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Brent Suter, Eric Thames

Santana drives in go-ahead run, Brewers end 6-game skid

With Ryan Braun back and helping in a big way, the Brewers finally snapped their losing streak — barely. Domingo Santana ...

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Sessions Singles Out Philly as Sanctuary City

Attorney General Jeff Sessions spoke in Philadelphia on Friday, urging the city to reconsider its immigration policies.

Sessions: Officials should consider harm of sanctuary city

Attorney General Jeff Sessions again singled out Philadelphia on Friday as an increasingly violent city made more dangerous ...

Police: Woman steals taxi, picks up paying passengers

Philadelphia police say a 65-year-old woman stole a taxi and picked up a fare. They say Betty Thomas caught the cab around ...

Chris Stewart

Polanco homers, Pirates beat Brewers 4-2 for 4-game sweep

The Pittsburgh Pirates spent a good portion of the first half of the season trying — and failing — to find any sort of ...

Elon Musk

Musk says government likes plan for high-speed tunnels

Billionaire entrepreneur Elon Musk says he has "verbal government approval" to build a tunnel for high-speed transportation ...

Doctor who linked kids' lead exposure to health issues dies

A pediatrician and University of Pittsburgh researcher who linked lead exposure in children to health and intelligence issues ...

US survives bites, tops El Salvador 2-0 to advance

Skirmishing for position at the goal line ahead of a corner kick, Jozy Altidore could not believe what occurred: El Salvador ...

Max Moroff

Pirates rookie Moroff beats Central-leading Brewers in 10th

Max Moroff was an unlikely candidate to come through in extra innings for the Pittsburgh Pirates. None of his six career hits ...

Arena changes all 11 US starters for 2nd straight match

U.S. coach Bruce Arena changed all 11 starters for the second straight game, inserting forwards Clint Dempsey and Jozy ...

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June Cyberattack Hit Ukraine Hospitals

The cyberattack that ripped through Ukraine on June 27 disrupted operations at several hospitals and pharmacies, knocking out ...

Police: Dealer charged with killing 4 claimed other slayings

A pot dealer who confessed to killing four men on his family's farm in Bucks County also claimed to have killed two people ...

Stephen Vogt

Brewers catcher Vogt out at least a month with sprained knee

Milwaukee Brewers catcher Stephen Vogt is out for at least a month with a sprained left knee following a collision at home ...

Man who killed stepdaughter, abused corpse won't OK divorce

A man convicted of killing his stepdaughter and having sex with her corpse is contesting the terms of a divorce from her ...

Man kills raccoon with hammer after it bites him on head

A Pennsylvania man says he was attacked by a raccoon as he worked on his car outside his home, and killed the animal with the ...

Officials try to figure out why roaches swarmed from manhole

The Philadelphia Water Department is trying to figure out what caused thousands of cockroaches to emerge from a manhole and ...

Starling Marte

Pirates OF Starling Marte humbled in return from suspension

Starling Marte insists he still isn't sure exactly how the banned steroid that cost the Pittsburgh Pirates outfielder an ...

Zac Brown

Singer Zac Brown visits teen in Philadelphia hospital

Singer Zac Brown has visited a teenager in a hospital who missed the band's latest Philadelphia concert after he was ...

Michael Stewart

Funeral service set for state trooper killed in crash

A Pennsylvania state trooper killed when his marked cruiser collided with a garbage truck last week will be laid to rest ...

George A. Romero, father of the zombie film, is dead at 77

George Romero, whose classic "Night of the Living Dead" and other horror films turned zombie movies into social commentaries ...