WASHINGTON — Congress is ushering in the new and the old — dozens of freshmen determined to change Washington and the harsh reality of another stretch of bitterly divide...
POINT REYES, Calif. — Authorities are warning beachgoers to be careful after a man was swept out to sea by a large wave and drowned while trying to save his dog on a Nor...
WASHINGTON — House Republicans plan a closed-door meeting today to decide their next move after the Senate overwhelmingly approved compromise legislation negating a fisc...
STATE COLLEGE — Pennsylvania Gov. Tom Corbett said today he will file a federal lawsuit against the NCAA in a bid to overturn the hefty sanctions imposed on Penn State U...
A fire broke out in garage at the house at 109 Lakeland Drive in Adams Township about noon Tuesday.
The garage is attached to the house.
A number of firefighters rushed ...
WASHINGTON — Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell says he and the White House have agreed on preventing tax hikes that the “fiscal cliff” will trigger after midnight. ...
MCKEESPORT — Police are investigating a shooting that wounded several people early today.
Emergency dispatchers said it happened about 3:15 a.m. near the intersection of...
Jack McMillin, the longtime Butler County controller, will retire at the end of this year.
In an e-mail announcement on Monday, McMillin said, “I have been thinking much...
WASHINGTON — The top leaders in both parties on the House and Senate Agriculture committees have agreed to a one-year extension of the 2008 farm bill that expired in Oct...
LONDON — Markets appeared today to be taking in stride the ongoing failure of U.S. politicians to agree to a budget deal in time to avoid automatic tax increases and spe...
