ST. LOUIS (AP) -- A federal investigation into the police killing of an unarmed, black 18-year-old in Ferguson, Missouri, lays bare what officials contend are racist, profit-driven law... READ MORE »

ALTOONA, Pa. (AP) -- Police say a drunken, recently jailed central Pennsylvania man broke his ex-girlfriend's glass door and viciously kicked her pregnant pit bull. Robert Schandelmeier... READ MORE »

SILVER SPRING, Md. (AP) -- A Maryland couple who were investigated by state officials after letting their children walk home from a park without an adult say they will appeal a finding of "... READ MORE »

IRVINE, Calif. (AP) -- Women who come to the U.S. from China to give birth to automatic American citizens may not be breaking the law by doing so, but it's illegal to lie about why they're... READ MORE »

Here are the highlights of Gov. Tom Wolf's spending plan for the budget year that starts July 1: __ THE BIG PICTURE --Increases spending through the state's main bank account by about 3... READ MORE »

MONTOURSVILLE (AP) -- Police say a driver was distracted and drunk when she slammed her car into a central Pennsylvania antique shop and pinned a customer against a wall. Police tell WNEP-... READ MORE »

RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) -- Shortly after dusk along a lonely stretch of Interstate 95, armed robbers hijacked an armored truck, tied up the two guards and disappeared into the night with 275... READ MORE »

LINCOLN, Neb. (AP) -- A man in Lincoln, Nebraska, has been cited for possessing pot inside a container that had been slapped with a label reading: "Not Weed." The Lincoln Journal Star... READ MORE »

CHAPPAQUA, N.Y. (AP) -- This well-heeled hamlet north of New York City is embroiled in an increasingly nasty debate that seems oddly out of place amid the stately homes and tony boutiques:... READ MORE »

PHILADELPHIA (AP) -- An aspiring hip-hop artist who boasts about her talent for underground "body sculpting" has one last chance to impress a jury before the panel weighs murder charges... READ MORE »