A 3-alarm fire and explosion at a metal manufacturing company in Berks County caused $3.5 million worth of damage, a state police fire marshal said Tuesday.
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Police in Dauphin County have arrested a man in connection with the stabbing death of a Lehigh County woman.

Edward Snowden is the man who leaked the government's top-secret phone and Internet records program.

A man who ranted about national security and repeatedly screamed "I'm dead" during a flight from Hong Kong to New Jersey once worked for the U.S. State Department, an agency spokeswoman said Tuesday.

A French man accused of gaining access to the cockpit of a plane at Philadelphia International Airport by impersonating an airline employee has been sentenced to time served and will be deported.

Answering a question about when he'll make a decision on a 2016 presidential bid, New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie went farther than usual in acknowledging interest in the race, saying Tuesday he "probably" won't make up his mind until 2015.

Newark Mayor Cory Booker is the favorite to win a fast-paced race for U.S. Senate set off by the death of Sen. Frank Lautenberg this month.

Tuesday was opening day at Gordon Hoodak Stadium in Reading for the RBI League -- Reviving Baseball in the Inner City.