ATLANTA (AP) -- A man slapped a crying toddler during a flight will serve eight months in federal prison. Joe Rickey Hundley was accused of using a racial slur to refer to the 19-month-old... READ MORE »

PHILADELPHIA (AP) -- A holiday traveler killed in an apparent road-rage shooting in Pennsylvania had reported some sort of road dispute with the pickup chasing him, state police said Sunday... READ MORE »

VATICAN CITY (AP) -- Pope Francis has made another one of his cold calls to wish a group of nuns in a Spanish convent Happy New Year. Only he got their answering machine, instead. "What... READ MORE »

PITTSBURGH (AP) -- In at least four states that have nurtured the nation's energy boom, hundreds of complaints have been made about well-water contamination from oil or gas drilling, and... READ MORE »

PHILADELPHIA (AP) -- Jeremiah Thomas watched the final minutes of Sunday's Eagles-Cowboys game with two thoughts only a Herr's sales manager could have: Go Birds! and I gotta bring more... READ MORE »

WILKES-BARRE, Pa. (AP) -- A Virginia man convicted in the murder of a rival in the gay porn business in northeastern Pennsylvania is seeking a new trial, arguing that his attorneys weren't... READ MORE »

NEW KENSINGTON, Pa. (AP) -- The driver of a car has died after witnesses tell police it spun into the path of a school bus in western Pennsylvania. New Kensington police Chief Thomas... READ MORE »

BUTLER, Pa. (AP) -- The Pennsylvania Department of Transportation is experimenting with beet juice as a way to treat icy roads in especially cold weather. PennDOT officials tell KDKA-TV... READ MORE »

TYRONE, Pa. (AP) -- State police say a central Pennsylvania man claimed his mother was badly beaten by a burglar, but that her texts and phone calls to relatives -- and blood found on her... READ MORE »

A sophisticated, real-world study confirms that dialing, texting or reaching for a cellphone while driving raises the risk of a crash or near-miss, especially for younger drivers. But the... READ MORE »