PASADENA, Calif. (AP) -- Police on Sunday praised a dispatcher and crisis negotiator for persuading a gunman to surrender after he allegedly shot and killed three people in a Southern... READ MORE »

LATTA, S.C. (AP) -- When openly gay police chief Crystal Moore was fired by a mayor who condemned her lifestyle as "questionable," she feared her two decade career in law enforcement in... READ MORE »

LANCASTER, Pa. (AP) -- Kyle Sahd was in the second grade, preparing for his first Holy Communion at Holy Trinity Roman Catholic Church in Columbia, when he thought about the wonder of the... READ MORE »

BUFFALO, N.Y. (AP) -- Rest easy, New Yorkers, the state is staying off your lawn and away from your mowers. A hoax spreading online this week has some residents thinking they'll be forced... READ MORE »

NORRISTOWN, Pa. (AP) -- An 18-year-old jaguar who spent most of her life at an eastern Pennsylvania zoo has died of cancer. Officials at the Elmwood Park Zoo in Norristown say the spotted... READ MORE »

NORTH PLATTE, Neb. (AP) -- Calls have gone out to glass and siding companies and insurance agents after a barrage of hail left a trail of broken windows, damaged houses and ravaged farm... READ MORE »

KODIAK, Alaska (AP) -- If you've seen a lot of long-haired men on Alaska's Kodiak Island, this might be the reason. A new study finds the City of Kodiak has the priciest men's haircut in... READ MORE »

SANTA FE, N.M. (AP) -- When a woman's pickup stalled on a street in Santa Fe, New Mexico, local chef Jackson Ault stopped to lend a hand. Ault and the driver both ended up with a surprise... READ MORE »

PITTSBURGH (AP) -- Pittsburgh's new public safety director wants uniformed police officers to stop wearing baseball caps by Sept. 1. Spokeswoman Sonya Toler tells the Pittsburgh Tribune-... READ MORE »

CHEYENNE, Wyo. (AP) -- Faced with potentially hungry -- and grumpy -- passengers, a Frontier Airlines pilot treated them to pizza when storms diverted a Denver-bound flight to Cheyenne,... READ MORE »