ALBANY, N.Y. (AP) -- Body art is not for animals, at least not in New York. It will soon be a crime to pierce or tattoo your companion animal anywhere in the state. "It's simply cruel,"... READ MORE »

LAFAYETTE, Ind. (AP) -- Two boxes of cremated human remains mistakenly included among household items donated to an Indiana Goodwill have been reunited with the deceased's next of kin,... READ MORE »

PHILADELPHIA (AP) -- Philadelphia police say a motorist was reaching back into his rental car for a loaded pistol when an officer shot and killed him during an early morning traffic stop.... READ MORE »

SOUDERTON, Pa. (AP) -- Police on Monday surrounded a home outside Philadelphia where they believe a suspect had barricaded himself after shootings at multiple homes. The man was suspected... READ MORE »

SYDNEY (AP) -- A flurry of loud bangs erupted early Tuesday as a swarm of heavily armed police stormed a downtown Sydney cafe where a gunman had been holding an unknown number of people... READ MORE »

LOS ANGELES (AP) -- Bill Cosby broke his silence amid a flood of rape accusations in a very brief interview with The New York Post's Page Six. "Let me say this. I only expect the black... READ MORE »

NEW YORK (AP) -- Congregants in African-American churches across the country wore black to Sunday services and prayed over the men in attendance in a symbolic stand against fatal police... READ MORE »

PITTSBURGH (AP) -- At the start of every month, the same image of a pistol points from the same place on the front page of the New Pittsburgh Courier, above the same caption: Under Attack... READ MORE »

VIENNA, N.Y. (AP) -- Police say a suspect was caught by a whisker when DNA from his beard hair led to his arrest. Sheriff's deputies in upstate New York say an intruder armed with a knife... READ MORE »

BERKELEY, Calif. (AP) -- Three cardboard cutouts of black people were found hanging by nooses Saturday on the Berkeley campus of the University of California. School spokeswoman Amy... READ MORE »