WASHINGTON -- A leader of the Navajo Code Talkers who appeared at a Washington Redskins home football game said Wednesday the team name is a symbol of loyalty and courage -- not a slur as... READ MORE »

LEVITTOWN, Pa. (AP) -- A pregnant woman and her 4-year-old daughter who both died Monday had been stabbed before a suspected arson fire at their suburban Philadelphia apartment complex,... READ MORE »

PITTSBURGH (AP) -- A man has sued a western Pennsylvania police officer who allegedly laughed along with other officers and paramedics as she repeatedly used a stun gun on him while... READ MORE »

LAS VEGAS (AP) -- A giant turkey is roving crosswalks in Las Vegas to squawk on drivers who don't yield to pedestrians. Officers dressed in Thanksgiving bird finery are walking across the... READ MORE »

HINGHAM, Mass. (AP) -- A man who played Santa Claus at a Massachusetts mall has been barred from the shopping center after he was charged with groping an 18-year-old woman playing an elf.... READ MORE »

RONKS, Pa. (AP) -- Police in the heart of Pennsylvania's Amish country say a horse pulling a buggy is dead after being shot by someone in a passing vehicle. WHTM-TV reported that five... READ MORE »

SCRANTON, Pa. (AP) -- A northeastern Pennsylvania man who police say set his family home on fire in hopes of killing his napping father has been arrested on charges including arson and... READ MORE »

YORK, Pa. (AP) -- The York coroner says human remains found last week near a shopping mall are those of a white man in his 30s or 40s and were likely at the location for three to 10 years... READ MORE »

STEUBENVILLE, Ohio (AP) -- An Ohio school superintendent, two coaches and a principal were charged by a grand jury that investigated whether other laws were broken in the rape of a drunken... READ MORE »

FARMINGTON HILLS, Mich. (AP) -- When life gives you Hanukkah on Thanksgiving, make a menurkey. Or a turkel. That's what students at suburban Detroit's Hillel Day School are doing --... READ MORE »