TEHRAN, Iran — A ceasefire deal to pause the war in Iran appeared to hang by a thread Wednesday after the Islamic Republic closed the Strait of Hormuz again in response to Israeli attacks in Lebanon. The White House demanded that the channel be reopened and sought to keep peace talks on ...

A city man is in custody after allegedly opening fire on a vehicle carrying his wife and another male overnight in Blair Township. According to the affidavit of probable cause, Danyi Alberto Gonzalez Morla, 24, searched for his wife Monday night after she didn’t come home from work. ...

Two Philadelphia men and a city woman were taken into custody after a traffic stop along I-99 led state police to discover a large amount of fentanyl in their vehicle. Yusuf Aziz Ali Davis, 34, Yazid Ebin Omar A. Davis, 32, both of Philadelphia, and Anastasia Chant O’Blenes, 26, of ...

RIVERHEAD, N.Y. — A Long Island architect who led a secret life as a serial killer pleaded guilty on Wednesday to murdering seven women and admitted he killed an eighth in a string of long-unsolved crimes known as the Gilgo Beach killings. Rex Heuermann, 62, entered the pleas in a courtroom ...

Altoona police are seeking the public’s help in finding 70-year-old Donn Grabill, who they described as “missing and endangered” in a post on their Facebook page Tuesday afternoon. The post states Grabill is 5 feet, 7 inches tall, with blue eyes and a medium build. Grabill drives a 2017 ...

A member of an Altoona drug ring was sentenced to five to 10 years’ incarceration in a state correctional institute after entering a no-contest plea in late March. Tareek Alquan Hemingway, 32, appeared before Senior Judge Michael A. George of Adams County for a plea hearing on March ...