WASHINGTON (AP) -- House Republican leaders rallied around one of their own, Whip Steve Scalise, on Tuesday after he said he regrets speaking 12 years ago to a white supremacist... READ MORE »

The recent deaths at the hands of police that have sparked protests across the U.S. are also drawing commentary from abroad -- and some of the sharpest is coming from dictators known for... READ MORE »

UNIONTOWN, Pa. (AP) -- Police say they matched a would-be pizza shop robber to a roll of toilet paper in his Pennsylvania home. Uniontown police say 29-year-old Eric Frey tried to rob... READ MORE »

BRASSTOWN, N.C. (AP) -- For most of the past 20 years, a live animal has been used in a small North Carolina town's annual New Year's Eve Possum Drop. But this year, following challenges... READ MORE »

GLENOLDEN, Pa. (AP) -- A person who fled police during a traffic stop is dead after a chase and a car crash in southeastern Pennsylvania. WPVI-TV reports that the suspect was pronounced... READ MORE »

ASHLAND, Pa. (AP) -- State troopers say they are investigating the death of a 1-year-old girl at a home in eastern Pennsylvania. Police say they were called to the house in Ashland... READ MORE »

MANCHESTER, Pa. (AP) -- Police in central Pennsylvania say they are investigating the case of a married couple found dead in their home. The York County coroner says the bodies of 51-... READ MORE »

WORMLEYSBURG, Pa. (AP) -- Fire officials say an elderly man was taken to a hospital for observation after his SUV plunged into the Susquehanna River in central Pennsylvania. Harrisburg... READ MORE »

SEOUL, South Korea (AP) -- North Korea blamed its recent Internet outage on the United States on Saturday and hurled racially charged insults at President Barack Obama over the hacking row... READ MORE »

NORWALK, Conn. (AP) -- It seemed an unlikely excuse from a man suspected of breaking into cars at an auto yard. But police say it appears a Norwalk man was being truthful when he insisted... READ MORE »