KIEV, Ukraine (AP) -- A Ukrainian official said a passenger plane carrying 295 people was shot down Thursday over a town in the east of the country, and Malaysia Airlines tweeted that it... READ MORE »

HARRISBURG (AP) -- The portraits of three former Pennsylvania House speakers and one former top state senator hanging in the Capitol's marble corridors each have new information to tell... READ MORE »

SEATTLE (AP) -- A man who used a can of spray paint and a lighter as a makeshift blowtorch to kill a spider in his laundry room started a blaze that caused $60,000 worth of damage, Seattle... READ MORE »

TOLEDO, Ohio (AP) -- Just days after his infant daughter's death, Nathen Steffel asked strangers on the Internet for only one thing: He and his wife wanted a photo of their daughter without... READ MORE »

WASHINGTON (AP) -- When you die, should your loved ones have access to your Facebook, Gmail and other online accounts? A group of influential lawyers says yes, unless you specify otherwise... READ MORE »

PHILADELPHIA (AP) -- Cable and Internet giant Comcast is apologizing after a tech-savvy California customer posted eight minutes of telephone conversation online in which he tried... READ MORE »

HERSHEY, Pa. (AP) -- Candy maker Hershey Co. says its 2014 profit will be around the low end of its earlier forecast, and it is raising prices as costs rise. The company said Tuesday that... READ MORE »

PHILADELPHIA (AP) -- Philadelphia police say a woman found dead inside a duffel bag was a recent art school graduate looking for a place to live. Homicide Capt. James Clark says Tuesday... READ MORE »

JERSEY CITY, N.J. (AP) -- A day after a rookie police officer was gunned down in an ambush, mourners came to pay their respects at a makeshift memorial with candles, balloons, empty liquor... READ MORE »

ABINGDON, Va. (AP) -- A Virginia man says he has claimed a kingdom in Africa so his daughter can be a princess. Jeremiah Heaton told the Bristol Herald Courier (http://bit.ly/1rcQHtp) that... READ MORE »