SMITHTOWN, N.Y. (AP) -- A Long Island town has approved a $20,000 settlement with the family of a girl who was injured by a petting zoo rooster.
Newsday reports the settlement was approved... READ MORE »
PHILADELPHIA (AP) -- Police say a traffic accident sent a pedestrian plunging off an elevated roadway in Philadelphia, leaving him critically injured after a 60-foot fall and one of the... READ MORE »
SPRING LAKE, N.J. (AP) -- A pair of ospreys has quieted a fire alarm in one New Jersey shore town.
The raptors have built a nest inside the fire siren at Spring Lake. By law, the nest can'... READ MORE »
UNIONTOWN, Pa. (AP) -- One of two sisters pleaded guilty to her role in a purse-snatching that broke the hip of an 82-year-old Pennsylvania woman who died months later, but a judge refused... READ MORE »
VINTONDALE, Pa. (AP) -- A western Pennsylvania woman has been jailed on charges she endangered her two young sons after police say the 4-year-old crossed a highway to visit his grandfather... READ MORE »
CASHMERE, Wash. (AP) -- The owners of a small dog suspect an eagle or other large bird attempted to carry it away from their home near Cashmere.
Marcia Green says after she let her Shih... READ MORE »
NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) -- A state Senator's blog post likening the insurance requirement under President Barack Obama's health care law to the forced deportation of Jews during the Holocaust... READ MORE »
ELIMSPORT, Pa. (AP) -- The deaths of two adults and three children in a small cabin in north-central Pennsylvania were caused by carbon monoxide poisoning caused by an improperly ventilated... READ MORE »
PROVIDENCE, R.I. (AP) -- A support frame collapsed during an aerial hair-hanging stunt at a circus performance Sunday, sending eight acrobats plummeting to the ground. Nine performers were... READ MORE »
NEW YORK (AP) -- Coca-Cola is dropping a controversial ingredient from its Powerade sports drink, after a similar move by PepsiCo's Gatorade last year.
The ingredient, brominated vegetable... READ MORE »
