PITTSBURGH (AP) -- Allegheny County Executive Rich Fitzgerald has signed an order granting six weeks of parental leave for nearly 1,000 county workers. Tuesday's order is effective... READ MORE »

WASHINGTON, Pa. (AP) -- A Pennsylvania woman has been jailed on charges she drove drunk with her young son to have sex with three people, only to be arrested when a fight broke out. The (... READ MORE »

NEW YORK (AP) -- It's a stunning sight: Niagara Falls, the world's most famous waterfall, apparently frozen in place. The icy spectacle, brought on by weeks of severe cold, has drawn a... READ MORE »

BRADFORD, Pa. (AP) -- A water main break that has virtually cut off water to this northwestern Pennsylvania city led to school and business closures on Tuesday -- and officials say the... READ MORE »

MANCHESTER-by-the-SEA, Mass. (AP) -- A Massachusetts man has found a way to profit from the several feet of snow in his yard: He's shipping it to people in warmer climates for the bargain... READ MORE »

BEIRUT (AP) -- The Islamic State militants struck before dawn, staging house-to-house raids in a cluster of villages nestled along the Khabur River in northeastern Syria. They abducted at... READ MORE »

LITTLE ROCK, Ark. (AP) -- States are trying to reduce prison populations with secretive, new psychological assessments to predict which inmates will commit future crimes and who might be... READ MORE »

YARMOUTH, Maine (AP) -- A beloved K9 suffering from seizures and arthritis received a final salute and a police escort, with lights flashing, to the Maine vet clinic where he was euthanized... READ MORE »

BUTLER, Pa. (AP) -- State police have been searching for a suspect who cut the manes and tails from three horses at a western Pennsylvania horse complex. Cortney Shipley manages the barn... READ MORE »

HARRISBURG, Pa. (AP) -- Pennsylvania state lawmakers are accustomed to all sorts popping unannounced into their Capitol offices, but it was a particularly unusual visitor that surprised Rep... READ MORE »