PHILADELPHIA – The Philadelphia teachers union has agreed to a multi-year contract with the city’s public schools. The agreement was announced Tuesday by the union and officials of the Philadelphia district, one of the nation’s largest. Union members are scheduled to vote on the deal Thursday. Few details were released. …

NEW YORK – Home fertility tests aren’t just for women anymore.A new device that looks a lot like those home ovulation and home pregnancy tests but checks sperm count will soon be available in Europe, and is undergoing Food and Drug Administration (FDA) review for marketing in the U.S. The …

HOOSICK, N.Y. – A former town dog catcher in Rensselaer County admits he shot stray dogs he picked up and buried them in his barnyard manure pile. Forty-six-year-old Matthew Beck of Hoosick pleaded guilty to misdemeanor counts of official misconduct, petit larceny and animal cruelty in Hoosick Town Court. He …

WASHINGTON – The top American commander in Iraq said Tuesday that the U.S. has “direct intelligence” that two senior Iraqi officials in charge of keeping Saddam Hussein loyalists out of the Baghdad government have ties to Iran. Gen. Raymond Odierno says Ali al-Lami and Ahmed Chalabi “are clearly influenced by …

LONG BEACH, Calif. – A woman whose car plunged off a bridge into the murky Los Angeles River was fighting for her life Thursday after being submerged for nearly a half-hour until divers rescued her, officials said. The 23-year-old woman was in a sport utility vehicle that smashed through a …

NORRISTOWN, Pa. – On-board surveillance video shows a school bus driver was sleep-deprived and didn’t stop before turning into a suburban Philadelphia middle school, causing an accident that killed the passenger of an oncoming car, authorities said Monday. In the minutes leading up to the Feb. 17 crash, Frederick Poust …

Two Los Angeles County hospital workers have been placed on paid leave after allegations that they gave manicures in an intensive care ward for newborns. The county and the hospital are investigating anonymous complaints that the employees set up a makeshift beauty salon on top of medical equipment in the …

A dose of watermelon a day could help keep high blood pressure at bay. Scientists say the fruit contains compounds that widen blood vessels and may cut risk of heart attack and stroke: “Watermelon is an edible source of L-citrulline — a compound vital in the production of nitric oxide, …

This is a rush transcript from “Glenn Beck,” April 22, 2010. This copy may not be in its final form and may be updated. GLENN BECK: We started telling you about Cass Sunstein, last night, our regulatory “czar.” I called him the most dangerous man in America because Sunstein’s job …

A woman who suffered from seasickness while on a cruise to Spain nine years ago has never recovered, the Daily Telegraph reported. Jane Houghton from Warrington, Cheshire, Britain developed Mal de Debarquement Syndrome, a rare condition that causes the symptoms of seasickness—like nausea, lack of balance and extreme fatigue—to affect …