CHESTER, Pa. (AP) -- A southeastern Pennsylvania man is charged with murder a day after his mother's decomposing body was found in the apartment where neighbors say they both lived. The... READ MORE »

BETHLEHEM, Pa. (AP) -- A man kidnapped a woman and held her captive inside a rooming house for three weeks, beating and sexually assaulting her until she escaped and made her way to a... READ MORE »

HARRISBURG, Pa. (AP) -- A floor debate over legislation to allow private store sales of wine and liquor in Pennsylvania is beginning in the Republican-controlled state Senate. Senators... READ MORE »

SANTA ANA, Calif. (AP) -- An immigration officer has been indicted on charges that she took cash and egg rolls as bribes from immigrants seeking citizenship and green cards. Federal... READ MORE »

HARRISBURG, Pa. (AP) -- An openly gay lawmaker has asked the House of Representatives to censure a colleague who prevented him from making floor remarks about the Supreme Court's gay... READ MORE »

WASHINGTON (AP) -- High-calorie sports drinks and candy bars will be removed from school vending machines and cafeteria lines as soon as next year, replaced with diet drinks, granola bars... READ MORE »

WEST HAVEN, Conn. (AP) -- A Connecticut couple has named its baby with help from customers at a Starbucks coffee shop. Twenty-five-year-old Jennifer James and 24-year-old Mark Dixon of... READ MORE »

PITTSTON, Pa. (AP) -- Wilkes-Barre/Scranton International Airport is exploring the possibility of adding some international flights. The Times-Tribune of Scranton reports airport director... READ MORE »

OAKLAND, Calif. (AP) -- The mother of a teenager who died from cardiac arrhythmia last year is blaming his death on Monster Beverage Corp., alleging in a lawsuit filed Tuesday that his... READ MORE »

WASHINGTON (AP) -- The Supreme Court ruled Wednesday that legally married same-sex couples should get the same federal benefits as heterosexual couples. The court invalidated a provision... READ MORE »