MONTOURSVILLE (AP) -- Police say a 2-year-old Pennsylvania boy found a handgun on a bed and shot himself in the leg while his mother and her boyfriend were showering. Investigators say the... READ MORE »

BERLIN (AP) -- Police have searched the homes of co-pilot Andreas Lubitz in two German cities in search of an explanation for why he may have crashed a passenger plane into the French Alps... READ MORE »

NEW YORK (AP) -- An hour before an apparent gas explosion sent flames soaring and debris flying at a Manhattan apartment building, injuring 19 people, utility company inspectors decided the... READ MORE »

WASHINGTON (AP) -- Republicans muscled a balanced-budget plan through the Senate early Friday, positioning Congress for months of battling President Barack Obama over the GOP's goals of... READ MORE »

PARIS -- As a frantic pilot pounded on the cockpit door and passengers screamed in panic, the Germanwings co-pilot "intentionally" sent Flight 9525 straight into the side of a mountain in... READ MORE »

WASHINGTON (AP) -- The tough military charges against Army Sgt. Bowe Bergdahl have revived the questions and controversy surrounding President Barack Obama's decision to swap five Taliban... READ MORE »

NEW CITY, N.Y. (AP) -- A Pennsylvania man recovering from surgery has won $7 million off a lottery ticket tucked into his get-well card. Joseph Amorese, of Easton, got the ticket from his... READ MORE »

PITTSBURGH (AP) -- A 12-year Allegheny County councilman has withdrawn his nominating petitions -- and thus ended his last re-election bid -- in grand style. Seventy-three-year-old William... READ MORE »

WASHINGTON (AP) -- Distractions -- especially talking with passengers and using cellphones -- play a far greater role in car crashes involving teen drivers than has been previously... READ MORE »

SOMERSET (AP) -- A Pennsylvania man who skipped out on jury duty 11 times in the last two years has been arrested inside a courthouse while attending a child custody hearing. Somerset... READ MORE »