Sheriff: Captured Alabama inmate won’t get peanut butter

MIAMI (AP) — The last of 12 inmates from an Alabama jail where a guard was fooled by peanut butter into letting them escape hasRead More

Small plane crash-lands on packed Portuguese beach, kills 2

LISBON, Portugal (AP) — A light plane made an emergency landing on a packed beach near Lisbon on Wednesday afternoon, killing a 56-year-old man andRead More

First safe repair of disease-causing gene in human embryos

WASHINGTON (AP) — Altering human heredity? In a first, researchers safely repaired a disease-causing gene in human embryos, targeting a heart defect best known forRead More

Food fight erupts over Pennsylvania ‘Pierogi Festival’ name

Like a pot of pierogies left on the stove too long, a trademark dispute involving the name of the popular Polish delicacy is threatening toRead More

German hiker missing since 1987 found in Swiss glacier

GENEVA (AP) — Police in southwestern Switzerland have found in an Alpine glacier the remains of a German hiker who went missing almost exactly threeRead More

1 dead, 1 missing after explosion at Minneapolis school

MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — Firefighters were searching for a man believed to be buried in the rubble of a collapsed school building in Minneapolis on WednesdayRead More

Apple takes Dow over 22,000 points; other stocks fall

NEW YORK (AP) — Stocks are mostly lower at midday Wednesday, but a big gain for Apple sent the Dow Jones industrial average above 22,000Read More

Is there finally some relief from annoying robocalls?

NEW YORK (AP) — For Michael Rizzo, answering the phone is too often a waste of time. His Sports City Pizza Pub in Buffalo, NewRead More

Thousands of iPhone cases recalled after skin burns reported

(WHDH) — A number of iPhone case are being recalled after dozens of reports of chemical burns or skin irritation. Nearly 275,000 cases have beenRead More

Police: Missouri woman shaves boy’s head in retaliation

EUREKA, Mo. (AP) — Police in suburban St. Louis are investigating the case of a woman suspected of shaving a neighbor boy’s head and writingRead More