As temperatures plunge, it’s easy to forget about what’s happening behind your walls, particularly with your pipes. They are feeling the freeze, and it’s crucial to take steps to prevent a major mess in your home. No one wants to deal with frozen pipes and the damage they can cause, but the good news is that there are easy ways to prevent it—and it’s not too late to take action.

Michael Woods has visited his wife, Mary, every day since she moved into a nursing home two years ago.

Investigations into potential fraud related to voter registration applications in three Pennsylvania counties have become fodder for online misinformation, including from Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump.

The Rev. David Peck is an Episcopal priest in the heartland of Pennsylvania, a swing state at the center of the tense presidential election.

A spokesperson says two correctional officers were stabbed by inmates and three others were injured at a Massachusetts maximum security prison.

Yuka Saso is the U.S. Women's Open champion while playing under a different flag.

There's a three-way tie for the lead going into the final round of the U.S. Women's Open.

This is not the way Lexi Thompson wanted to end her 18 years in the U.S. Women's Open.

For Nelly Korda, this was a most imperfect 10.

Nelly Korda is playing so well she makes it look easy.

Nelly Korda laughs at memories of how tall she felt during her appearance at the Met Gala.

Authorities say a “Drag Queen Story Hour” at a Pennsylvania library has been canceled after a suspicious package was found in the building.

Spring in southcentral Pennsylvania brings an annual tradition in Amish communities: mud sales.

The FBI has opened criminal investigations into violent encounters involving Los Angeles County sheriff’s deputies.

The Los Angeles County sheriff says video footage of a deputy violently throwing a woman to the ground while she filmed a man being handcuffed in a grocery store parking lot is “disturbing."

The tiny rain-fed wildflowers, no bigger than a few inches, are so vivid and abundant across California this year that their hues of purple, yellow and orange look like paint swatches from space.

The Maroons' 22 turnovers proved to be costly in the 62-40 final.

A late winter storm has blasted the U.S. Northeast with strong winds and heavy snow, sending temperatures plunging after first taking aim at the Deep South.

When New York City’s COVID-19 rates spiked last December due to the emerging omicron variant, humans weren’t the only mammals affected.

The Los Angeles County coroner has identified the victims in the brutal slaying of a grandmother and her four grandchildren in the California high desert.

Authorities say four children including an infant and their grandmother have been found shot to death in a Southern California home and that the children's father was arrested on suspicion of killing them.

Workers prepare mail-in ballots for counting, Wednesday, Nov. 4, 2020, at the convention center in Lancaster, Pa., following Tuesday's election. (AP Photo/Julio Cortez)If you need help with the Public File, call 540-512-1554.

(AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster)MILWAUKEE The Latest on Election 2020 (all times local):12:50 p.m.Vice President Mike Pence says the Trump administration stands with law enforcement, and there is no excuse for the violent unrest that has been seen in many American cities. During a Monday speech in La Crosse, Wisconsin, Pence talked about jobs, the economy and efforts to manufacture a safe vaccine for the coronavirus. Pence also spoke about the race to create an effective vaccine for the coronavirus. ___12:30 p.m.Joe Biden is willing to take a coronavirus vaccine as long as scientists say its OK. But he said he would like to see a vaccine tomorrow, even if if would cost him the election by helping President Donald Trump.

Two people died and eight were injured in a shooting that took place at a bar in Lancaster, South Carolina, according to Lancaster Sheriff's Office. The shooting happened at the Ole Skool sports bar just outside the city of Lancaster around 2:45 a.m. ET, the Lancaster County Sheriff's Office said. Many people were in the bar when the shooting happened, sheriff's office spokesman Doug Barfield said. A separate person was injured by falling at the bar; that person was treated at a medical facility and released, the sheriff's office said.

A Los Angeles County Sheriff's Department deputy could be fired and charged after making up an attack, calling in on his radio that he has been shot by a sniper, police said. Deputy Angel Reinosa, 21, was walking out of his station in Lancaster to the parking lot Wednesday afternoon when he radioed that he had taken on fire. I have taken shots from the north of the Lancaster helipad, Reinosa said over the emergency line, according to ABC 7. Kent Wegener told reporters. The Lancaster station tweeted that is was "saddened by the outcome of the investigation" and that "one individual doesnt represent who we are."

Authorities are searching for a gunman who shot and wounded a deputy in Lancaster, California. LANCASTER, Calif. - The sheriff's deputy at the center of what was described as a sniper shooting admitted that he made it all up, authorities said. "There was no sniper, no shots fired and no gunshot injuries sustained to his shoulder," Los Angeles County Sheriff's (LASD) Homicide Bureau Capt. Deputy Angel Reinosa, 21, had previously said he was shot while walking to his personal car outside of the sheriff's station in Lancaster, California, Wednesday. The mayor described the shooter as a sniper.

Authorities are searching for a gunman who shot and wounded a deputy in Lancaster, California. LANCASTER, Calif. - A deputy was wounded Wednesday when a possible sniper took aim at the Lancaster station of the Los Angeles County Sheriff's Department, authorities said. The bullet came from a four-story building and hit the deputy in the chest while he was in the parking lot, Lancaster Mayor R. Rex Parris said. "It's a difficult tactical situation," Parris said. Lancaster city has a population of about 170,000 and is an hour north of Los Angeles.