WASHINGTON (AP) — It's December, when Congress typically passes a last-minute package of temporary tax breaks, sparing millions of businesses and individuals from unwanted tax increases... READ MORE »

ALBANY, N.Y. (AP) — The conviction of former Assembly Speaker Sheldon Silver has shaken New York politics down to the granite foundations of the state Capitol, provoking fresh calls to... READ MORE »

BALTIMORE (AP) — In Baltimore, this year can be divided into two parts: what came before Freddie Gray died and what happened afterward. Gray, 25, suffered a mysterious injury in the back of... READ MORE »

GETTYSBURG, Pa. (AP) — A bust of Abraham Lincoln that was stolen from outside a museum near where he delivered the Gettysburg Address has been found. Hall of Presidents and First Ladies... READ MORE »

LE BOURGET, France (AP) — Addressing the twin threats of global warming and extremist violence, 151 world leaders kicked off two weeks of high-stakes climate talks outside Paris on Monday,... READ MORE »

GREENVILLE, S.C. (AP) — Ever wonder what you could do to get a room in a AAA four-diamond hotel, in downtown Greenville, for less than $10 a night? You might do what the Rev. Charles and... READ MORE »

COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. (AP) — Heidi Krieger didn't ask questions when her coaches added a regimen of blue pills to the handful of vitamins she was already taking every day. She didn't... READ MORE »

EGGVILLE, Miss. (AP) — Tina Wilburn made her first batch of chocolate gravy when she was 11. "My mom worked in medical records and she worked at night, so I learned to cook if I wanted to... READ MORE »

HARRISBURG (AP) — Penn State settled with six more victims or accusers of Jerry Sandusky, according to a new audit that puts the school's total payout in the child sex abuse scandal at... READ MORE »

LOGANTON (AP) — Where's the beef? That's what authorities would like to know after someone stole 40,000 pounds of it from a meat plant in central Pennsylvania. State police say it happened... READ MORE »