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More White House aides knew of IRS audit; Obama not told

 May 21, 2013; Updated: 11:42 pm

Washington - White House chief of staff Denis McDonough and other senior advisers knew in late April that an impending report was likely to say the IRS had inappropriately targeted conservative groups, President Barack Obama's spokesman...

Twister season starts late, but starts nonetheless

 May 21, 2013; Updated: 11:55 pm

Tulsa, Okla. - Deadly tornadoes that have raked communities in Middle America over the past week, including Monday's massive twister that carved a path of destruction through the Oklahoma City suburb of Moore, belie what had been a...

UPDATED: Crews race to find survivors of Oklahoma twister; 24 people dead

 May 20, 2013; Updated: 2:48 pm

As the sun rose over the shattered community of Moore, the state medical examiner's office cut the estimated death toll by more than half but warned that the number was likely to climb again.

Sandy's legacy: better forecasting

 May 20, 2013; Updated: 11:16 pm

Washington - With hurricane season less than two weeks away, and a very active season predicted by meteorologists, all thoughts are on what happened last year, when a tropical cyclone named Sandy raced north from the Caribbean, hung a...

Split-second choice ended with NY student dead

 May 20, 2013; Updated: 9:24 am

The college student was being held in a headlock by a masked intruder with a loaded gun to her head, police said. Then the gunman took aim at an officer.

Vote approaches on whether Scouts should accept gay boys

 May 19, 2013; Updated: 11:55 pm

With its ranks deeply divided, the Boy Scouts of America is asking its local leaders from across the country to decide whether its contentious membership policy should be overhauled so that openly gay boys can participate in Scout...

Authorities say Hofstra student was killed by police

 May 19, 2013; Updated: 11:42 pm

Mineola, N.Y. - A Hofstra University student being held at gunpoint by an intruder was accidently shot and killed by a police officer who had responded to the home invasion at an off-campus home, police said Saturday.

Junior public...

Record $600 million Powerball jackpot inspires office pools

 May 18, 2013; Updated: 12:12 am

In workplaces across the nation, Americans are inviting their colleagues to chip in $2 for a Powerball ticket and a shared daydream.
The office lottery pool is a way to improve your odds and have a...

Hagel demands corrective action on sex abuse in military

 May 18, 2013; Updated: 12:11 am

Washington - Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel on Friday ordered the military to recertify all 25,000 people involved in programs designed to prevent and respond to sexual assault, an acknowledgment that assaults have...

Last minute Powerball fortune seekers anticipate tonight's drawing

 May 18, 2013; Updated: 5:04 pm

With the majority of possible combinations of Powerball numbers in play, someone is almost sure to win the game's highest jackpot during Saturday night's drawing, a windfall of hundreds of millions of dollars — and that's after taxes.

Congress gets mixed advice on regulating drones

 May 18, 2013; Updated: 11:55 pm

Washington - The growing use of unmanned surveillance "eyes in the sky" aircraft raises a thicket of privacy concerns, but Congress is getting mixed advice on what, if anything, to do about it.

A future with domestic drones may be...

Sequestration leaves dark clouds hanging over nation's air shows

 May 18, 2013; Updated: 11:55 pm

Brunswick, Maine - Patty Wagstaff is a Hollywood stunt pilot, three-time U.S. aerobatic champion, inductee to the National Aviation Hall of Fame and favorite on the air show circuit. One of her tricked-out planes is on display at the...

Feds seek more time to indict Tsarnaev

 May 18, 2013; Updated: 11:55 pm

Boston - Federal prosecutors say they'll ask for more time to indict Boston Marathon bombing suspect Dzhokhar Tsarnaev.

Prosecutors said Friday they will not indict Tsranaev within the 30-day period prescribed the Federal Speedy...

5.1-magnitude earthquake felt in Ontario

 May 17, 2013; Updated: 11:08 am

TORONTO (AP) _ Earthquakes Canada is reporting a 5.1-magnitude earthquake just west of Ottawa that was felt as far away as Toronto.
The federal agency that monitors earthquakes revised its original...

Texas tornado aftermath

 May 17, 2013; Updated: 12:07 am

Emergency personnel look through debris near Granbury, Texas, on Thursday. Thirteen tornadoes touched down in several small communities in Texas Wednesday night into Thursday, leaving at least six people dead, dozens injured and hundreds homeless.

Obama: Military 'ashamed' by sex abuse

 May 17, 2013; Updated: 11:55 pm

Washington - President Barack Obama said Thursday the nation's military leaders told him they are "ashamed" of their failure to end sexual abuse in the armed services. Obama pledged to "leave no stone unturned" in the effort to halt the...

CDC says child mental health disorders climbing

 May 17, 2013; Updated: 11:55 pm

Washington - Up to one in five American youngsters - some 7 million to 12 million by one estimate - experience a mental health disorder each year, according to a new report billed as the first comprehensive look at the mental health status...

Tweets map shows hate zone mostly in eastern U.S.

 May 17, 2013; Updated: 11:55 pm

Kansas City, Mo. - Tweets containing hateful words are coming in larger proportions from people living in the eastern half of the United States, according to a new map that tracked hate speech on Twitter.

"How much hate people are...

Beckham to retire, ending riveting soccer journey

 May 16, 2013; Updated: 2:24 pm

Crime fighters

 May 16, 2013; Updated: 11:39 pm

A man and woman are detained Wednesday morning at a home outside of Bonanza, Ore., by Klamath County sheriff's deputies. A Klamath Falls Herald and News report says more than 300 law enforcement officers have arrested dozens of people in raids...

Congress may overhaul military law

 May 16, 2013; Updated: 10:50 pm

Washington - Members of Congress said they are so angry about the crescendo of sex-crime scandals in the armed forces that they are considering fundamental changes to military law and other measures that the Pentagon has resisted for...

Official: Obama to name White House budget officer Werfel as IRS acting commissioner

 May 16, 2013; Updated: 4:04 pm

President Barack Obama will appoint senior White House budget officer Daniel Werfel to be acting commissioner of the Internal Revenue Service, a White House official says.

State asks court not to delay Station nightclub fine

 May 16, 2013; Updated: 7:37 am

Rhode Island labor officials have asked the state Supreme Court not to review the $1 million fine levied against the former owners of the Station nightclub.

No Powerball winner; jackpot soars to $475 million

 May 16, 2013; Updated: 7:34 am

So you didn't win Wednesday's $360 million Powerball jackpot? Make that you and everyone else.

At least 6 confirmed dead in Texas tornado

 May 16, 2013; Updated: 6:38 am

Officials awaited daybreak to fully assess the scope of the destruction left in the wake of a deadly tornado in Granbury.

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