inhaled chewing gum into her lungs while asleep before being found dead in her dormitory over... READ MORE »

BOYNTON BEACH, Fla. (AP) -- An estranged Florida couple's fight over whether to circumcise their son has become a rallying cry for those who denounce the procedure as barbaric. The... READ MORE »

CHICAGO (AP) -- As another storm flung snow at Chicago, Alexandra Clark wondered how she'd get to work. Like an increasing number of snowbound city dwellers, she had a ready tool at hand... READ MORE »

ABOARD THE PAPAL PLANE (AP) -- Pope Francis is firmly upholding church teaching banning contraception, but said Monday that Catholics don't have to breed "like rabbits" and should instead... READ MORE »

The NFL is investigating whether the New England Patriots deflated footballs that were used in their AFC championship game victory over the Indianapolis Colts. "We are looking into it,"... READ MORE »

ANN ARBOR, Mich. (AP) -- Now that's a special delivery! A group of real estate agents meeting in Ann Arbor surprised a man by giving him a $2,084 tip for delivering one pizza Thursday.... READ MORE »

WILKES-BARRE (AP) -- A Hunlock Creek man who worked as a Coughlin High School dean was convicted Friday of corruption of minors in a case where he was charged with having sex with a 16-year... READ MORE »

LUTZ, Fla. (AP) -- It was a Florida prison inmate's escape that led investigators down a rabbit hole of sin involving a corrections officer and two strippers the sheriff says brokered... READ MORE »

STATE COLLEGE, Pa. (AP) -- Hundreds of students have rallied at Penn State to celebrate the career of late football coach Joe Paterno and the NCAA's agreement to restore 112 team victories... READ MORE »

WOODLAND, Calif. (AP) -- A man searching for his wallet in a trash bin in Northern California was scooped up by a garbage truck and taken on a long ride. The Oroville Mercury Register... READ MORE »