Associated Press

Bill Baroni started serving his 18-month sentence Tuesday in the Loretto Federal Correctional Institution in Pennsylvania.

Former Penn State President Graham Spanier must report to jail by May 1.

Researchers may be closing in on a way to check athletes while they're alive for signs of a degenerative brain disease that's been linked to frequent head blows.

His administration insisted that it was not trying to take power away from the states but trying to make sure that state actions follow the intent of the Clean Water Act.

 A jury was unable to reach a verdict in the trial of a Delaware man who admitted he broke a thumb off a $4.5 million Chinese terra cotta statue at a Philadelphia museum. 

The service was held a day after the Pittsburgh mayor signed new gun control measures that were introduced weeks after the attack.

Sen. Bernie Sanders of Vermont unveiled a new version of his "Medicare for All" plan on Wednesday, shaking up the 2020 presidential race.

U.S. health officials Tuesday warned doctors not to abruptly stop prescribing opioid painkillers to patients who are taking them for chronic pain ailments, such as backaches.

Emboldened by the new conservative majority on the Supreme Court, anti-abortion lawmakers and activists in numerous states are pushing near-total bans on the procedure.

A congressional hearing on online hate turned into a vivid demonstration of the problem Tuesday when a YouTube livestream was bombarded with racist and anti-Semitic comments.

Gun rights groups sued Tuesday to block Pittsburgh from enforcing firearms legislation passed after a mass shooting at a synagogue.

New York City declared a public health emergency Tuesday over a measles outbreak and ordered mandatory vaccinations in one neighborhood for people who may have been exposed.