Anthony Weiner launches bid to become NYC mayor

(AP) Japan's central bank says the world's third-biggest economy is "picking up" as demand recovers in other countries and remains resilient at home, though the trade deficit...

(AP) The parents of an American software engineer who believe their son was murdered last year in Singapore withdrew from the inquest Wednesday, saying they have no...

(AP) Two emotionless prison guards watch Ai Weiwei as he eats, sleeps, paces, showers and even sits on the toilet in the Chinese artist's new obscenity-filled,...

(AP) Aretha Franklin is taking off the month of June.

(AP) Detroit auto factories are forgoing their traditional two-week summer break and speeding up production to meet buyers' growing demand for new cars and trucks.

With the largest number of contestants — 10 people seeking four seats — and only one incumbent in the running, Wilkes-Barre Area School Board not only had the most competitive race in Luzerne County, it was all but assured of an infusion of new blood,...

WASHINGTON — The Pentagon is asking Congress for more than $450 million for maintaining and upgrading the Guantanamo Bay prison that President Barack Obama wants to close.

WASHINGTON — Twitter is booming as a social media destination for teenagers who complain about too many adults and too much drama on Facebook, according to a new study published Tuesday about online behavior. It said teens are sharing more personal information...

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A.J. Barbaria and Lexi Soifer of Wyoming Seminary watch a touch football game on the campus green Tuesday afternoon as they relax under a shade tree — an ideal spot to enjoy temperatures that climbed into the upper 80s in Kingston and other parts of Luzerne County.

Financial analyst Garett Lewis is expected to face Scranton tax collector Bill Courtright in the race for Scranton mayor in the November general election, according to unofficial results from the primary election Tuesday.

Luzerne County Controller Walter Griffith's pending felony wiretap charge didn't stop Republicans from choosing him as their nominee for another term, according to unofficial election results.

HAZLETON — City police reported the following:

Wilkes-Barre Township resident Alex Milanes did not secure enough votes Tuesday to land a Republican nomination for five Luzerne County Council seats, according to unofficial results.

ASHLEYOf the seven Democrats vying for the three open seats on borough council, Frank Sorokach, Gerald Maldonado and Joseph A. McGlynn, Jr., won the nominations, unofficial results show.

MINEOLA, N.Y. — The president of a New York police union defended an officer who accidentally killed a Hofstra University student during a standoff with an armed intruder, saying Tuesday the only person responsible for the woman's death was the gunman who...

WASHINGTON — Wind, humidity and rainfall combined precisely to create the massive killer tornado in Moore, Okla. And when they did, the awesome amount of energy released over that city dwarfed the power of the atomic bomb that leveled Hiroshima.

LEHMAN TWP. — The Dallas Area Municipal Authority backed out of a proposed plan to set up a composting site at the township's municipal building lot, the Board of Supervisors announced Monday.

MIAMI — A homeless man whose face was mostly chewed off in a bizarre attack last year appeared Tuesday to be mostly at peace with his disfigurement, strumming a guitar, making jokes and thanking people for their donations to help pay for his care.

COURTDALE — Borough Council on Tuesday night rescinded an ordinance passed last month naming Trans-Med as the borough's ambulance service provider, replacing Larksville Borough Ambulance.

WASHINGTON — The U.S. has identified five men who might be responsible for the attack on the diplomatic mission in Benghazi, Libya, last year, and has enough evidence to justify seizing them by military force as suspected terrorists, officials say. But there...

MOORE, Okla. — Helmeted rescue workers raced Tuesday to complete the search for survivors and the dead in the Oklahoma City suburb where a mammoth tornado destroyed countless homes, cleared lots down to bare red earth and claimed 24 lives.

A Luzerne County Council majority voted Tuesday to confirm Joan Hoggarth as judicial services and records division head at $70,000, which is $5,000 less than the salary originally proposed by county Manager Robert Lawton.

LARKSVILLE — A man free on bail on charges he was targeting vacant houses to burglarize was caught by Larksville police Tuesday morning allegedly using a corkscrew to break into a deserted house on Garfield Street.

CINCINNATI — Tea party activists waving flags and signs, singing patriotic songs and chanting anti-IRS slogans held rallies outside federal buildings across the country Tuesday to protest the agency's extra scrutiny of conservative groups.

JOHANNESBURGPistorius' brother off hook

SEASIDE HEIGHTS, N.J. — The boardwalks are back, and so are most of the beaches, even if some are a little thinner this year.

PHOENIX — Jodi Arias begged jurors Tuesday to give her life in prison, saying she “lacked perspective” when she told a local reporter in an interview that she preferred execution to spending the rest of her days in jail.

HAZLETON — City police reported the following:• Police said a 16-year-old girl from Hazleton will be cited with several traffic violations after a chain-reaction crash involving parked cars on Diamond Avenue on Monday.

WILKES-BARREActivities set for EMS weekMayor Tom Leighton on Tuesday declared the week of May 19-25 as Emergency Medical Service Week in the city, a celebration that will end Saturday with an open house at two city fire stations.

WILKES-BARRE — Flood closure panels that nearly failed when rubber gaskets blew out during the historic September 2011 flood will continue to be used until they are repaired, officials said Tuesday during the Luzerne County Flood Protection Authority...

SCRANTON — Ten people were indicted by a federal grand jury Tuesday on cocaine trafficking and firearm charges.

ASHLEY — Ashley Borough Council reminds residents the second half of the 2013 trash and recycling fee will be collected in the secretary's office beginning June 4. Hours are 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. Tuesday and 4 to 7 p.m. Thursday.

Carbondale hotel now open

TAMPA, Fla. — Jamie Dimon, the CEO and chairman of JPMorgan Chase, easily survived a vote Tuesday that would have called on him to give up his role as chairman of the nation's largest bank. But shareholders sent a message that the bank needed better...

WASHINGTON — The Senate dragged Apple Inc., the world's most valuable company, into the debate over the U.S. tax code Tuesday, grilling CEO Tim Cook over allegations that its Irish subsidiaries help the company avoid billions in U.S. taxes.