PITTSBURGH — Pittsburgh Mayor Luke Ravenstahl says he is abandoning his bid to seek re-election, but he will remain in office.
Ravenstahl made the announcement at 11 a....
HARRISBURG — Pennsylvania wildlife officials say that chronic wasting disease has appeared in the state’s wild deer population.
The Game Commission confirmed today that ...
CASTEL GANDOLFO, Italy — Benedict XVI has become the first pope in 600 years to resign, ending an eight-year pontificate shaped by struggles to move the church past sex ...
HARRISBURG — A special prosecutor has been appointed to examine whether secrecy rules were violated in grand jury proceedings that investigated Jerry Sandusky and three ...
CHICAGO — The president of a cancer charity founded by Lance Armstrong insists that the organization will persevere in the wake of the cyclist’s admission that he used p...
WASHINGTON — The House today passed and sent to President Barack Obama a far-reaching extension of the Violence Against Women Act.
The vote came after House Republican ...
VATICAN CITY — On his last morning in office, Pope Benedict XVI pledged today to respect and obey his successor and told the church’s cardinals that he would pray for th...
WAYMART, Pa. — An inmate has killed a guard at a federal prison in northeastern Pennsylvania.
Prison officials say it happened Monday night at the Canaan penitentiary in...
WASHINGTON — The White House said this morning that President Barack Obama will meet Friday with congressional leaders to discuss what to do about $85 billion in mandato...
Colin Abbott this morning was sentenced to spend 35 to 80 years in state prison after pleaded no contest to two counts of murder — nearly two years after being charged w...
