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TRENTON, N.J. — A growing number of states is weighing whether to legalize marijuana to treat post-traumatic stress disorder. But for many veterans, the debate is already over.They're increasingly using cannabis even though it remains illegal in most states and is unapproved by the Department of...

YORK (AP) — Hundreds gathered for a memorial service for a retired police officer shot and killed in a robbery attempt at a rural toll plaza on the Pennsylvania Turnpike. York city and police officials as well as uniformed officers were among the 300 to 400 people attending Saturday's service at...

READING, Pa. (AP) — A settlement has been reached in a lawsuit filed by survivors of a Reading woman who died during a weekend jail stint over school truancy fines.The Reading Eagle reported that a March 7 federal court affidavit confirmed the sealed settlement and distribution to heirs of 55-year-old...

NEW YORK (AP) — A woman killed in Tuesday's bombing in Brussels had warned four months earlier that demonizing Muslims would help drive recruitment of extremists. Sascha Pinczowski posted on Facebook after the November Paris attacks that "Ignorant spreading of anti-Muslim sentiment and propaganda...

READINGTON TOWNSHIP, N.J. (AP) — Officials in New Jersey say a man driving under the influence caused a head-on crash that killed an elderly couple returning home with family from an Easter egg hunt.Frank Cabezas, 23, was charged Saturday with death by auto and assault by auto, stemming from Friday's...

ROMULUS, Mich. (AP) — Federal authorities say an American Airlines co-pilot has been detained at Detroit Metropolitan Airport after he was suspected of being drunk.The Federal Aviation Administration said the co-pilot was held from a Saturday morning flight from Detroit to Philadelphia. He's suspected...

At about 7 p.m. Thursday on the second floor of ArtsQuest Center at SteelStacks, Fred Maier cracked open a bottle of his brewery's Goldencold Lager and served it to a legendary figure in the craft brewing industry. There, with an outstretched arm waiting to grab what Maier dubbed a "beer-drinking...

The Lehigh-Northampton Airport Authority is losing one of its most tenured members, after T.J. Rooney announced this week that he was resigning the seat he took in 2008. Rooney, a former seven-term state representative and long-time state Democratic Party Chairman said he's become too busy to devote...

When most people think of jobs being shipped overseas, they think of manufacturing or maybe customer service positions.But 11 graphic artists employed by Dex Media, including two in Bethlehem, lost their jobs in 2015 as a result of foreign competition, the U.S. Department of Labor ruled recently,...

The Pittsburgh man who lost a legal challenge to Texas Sen. Ted Cruz's eligibility to serve as President has appealed his defeat to the state Supreme Court.Carmon Elliott, a retiree and registered Republican, argued at a March 10 hearing before Commonwealth Court Judge Dan Pellegrini that Cruz's...