Obama endorses more oversight of drone strikes
WASHINGTON (AP) -- President Barack Obama says his administration is willing to consider accepting increased oversight of lethal drone strikes outside of war zones like Afghanistan.... 5/23/2013 2:26 PM

Storm 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 1:19 PM

Kids from tornado-hit school reunite with teachers
MOORE, Okla. (AP) -- Students from an elementary school flattened by a tornado in an Oklahoma City suburb have reunited with their teachers and collected what belongings could be salvaged from the wrecked building.... 5/23/2013 2:44 PM

10 Things to See: A week of top AP photos
Here's your look at highlights from the weekly AP photo report, a gallery featuring a mix of front-page photography, the odd image you might have missed and lasting moments our editors think you should see.... 5/23/2013 12:20 PM

Cockroaches quickly lose sweet tooth to survive
NEW YORK (AP) -- For decades, people have been getting rid of cockroaches by setting out bait mixed with poison. But in the late 1980s, in an apartment test kitchen in Florida, something went very wrong.... 5/23/2013 2:06 PM

Hurricane forecast: Another busy Atlantic season
COLLEGE PARK, Md. (AP) -- Get ready for another busy hurricane season, maybe unusually wild, federal forecasters say.... 5/23/2013 2:22 PM

Pritzker's ties to thrift, tax haven eyed
WASHINGTON (AP) -- President Barack Obama's nominee for secretary of commerce is facing scrutiny in the Senate for her ties to a subprime mortgage lender that failed in 2001 and as a beneficiary of family offshore trusts in the Bahamas.... 5/23/2013 1:21 PM

Teen arrested in death of his 2 brothers in Utah
WEST POINT, Utah (AP) -- A teenager was arrested Thursday in the deaths of his two younger brothers, ages 4 and 10, at the family home in a Utah subdivision of new homes and tidy lawns, police said.... 5/23/2013 2:23 PM

Obama defends drone strikes but says no cure-all
WASHINGTON (AP) -- President Barack Obama on Thursday defended America's controversial drone attacks as legal, effective and a necessary linchpin in an evolving U.S. counterterrorism policy. But he acknowledged the targeted strikes are no "cure-all" and said he is haunted by the civilians unintentionally killed.... 5/23/2013 2:41 PM

Obama condemns `appalling attack' on UK soldier
WASHINGTON (AP) -- President Barack Obama is condemning what he calls an "appalling attack" that killed a British soldier Wednesday.... 5/23/2013 1:49 PM