WASHINGTON — A former longtime aide to U.S. Sen. Thad Cochran of Mississippi pleaded guilty today to swapping legislative favors for event tickets and other gifts from d...
A man and woman were arrested about 1:30 p.m. at 308 Third St. after one of the victims of a string of burglaries identified a yellow car and police followed it to that ...
WASHINGTON — South Carolina Gov. Mark Sanford today is expected to become the first governor to formally reject some of the federal stimulus money earmarked by Congress ...
JEFFERSON TWP— It appears it is back to square one in the contract dispute between the South Butler School District and the teachers union.
An arbitrator in the labor di...
WASHINGTON — President Barack Obama today embraced a new approach to public education that adds up to merit pay for the better teachers and longer days and school years ...
DETROIT — The United Auto Workers Union says its members working for Ford Motor Co. have approved contract changes that include freezing wages and cutting other benefits...
ERIE — Some flooded roads in northwestern Pennsylvania are expected to reopen even as the National Weather Service issues a flash flood watch for nearly all of Western P...
BELFAST, Northern Ireland — British Prime Minister Gordon Brown vowed today that Irish Republican Army dissidents responsible for killing two soldiers will not be permit...
SCRANTON — A handful of rail cars carrying lumber and sport utility vehicles have derailed in Scranton.
About five cars from a Canadian Pacific Railway freight train wen...
ST. PAUL, Minn. — The Minnesota Supreme Court has rejected Democrat Al Franken's petition for an election certificate that would put him in the U.S. Senate without waiti...
