Okla. mayor wants to require tornado shelters
MOORE, Okla. (AP) -- The mayor of the Oklahoma City suburb battered by a monstrous tornado says he is pushing to require safe-room shelters in all new homes.... 5/22/2013 10:36 AM

Parents face tough choice when tornadoes bear down
MOORE, Okla. (AP) -- With an ominous storm approaching, the Moore Public School District flashed a text alert to parents: "We are currently holding all students until the current storm danger is over. Students are being released to parents only at this time."... 5/22/2013 7:40 AM

IRS official Lerner: I did nothing wrong
WASHINGTON (AP) -- The Internal Revenue Service official at the center of the storm over the agency's targeting of conservative groups has told Congress she did nothing wrong and has invoked her constitutional right to not answer lawmakers' questions.... 5/22/2013 10:34 AM

FBI: Man fatally shot in Boston bombing probe
ORLANDO, Fla. (AP) -- A man being questioned by authorities in the Boston bombing probe was fatally shot when he initiated a violent confrontation, FBI officials said Wednesday.... 5/22/2013 10:09 AM

NY funeral for student accidentally shot by police
SLEEPY HOLLOW, N.Y. (AP) -- Many young people are among the mourners attending the funeral of a Hofstra University student who was accidentally shot by police.... 5/22/2013 10:26 AM

Arias speaks out about case in jailhouse interview
PHOENIX (AP) -- In a surprise jailhouse interview just hours after a jury began deliberating her fate, Jodi Arias spoke out Tuesday about her murder trial, her many fights with her legal team and her belief that she "deserves a second chance at freedom someday."... 5/22/2013 6:03 AM

Garcetti elected Los Angeles mayor over Greuel
LOS ANGELES (AP) -- City Councilman Eric Garcetti defeated Controller Wendy Greuel to become next mayor of Los Angeles after a caustic campaign in which he depicted his fellow Democrat as a pawn of powerful labor bosses.... 5/22/2013 9:52 AM

Anthony Weiner launches bid to become NYC mayor
NEW YORK (AP) -- Anthony Weiner's run for a renaissance is officially on.... 5/22/2013 10:32 AM

Under scrutiny, Va. gov's mansion a dichotomy
RICHMOND, Va. (AP) -- An embezzling case that began with a chef being accused of stealing food from Virginia's Executive Mansion and morphed into a political scandal involving two of the state's most powerful politicians has some people wondering: What goes on behind the wide double doors of the governor's house?... 5/22/2013 4:41 AM

Boy Scout leaders to vote on lifting gay ban
GRAPEVINE, Texas (AP) -- The Boy Scouts of America will convene a two-day meeting of 1,400 local leaders to consider changing its long-standing ban on openly gay boys in the scouting movement.... 5/22/2013 10:39 AM