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PHILADELPHIA — A Pennsylvania death row inmate has a simple challenge for the U.S. Supreme Court: The same person shouldn't be both his prosecutor and his judge.Yet Terrance "Terry" Williams says that's exactly what happened when Philadelphia District Attorney Ronald Castille signed off on Williams'...

WOODBRIDGE, Va. (AP) — An Army staff sergeant assigned to the Pentagon was arrested on murder and other charges in the death of a police officer and another person, authorities said Sunday.Ronald Hamilton, 32, is being held without bond in the Prince William County Adult Detention Center on charges...

For a day that happens only every four years, and in rare cases every eight years, Feb. 29 has a lot going on — everything from science to superstition.The earth's yearlong revolution around the sun isn't tidy: It takes 365.24219 days to complete the circle, leaving us with some spare change that...

A regional road study looking at noisy truck brakes has been expanded to include an additional municipality. East Allen Township Engineer Jim Milot told the Board of Supervisors Thursday that a joint study to prohibit the use of jake brakes on Airport Road that included Hanover Township, Northampton...

ALLENTOWN — Once known for drunk and disorderly conduct that sometimes led to violence, the building attached to Allentown's Hotel Traylor has been resurrected as a place for justice.District Judge Ron Manescu and his staff this week moved five blocks down Hamilton Street to their newly refurbished...

BETHLEHEM — Lehigh and Northampton counties have fallen far short of a decade-old goal to preserve 25 percent of land for agriculture.In fact, the rate of nonagricultural development of farmland has outpaced preservation, according to data compiled by RenewLV, a nonprofit that focuses on smart...

FORT WORTH, Texas — New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie backed Donald Trump in the Republican race for president Friday, a powerhouse endorsement as the billionaire tries to beat back assaults on his character from a newly aggressive rival, Marco Rubio.Christie joined Trump at a Fort Worth news conference...

Northampton County is back to business as usual a year after a record number of retirements left county government struggling to keep up with paperwork and fill vacancies, particularly at the county prison.A right-to-know request by The Morning Call found only 65 employees retired in 2015, about...

With the final season of his hit "Mike & Molly" coming to an end on CBS, comedic actor Billy Gardell says he's ready for a change. "I think I might want to go a little bit in a different direction," Gardell says in a call from Los Angeles, where he lives. "I'd like to go, maybe, away from the sitcom...

Sales per square foot at Palmer Park Mall increased but occupancy there decreased in 2015, the same year then-owner Pennsylvania Real Estate Investment Trust was shopping around the Palmer Township retail center. As of Dec. 31, Palmer Park was doing $311 in sales per square foot, up 2.6 percent...