PHILADELPHIA (AP) -- A hunger strike to protest layoffs in the Philadelphia school district extended to a fifth day on Friday, when two more parents joined the fast and a gubernatorial... READ MORE »

GETTYSBURG, Pa. (AP) -- The commander of the Confederate army marched to the front of the makeshift classroom in jeans and a dress blue shirt to deliver battle plans to his top lieutenants... READ MORE »

PHILADELPHIA (AP) -- A bicyclist was critically injured after he was found impaled on a fence, police said. Police found the man about 2 a.m. Thursday after receiving a call that led them... READ MORE »

PHILADELPHIA (AP) -- A lien was placed on the home of the Philadelphia's mayor last month because of an unpaid gas bill, but the issue has been resolved, officials said. Mayor Michael... READ MORE »

AUGUSTA, Maine (AP) -- The often-brash governor of Maine used crude language Thursday to express his frustration over the state budget, targeting a Democratic opponent with a sexually... READ MORE »

MONTREAL, Quebec (AP) -- Quebec provincial police said Thursday that two people are missing after a massive explosion at a fireworks warehouse rocked an area west of Montreal, leaving a... READ MORE »

MT. PLEASANT, Pa. (AP) -- A western Pennsylvania woman has been arrested after she allegedly ran over her boyfriend's other girlfriend. Police say 28-year-old Danielle Falcon of Everson... READ MORE »

LOS ANGELES (AP) -- James Gandolfini's lumbering, brutish mob boss with the tortured psyche will endure as one of TV's indelible characters. But his portrayal of criminal Tony Soprano in... READ MORE »

SCRANTON, Pa. (AP) -- A Pennsylvania woman and her two daughters were charged Wednesday with murder in the death of their 32-year-old son and brother, who had Down syndrome, after officials... READ MORE »

NEW YORK (AP) -- Investigators with jackhammers and shovels are digging under a New York City house once occupied by a famous gangster who is said to have buried victims in familiar places... READ MORE »