Amish man from central Pennsylvania charged with DUI after being found asleep in moving buggy

Pa. police arrest Amish man in buggy for DUI

Bluesman Abu Talib, who recorded under his given name, Freddy Robinson, dies at 70 in Calif.

LANCASTER, Calif. — Bluesman Abu Talib, who recorded and toured with Ray Charles and Little Walter under his given name, Freddy Robinson, has died. He was 70.

Armstrong World Industries to record $31 million charge on change-in-control agreements

LANCASTER, Pa. — Armstrong World Industries Inc. said on Wednesday that it expects to take a $31 million accounting charge as it lives up to change-in-control agreements for employees and directors.

Pennsylvania city in Amish country blankets streets with surveillance cameras

LANCASTER, Pa. — Horses drawing buggies regularly clop down the roads approaching Lancaster, a peaceful city in the heart of Amish country that had only three murders last year and relatively low crime.

Crime fighting goes high-tech in Pa. Amish county, with cameras blanketing a small city

LANCASTER, Pa. — A city in the heart of Pennsylvania Amish country is home to a controversial high-tech crime-fighting experiment.

Severed hand, torso found in valley near LA

LANCASTER, Calif. — Authorities say a male torso has been found in the high desert about 20 miles east of Lancaster, not far from the site where a severed hand was discovered.

Pa. man says he robbed a bank in 2007 to get away from his overbearing wife

LANCASTER, Pa. — A central Pennsylvania man said he robbed a bank in 2007 to go to jail and get away from his overbearing wife. At a sentencing hearing Monday, 39-year-old Anthony Miller said he robbed a bank in Ephrata because he wanted to leave his then-wife but she had threatened to commit suicide if he did.

Pa. plane, with different pilot, again flies into restricted air space over Washington, DC

LANCASTER, Pa. — A small airplane that flew into restricted air space and caused the evacuation of the White House four years ago has been involved in a similar incident.

Pa. pizza shop employee foils robbers armed with shotgun by throwing beer can

LANCASTER, Pa. — Police said a 72-year-old pizza shop employee foiled a shotgun-point robbery by throwing a can of beer at the perpetrators. Lancaster police Lt. Todd Umstead said two men with bandanas over their faces attempted to rob Six Packs on Vine at closing time Wednesday. One of the men pointed a shotgun at the employee, who was stocking a cooler.

Too much government? Activists strike out for the woods and a route back to America’s roots

LANCASTER, N.H. — He fled the “People’s Republic of Massachusetts” to escape tyranny. Now he strides the campground in a plaid kilt and mirror shades, an AR-15 semiautomatic rifle across his torso, an immense Scottish sword sheathed between his shoulders.

Motel shut down to block weekend Mongol biker rendezvous in Mojave Desert town

LANCASTER, Calif. — The notorious Mongols biker gang has been fenced out of a Mojave Desert motel where hundreds of motorcyclists were destined for a weekend rendezvous.

Hotel shut down to block weekend Mongol biker rendezvous in Mojave Desert town

LANCASTER, Calif. — The Mongols biker gang has been fenced out of a Mojave Desert hotel where hundreds of motorcyclists were destined for a weekend rendezvous.

Lancaster mayor threatens to close motel to keep Mongols motorcycle club from holding meeting

LANCASTER, Calif. — The mayor is threatening to permanently shut down a motel to keep the Mongols motorcycle club from holding its annual meeting in the Antelope Valley town this weekend.

Southern California mother charged with murder of 18-month-old daughter she reported missing

LANCASTER, Calif. — A Southern California mother has been charged with murdering the 18-month-old daughter she initially reported missing last month.