WASHINGTON (AP) -- Senate leaders announced last-minute agreement Wednesday to avert a threatened Treasury default and reopen the government after a partial, 16-day shutdown. Congress raced... READ MORE »

GRANTVILLE, Pa. (AP) -- A 5-month-old girl was found unharmed in a Pennsylvania motel room where her parents had died from apparent gunshot wounds, authorities said Tuesday. The adults --... READ MORE »

WINTER HAVEN, Fla. (AP) -- After 12-year-old Rebecca Sedwick committed suicide last month, one of her tormenters continued to make comments about her online, even bragging about the... READ MORE »

HARRISBURG, Pa. (AP) -- The state Senate is analyzing plans to eliminate or lower school property taxes in Pennsylvania, although the Legislature's independent fiscal analysts told senators... READ MORE »

PITTSBURGH (AP) -- A Pennsylvania man who contends he was run over by a drunken driver while he was in custody and lying handcuffed in a road has sued police and county prosecutors. Jerry... READ MORE »

SAN FRANCISCO (AP) -- The 72-year-old hunter who was lost for more than two weeks in a California forest survived by eating squirrels and other animals he shot with his rifle, and by making... READ MORE »

BRUSSELS (AP) -- The alleged pirate kingpin thought he was going work in the movies. Instead he landed in jail. In a sting operation worthy of Hollywood, Mohamed Abdi Hassan was lured from... READ MORE »

PITTSBURGH (AP) -- The huddle at Ben Roethlisberger's house is getting bigger. The Steelers quarterback and wife Ashley are expecting the couple's second child in early 2014.... READ MORE »

CORAOPOLIS, Pa. (AP) -- Investigators have been trying to find the cause of an explosion that destroyed a house near Pittsburgh, and led to drug charges against a neighbor after authorities... READ MORE »

BERLIN (AP) -- A German couple's marriage got off to a rocky start when the groom forgot his bride at a highway gas station on the way home from their honeymoon, only noticing she was... READ MORE »