PITTSBURGH — A fired Pittsburgh state prison guard accused of physically and sexually assaulting inmates who were gay or serving time for child-sex crimes was convicted ...
HARRISBURG, Pa. — Jerry Sandusky lost a bid for a new trial Wednesday when a judge rejected his argument that his lawyers were not given enough time to prepare for the t...
Butler County Judge S. Michael Yeager ruled Wednesday that a referendum passed by Center Township voters in November, which reduced the number of township supervisors fr...
WASHINGTON — The Senate Foreign Relations Committee today unanimously approved President Barack Obama’s choice of Sen. John Kerry to succeed Hillary Rodham Clinton as se...
NEW ORLEANS — A federal judge on Tuesday approved an agreement for BP PLC to plead guilty to manslaughter and other charges and pay a record $4 billion in criminal penal...
MIDLAND CITY, Ala. — Police, SWAT teams and negotiators are at a rural property where a man is believed to be holed up in a homemade bunker this morning after fatally sh...
WASHINGTON — Transportation Secretary Ray LaHood, the only Republican still in President Barack Obama’s first-term Cabinet, said today he plans to leave the administrati...
WASHINGTON — President Barack Obama kept up pressure on Congress Monday to pass tough new gun legislation, seeking help from law enforcement leaders in three communities...
CENTER TWP — It will fall on Butler County Judge Michael S. Yeager to decide whether the result of a referendum approved by township voters in November is represented on...
PITTSBURGH — The chief of staff for imprisoned former state Sen. Jane Orie testified she was ordered by her boss to follow instructions to do campaign work from the sena...
