NEW YORK (AP) — Construction on a Greek Orthodox church to replace one that was crushed in the Sept. 11 attacks has been temporarily suspended amid rising costs and questions over how... READ MORE »

SEATTLE (AP) — Authorities say a wrapped present that turned out to be a fruitcake temporarily halted service at a Seattle ferry terminal while police investigated. Washington State Patrol... READ MORE »

ERIE, Pa. (AP) — A Pennsylvania woman says she went online to check her electric bill and was stunned at the amount — more than $284 billion. The Erie Times-News reports that Mary... READ MORE »

LOS ANGELES (AP) — Actress Heather Menzies-Urich, who played one of the singing von Trapp children in the hit 1965 film, "The Sound of Music," has died. She was 68. Her son, actor Ryan... READ MORE »

PALM BEACH, Fla. (AP) — President Donald Trump is celebrating Christmas the way millions of Americans do: surrounded by family, the White House said. But unlike most Americans, he released... READ MORE »

SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — North Korea said it is a "pipe dream" for the United States to think it will give up its nuclear weapons, and called the latest U.N. sanctions to target the... READ MORE »

WEST MONROE, La. (AP) — A man who'd been left with a Yorkshire terrier scalded its face, then briefly shut it in his hostess' freezer, Louisiana police say.Samuel Smith, 24, of West Monroe... READ MORE »

WILMINGTON, N.C. (AP) — A former North Carolina legislator accused of pulling a woman around his office by her ponytail nearly 15 years ago resigned Friday from the State Board of... READ MORE »

PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) — A former seaman has sued a fisherman who starred in Discovery Channel's "Deadliest Catch: Dungeon Cove" show, alleging the man was negligent and caused severe injury.... READ MORE »

VILNIUS, Lithuania (AP) — Lithuania has given Pope Francis a Christmas present invisible to the naked eye: a Nativity scene where baby Jesus is smaller than a human cell. Lithuanian... READ MORE »