Breaking News
Obama defends drone strikes but says no cure-all
WASHINGTON (AP) -- President Barack Obama on Thursday defended America's controversial drone attacks as legal, effective and a necessary linchpin in an evolving U.S. counterterrorism policy. But he acknowledged the targeted strikes are no "cure-all" and said he is haunted by the civilians unintentionally killed....
More
National & World News
Muslim hard-liners ID suspect in London attack
LONDON (AP) -- A man seen with bloody hands wielding a butcher knife after the killing of a British soldier on the streets of London was described as a convert to Islam who took part in demonstrations with a banned radical group, two Muslim hard-liners said Thursday....
More
Q&A: What is known about London attack
A look at the key known facts about attack in south London in which two men killed a British soldier near military barracks Wednesday....
More
Military calls UK attack victim a model soldier
LONDON (AP) -- The soldier brutally murdered in a suspected terrorist attack in London was a popular 25-year-old ceremonial military drummer and machine gunner, a father and a passionate fan of the Manchester United soccer team, the British military said Thursday....
More
Local News
Judge awards $7,500 to former inmate for beating
PITTSBURGH (AP) -- A federal judge has ruled that a former Allegheny County Jail corrections officer should pay $7,500 to a former inmate....
More
6 Wyeth paintings fetch $2M at NYC auction
NEW YORK (AP) -- Six paintings by the famous Wyeth family of artists have sold for just over $2 million at a New York City auction....
More
Lancaster Police say woman lied about abduction
LANCASTER, Pa. (AP) -- Police in central Pennsylvania say a woman lied when she called 911 from inside a car trunk to say she had been abducted by two men....
More
Allentown fire crews find body in burned apartment
ALLENTOWN, Pa. (AP) -- Firefighters responding to an apartment blaze in Allentown have discovered a man's body in a top-floor unit....
More
SEPTA riders to see fare hikes starting July 1
PHILADELPHIA (AP) -- Public transit riders in Philadelphia and its suburbs will be paying more to travel starting this summer....
More
Defense: Ex-Pa. judge cooperating in coke case
PITTSBURGH (AP) -- A western Pennsylvania judge who abruptly resigned last year was charged Thursday with stealing cocaine from evidence in cases before him, and his attorney said the former jurist is cooperating with the investigation....
More
Pa. woman convicted in fiance's wedding day death
ALLENTOWN, Pa. (AP) -- An eastern Pennsylvania woman who fatally stabbed her fiance on their wedding day - and then apparently could not comprehend that he had died - was convicted of first-degree murder on Thursday....
More
Pa. hearing to focus on rules for political groups
HARRISBURG, Pa. (AP) -- A group that aired a TV ad critical of Republican Gov. Tom Corbett is the impetus for a planned hearing before the House State Government Committee, the panel's chairman said Thursday....
More
NJ man gets life in prison for musician's death
DOYLESTOWN, Pa. (AP) -- A New Jersey man will spend the rest of his life behind bars for his role in a crime that left a Philadelphia-area musician dead....
More
Split court in case over escort of Pa. deputy body
HARRISBURG, Pa. (AP) -- A Pennsylvania appeals court Thursday threw out a disorderly conduct conviction but upheld two other verdicts against a woman accused of shouting a vulgar expression about police during an escort of a slain deputy's body to a funeral home....
More
Opinion Poll
Do you support allowing openly gay youth to become members of the Boy Scouts of America? <More Info>
Yesterday's Poll
What's your opinion, do you approve or disapprove of the job President Barack Obama is doing?