Latest deadly tornado tests Oklahoma town's mettle
MOORE, Okla. (AP) -- Having lived most of her life in this Oklahoma City suburb, Barbara Bryen never feared twisters. They were just part of life in a particularly deadly stretch of Tornado Alley.... 5/23/2013 3:12 PM

Kids, teachers from devastated school reunite
MOORE, Okla. (AP) -- Students from a suburban Oklahoma City elementary school destroyed by this week's tornado reunited with their teachers Thursday and collected whatever could be salvaged from the ruins.... 5/23/2013 6:06 PM

Tornado took town's youngest as it swept through
MOORE, Okla. (AP) -- One loved the spotlight. Another was nicknamed "The Wall" because of the force he brought to the soccer field.... 5/23/2013 5:33 PM

Boy Scouts vote on policy toward openly gay boys
GRAPEVINE, Texas (AP) -- In one of their most dramatic choices in a century, local leaders of the Boy Scouts of America voted Thursday on whether to ease a divisive ban and allow openly gay boys to be accepted into the nation's leading youth organization.... 5/23/2013 4:55 PM

Birth control coverage up for federal appeal
DENVER (AP) -- In the most prominent challenge of its kind, Hobby Lobby Stores Inc. has asked a federal appeals court for an exemption from part of the federal health care law.... 5/23/2013 5:59 PM

Weiner gets started stumping in NYC mayoral race
NEW YORK (AP) -- Anthony Weiner set out to reintroduce himself to voters Thursday as he embarked on a mayoral bid after leaving Congress in a sexting scandal. He found a much more supportive reception in his first campaign stop than he did from his party's leadership, who bluntly criticized his candidacy a day earlier.... 5/23/2013 5:51 PM

Investigator: Missing Iowa girl's blood found
IOWA CITY, Iowa (AP) -- Investigators have discovered the blood of a missing 15-year-old Iowa girl on the truck of a registered sex offender suspected of kidnapping her Monday, diminishing the chances of finding her alive, a lead investigator said Thursday.... 5/23/2013 6:02 PM

Swim coach sentenced to 7 years for sex abuse
ROCKVILLE, Md. (AP) -- A once-prominent swimming coach who trained thousands of children was sentenced to seven years in prison Thursday for sexually abusing one of the girls he instructed.... 5/23/2013 6:00 PM

Lawyer: NY man at center of HIV scare not positive
BUFFALO, N.Y. (AP) -- Nushawn Williams, a New York drug dealer imprisoned amid accusations he infected 13 young women with HIV in the 1990s, does not have the virus that causes AIDS, according to his attorney, who said he arranged for a new blood test as part of efforts to get him released from prison.... 5/23/2013 5:46 PM

Body of 2nd child found in deadly Minn. landslide
ST. PAUL, Minn. (AP) -- Authorities on Thursday recovered the body of a second child killed when a rockslide hit a group of fourth-graders in a St. Paul park a day earlier, and announced that the popular fossil-hunting area would be closed indefinitely.... 5/23/2013 4:16 PM