Cancer and heart disease are bigger killers, but Alzheimer's is the most expensive malady in the U.S., costing families and society $157 billion to $215 billion a year, according to a new... READ MORE »
HOMESTEAD, Pa. (AP) -- The attorney for a woman facing prostitution charges says an undercover western Pennsylvania detective went too far when he allowed the woman to begin a sex act... READ MORE »
PHILADELPHIA (AP) -- Philadelphia police are looking for a man caught on surveillance video attacking and threatening a clerk at a craft beer store.
Police say the incident happened about... READ MORE »
PHILADELPHIA (AP) -- The chips are down -- and out -- after Philadelphia police say someone drove a snack truck away from a city convenience store.
Police have continued to search for the... READ MORE »
WILKES-BARRE, Pa. (AP) -- The site of a northeastern Pennsylvania mine disaster that claimed the lives of 92 men almost a century ago will be getting a historic marker.
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COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) -- Condemned killer Steven Smith's argument for mercy isn't an easy one. Smith acknowledges he intended to rape his girlfriend's 6-month-old daughter but says he never... READ MORE »
CATHLAMET, Wash. (AP) -- A 911 dispatcher in Washington state called on her own mother to rescue a stranded boater in the Columbia River, knowing her mother could kayak to the area faster... READ MORE »
SEATTLE (AP) -- One of usually peaceful springtime rituals of childhood -- the Easter egg hunt -- turned nasty at the Woodland Park Zoo in Seattle.
Blame the moms.
A statement on the... READ MORE »
PHILADELPHIA (AP) -- A hitman told jurors Monday that he killed at least eight people for Philadelphia drug kingpin Kaboni Savage, including six relatives of a suspected informant, saying... READ MORE »
ALTOONA, Pa. (AP) -- Police believe an armed man set fire to his central Pennsylvania home before blocking his driveway with a car and tree limbs to keep emergency responders away.
The... READ MORE »
