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.
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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.
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PITTSBURGH (AP) -- An elderly western Pennsylvania funeral director has been charged in the shooting death of a man that authorities allege stemmed from a dispute over a vacant house.... READ MORE »
LANGHORNE, Pa. (AP) -- Fire investigators are trying to find out what started a four-alarm blaze that tore through a suburban Philadelphia apartment complex, injuring two people and leaving... READ MORE »
BETHLEHEM, Pa. (AP) -- Emergency and utility officials say a tree-trimmer has died after apparently striking a high-voltage power line in eastern Pennsylvania.
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READING, Pa. (AP) -- Police have been searching for a man who allegedly doused a store clerk with gasoline and set him on fire, apparently in a dispute over a woman.
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UNIONTOWN, Pa. (AP) -- Police have charged a defense attorney with bringing heroin and other drugs to his client -- while the client was locked up in a southwestern Pennsylvania county's... READ MORE »
