BOSTON (AP) -- A Massachusetts legislator has proposed a bill that would punish police officers for swearing or using racial slurs while dealing with the public.
Officers could even lose... READ MORE »
HELENA, Mont. (AP) -- A Montana man who painstakingly gathered and reassembled parts of five $100 bills eaten by his golden retriever has been reimbursed by the U.S. Treasury for the "mutt-... READ MORE »
WEST POINT, N.Y. (AP) -- The U.S. Military Academy stopped giving tours and furloughed some civilian employees as officials tried to minimize the effect of the government shutdown on cadets... READ MORE »
ROCHESTER, N.Y. (AP) -- The National Toy Hall of Fame has narrowed the nominees for its class of 2013.
This year's finalists are: Bubbles, chess, the board game Clue, Fisher-Price Little... READ MORE »
VATICAN CITY (AP) -- Popes John Paul II and John XXIII will be declared saints on April 27 at a ceremony that might see two living popes honoring two dead ones.
The Vatican on Monday said... READ MORE »
EASTON (AP) -- A smoky fire raged through the top two floors of a three-story duplex in Easton early Monday, killing two adults and a child and injuring several other people.
The sound of... READ MORE »
NEW YORK (AP) -- New York is indeed an expensive place, but experts say that alone doesn't explain a recent report that found the city's annual cost per inmate was $167,731 last year --... READ MORE »
HARRISBURG (AP) -- With enrollment scheduled to begin Tuesday in Pennsylvania's federally run health insurance exchange, advocates are ramping up efforts to spread the word and teach... READ MORE »
