TOCOA, Honduras (AP) -- Elsa Ramirez already had lost two brothers to violence in this remote Caribbean region when co-workers handling clandestine cocaine flights from South America... READ MORE »

MERCER (AP) -- A 400-pound animal has gone missing from a farm in western Pennsylvania. State police and a western Pennsylvania cattle owner say the 2-year-old bull has been missing for... READ MORE »

SYRACUSE, N.Y. (AP) -- Authorities say a Syracuse city police officer was looking at the computer inside his patrol car when he ran a red light and collided with an unmarked police vehicle... READ MORE »

HIGHSPIRE, Pa. (AP) -- Speed limits on more than 100 miles of two interstates in Pennsylvania will rise to 70 mph for the first time this summer, with similar increases possible next year... READ MORE »

TAIPEI, Taiwan (AP) -- A plane attempting to land in stormy weather crashed on a small Taiwanese island late Wednesday, killing 47 people and wrecking houses and cars on the ground. The... READ MORE »

STAHLSTOWN (AP) -- The Pennsylvania Turnpike has asked state police to increase patrols near an area of the toll road where a woman says she can see motorists exposing and relieving... READ MORE »

DANVILLE, Pa. (AP) -- Doctors had a simple goal when they first saw how a football-size rock thrown from an interstate overpass in Pennsylvania had shattered Sharon Budd's skull -- to keep... READ MORE »

PHILADELPHIA (AP) -- An 89-year-old Nazi war crimes suspect who was jailed while awaiting extradition to Germany has been granted bail after being hospitalized. Johann "Hans" Breyer can... READ MORE »

EDWARDSVILLE, Ill. (AP) -- A southwestern Illinois man found mentally fit to stand trial on charges that he molested a puppy is waiting for court officials to decide if he's a sexually... READ MORE »

NEWFIELDS, N.H. (AP) -- A woman who called police after stopping in a highway median to help some stranded ducklings ended up with a $100 ticket for her efforts. Hallie Bibeau of Newfields... READ MORE »