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Boy Scout leaders to vote on lifting gay ban

7:55 AM, May 22, 2013

Officials are scheduled to open the first of the ballots cast on whether to allow homosexual gay Boy Scouts.

Portland, Ore., rejecting water fluoridation

3:26 AM, May 22, 2013

The mayor of Portland, Ore., has conceded defeat in an effort to add fluoride to the city's drinking water.

Texas weathers wind, rain but no tornadoes

10:12 PM, May 21, 2013

Fears of tornadoes across northern and eastern Texas failed to materialize Tuesday evening, as wind and rain caused some minor damage but no disastrous effects.

Senate panel approves immigration bill

8:01 PM, May 21, 2013

Senate Judiciary Committee has approved far-reaching immigration legislation that gives a chance at citizenship to millions living in the country illegally

Jury weighing Jodi Arias' fate adjourns for day

7:57 PM, May 21, 2013

Phoenix jury deciding whether Jodi Arias should be sentenced to life in prison or execution adjourned for the day.

Central and North Texas under tornado watch into evening hours

6:05 PM, May 21, 2013

The National Weather Service has issued a tornado watch for Central and North Texas

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4:31 PM, May 21, 2013

The Red Cross is already in Moore, Oklahoma helping the victims of Monday's deadly tornado outbreak.

Search for tornado survivors "almost complete"

3:59 PM, May 21, 2013

Fire chief in Moore raked by a massive tornado says the search for survivors and the dead is almost complete.

Man credits teacher with saving children's lives

2:00 PM, May 21, 2013

The father of an 8-year-old Oklahoma boy says a teacher saved his son's life as a tornado tore into their school yesterday.

At least 24 are dead after a twister ripped through a suburb of the US community of Oklahoma City.

Oklahoma twister death toll lowered to 24

12:05 PM, May 21, 2013

The state medical examiner's office revised the death toll from Monday's tornado to 24 people, including seven children.

Court: US can keep bin Laden photos under wraps

10:55 AM, May 21, 2013

A conservative watchdog group had filed a Freedom of Information Act request for the images.

President Obama issued a Declaration of Disaster in order to expedite resource availability to areas in Oklahoma that were damaged by tornadoes.

Obama offers help for Oklahoma tornado victims

10:27 AM, May 21, 2013

Obama says he is instructing his disaster response team to get tornado victims in Oklahoma everything they need "right away."

Oklahoma Governor Mary Fallin spoke about the continued search and rescue efforts after tornadoes ravaged Oklahoma City.

Oklahoma Governor: "Hearts are broken."

8:28 AM, May 21, 2013

Oklahoma Gov. Mary Fallin says "hearts are broken" for parents wondering about the fate of their children.

A mom and her son have an emotional reunion after a massive tornado ravaged Briarwood Elementary school in Moore, Oklahoma.

Watch: Mom's emotional reunion with son after Okla. tornado

6:37 AM, May 21, 2013

Trenda Purcell was seen weeping as she swept her son, Kamden, into her arms.

Jon Haverfield stood in the path of a massive tornado that hit Moore, Oklahoma, describing the roar he heard and huge debris was tossed around by the storm.

Okla. residents took shelter in basements, bathtubs

6:25 AM, May 21, 2013

As broadcasters urged residents to take shelter immediately, many took to whatever refuge they could quickly find.

Release set for police photos from Tucson rampage

4:35 AM, May 21, 2013

Authorities are set to release more than 300 photos Tuesday from the aftermath of the Tucson shooting that killed six people and wounded former U.S. Rep. Gabrielle Giffords and 12 others.

Michael Welch from Blanchard, Oklahoma, took video of the massive tornado that ripped through Newcastle, Oklahoma on May 20.

Hospitals treat more than 140 after Okla. tornado

3:21 AM, May 21, 2013

Officials at two hospitals say they've been treating more than 140 patients, including about 70 children, since a massive tornado hit suburban Oklahoma City.

Besieged Mexican town cheers arrival of soldiers

12:44 AM, May 21, 2013

Residents of a western Mexico area who endured months besieged by a drug cartel cheered the arrival of hundreds of Mexican soldiers Monday.

Obama declares major disaster in Oklahoma

12:08 AM, May 21, 2013

President Obama declared a major disaster in Oklahoma as the state recovers from a massive tornado that killed dozens and flattened entire neighborhoods.

Obama pledges help after Oklahoma tornado

8:31 PM, May 20, 2013

President Barack Obama has called Oklahoma Gov. Mary Fallin to express concern about tornado that wreaked havoc

Carney: Senior White House staff knew of IRS probe

3:11 PM, May 20, 2013

White House Counsel Kathryn Ruemmler was first informed about an audit of the IRS' inappropriate targeting April 24

Arias lawyers again ask to withdraw; judge says no

1:58 PM, May 20, 2013

Jodi Arias' lawyers have asked to withdraw from case and say they won't call any witnesses in penalty phase of her trial.

Yahoo takes big leap with $1.1B deal for Tumblr

9:29 AM, May 20, 2013

Yahoo is buying online blogging forum Tumblr for $1.1 billion as CEO Marissa Mayer tries to rejuvenate an Internet icon that had fallen behind the times.

5 dead, 20 missing in China factory explosion

3:04 AM, May 20, 2013

A blast at an explosives factory in eastern China has killed five people and left another 20 missing.

Ariels capture a large tornado as it rips across central Oklahoma and destroys a trailer park in Shawnee.

Tornado levels homes in Oklahoma City trailer park

9:24 PM, May 19, 2013

One of several tornadoes spawned by a powerful storm system rumbling through the Plains and Midwest has leveled several mobile homes in an area southeast of Oklahoma City.

2 FBI agents killed in training accident in Va.

7:38 PM, May 19, 2013

Two FBI agents have been killed in a training accident in Virginia.

Trace volcano ash reaches small Alaska city

6:28 PM, May 19, 2013

Trace amounts of ash from a remote Alaska volcano have fallen on an Aleutian Islands community, but the latest ash cloud remained just under the 20,000-foot threshold considered to be a major threat to trans-continental aircraft.

Second Vietnamese TV provider drops CNN and BBC

12:32 PM, May 19, 2013

A popular Vietnamese cable television provider has stopped providing CNN and BBC

Federal report documents inmate sex abuse in US

7:38 AM, May 19, 2013

A new federal report says inmates at jails in Indianapolis, Baltimore, St. Louis and Philadelphia face the nation's highest levels of sexual abuse at the hands of guards.

Residents of devastated neighborhood return to clean up

6:51 PM, May 18, 2013

Residents in the North Texas town of Granbury whose homes were torn apart or blown away by a deadly tornado are set to return to get what belongings may be left and start cleaning up.