Massive tornado roars through Oklahoma City suburb
MOORE, Okla. (AP) -- A monstrous tornado as much as a mile wide roared through the Oklahoma City suburbs Monday, flattening entire neighborhoods, setting buildings on fire and landing a direct blow on an elementary school.... 5/20/2013 5:55 PM

White House says more farm subsidy cuts needed
WASHINGTON (AP) -- The White House says it would like to see more cuts to agriculture subsidies in a massive farm bill moving through the Senate this week.... 5/20/2013 5:42 PM

Sally Ride to get posthumous Medal of Freedom
WASHINGTON (AP) -- President Barack Obama will bestow the Medal of Freedom posthumously on Sally Ride, the first American woman to fly in space.... 5/20/2013 5:35 PM

Arias attorneys will put one witness on: Arias
PHOENIX (AP) -- Complaining that Jodi Arias' sensational murder case has become a modern-day "witch trial," her lawyers tried to quit in the middle of the death-penalty phase Monday, then said they will call only one witness: Arias.... 5/20/2013 5:40 PM

FBI agents killed in Va. training were among elite
NORFOLK, Va. (AP) -- The two FBI agents who died while training off the Virginia Beach coast were part of the agency's elite hostage rescue team, a group known most recently for rescuing an Alabama boy from an underground bunker.... 5/20/2013 5:45 PM

Calif. dad of slain girl unsure why home targeted
NORTH HIGHLANDS, Calif. (AP) -- A devastated father says he has no idea why gunmen targeted his house over the weekend, firing a barrage of bullets that instantly killed his 10-year-old daughter as she watched television from a chair near the front picture window.... 5/20/2013 3:22 PM

NYPD messages to Muslim informant: 'Get pictures'
NEW YORK (AP) -- A New York Police Department detective told a federal judge that he's seen no evidence that one of his informants brought up the subject of jihad as a way to bait Muslims into making incriminating remarks. But text messages obtained by The Associated Press show otherwise.... 5/20/2013 4:03 PM

Senators require fingerprinting at 30 airports
WASHINGTON (AP) -- Senate supporters of far-reaching immigration legislation accepted minor changes in public while negotiating over more sweeping alterations in private Monday as they drove toward expected Judiciary Committee approval by mid-week.... 5/20/2013 5:52 PM

Did you just win $590M? Get a good team in place
TALLAHASSEE, Fla. (AP) -- So you have a lottery ticket worth $590.5 million. Now what?... 5/20/2013 5:39 PM

Study: Most shipwrecks a minor US pollution threat
WASHINGTON (AP) -- A new government report details 87 shipwrecks - most sunk during World War II decades ago - that could pollute U.S. waters with tens of millions of gallons of oil.... 5/20/2013 4:24 PM