HARVEYS LAKE -- The son of a well-known Back Mountain family and a star football player was shot in the head early this morning in a home-invasion robbery that police say was motivated by... READ MORE »

WOODBRIDGE, N.J. (AP) -- No one was seriously hurt when a tanker truck carrying 6,000 gallons of Scotch whisky overturned and caught fire in New Jersey. Fire Chief Dan Gregan tells The... READ MORE »

WASHINGTON (AP) -- New fossil evidence of the earliest complete skeleton of an ancient primate suggests it was a hyperactive, wide-eyed creature so small you could hold a couple of them in... READ MORE »

PHILADELPHIA (AP) -- A four-story building being demolished collapsed Wednesday on the edge of downtown, injuring 12 people and trapping two others, the fire commissioner said. Rescue... READ MORE »

MOSCOW (AP) -- Inmates at Russia's prisons have been known to bribe guards to obtain cellphones. But using cats as couriers? Guards patrolling a prison colony in Russia's north saw a... READ MORE »

NEW YORK (AP) -- A 10-year-old Brooklyn boy picked up a gun that was dropped by a would-be robber dressed as a delivery man and fired a shot, police said Tuesday. No injuries were reported... READ MORE »

READING, Pa. (AP) -- Police are looking for a man who became upset in the drive-thru of a Dunkin' Donuts in eastern Pennsylvania, walked into the store shirtless and then tore the shirt off... READ MORE »

YORK, Pa. (AP) -- Authorities are seeking a suspect in the murder of a woman whose body was found tied up with pink duct tape in her central Pennsylvania home. Police in York County said... READ MORE »

DRUMORE, Pa. (AP) -- Authorities say they have recovered a body believed to be one of two men reported missing after a boat capsized on the Susquehanna River in central Pennsylvania.... READ MORE »

SCRANTON, Pa. (AP) -- Geisinger is preparing to break ground on an $80 million expansion project at the hospital it acquired here two years ago. Geisinger-Community Medical Center's... READ MORE »