Tornadoes level homes in Okla., 1 dead
SHAWNEE, Okla. (AP) -- Tornadoes ravaged portions of central Oklahoma on Sunday, reducing portions of a mobile home park to rubble and killing a 79-year-old man whose body was found out in the open.... 5/20/2013 12:59 AM

Officer who shot NY student faced harrowing choice
NEW YORK (AP) -- The police officer who accidentally killed a Long Island college student along with an armed intruder faced perhaps the most harrowing decision in law enforcement: choosing the split-second moment when the risk is so high that you must pull the trigger.... 5/20/2013 12:12 AM

Small Fla. city wonders who won Powerball jackpot
ZEPHYRHILLS, Fla. (AP) -- Some lucky person walked into a Publix supermarket in suburban Florida over the past few days and bought a ticket now worth an estimated $590.5 million - the highest Powerball jackpot in history.... 5/19/2013 3:31 PM

AP PHOTOS: College commencements across nation
In a commencement address at Atlanta's historically black Morehouse College, President Obama said graduates should "find time to defend the powerless."... 5/19/2013 7:24 PM

'Trek' does $70.6M but falls short of studio hopes
LOS ANGELES (AP) -- "Star Trek: Into Darkness" has warped its way to a $70.6 million domestic launch from Friday to Sunday, though it's not setting any light-speed records with a debut that's lower than the studio's expectations.... 5/20/2013 12:44 AM

2 FBI agents killed in training accident in Va.
VIRGINIA BEACH, Va. (AP) -- Two FBI special agents on the agency's elite Hostage Rescue Team have been killed in a training accident in Virginia, officials said Sunday.... 5/19/2013 8:08 PM

US adviser on board of firm that sold anthrax drug
WASHINGTON (AP) -- Former Navy Secretary Richard J. Danzig, who has served as a bio-warfare adviser to the president, the Pentagon, and the Department of Homeland Security, urged the government to stockpile an anti-anthrax drug while serving as a director for the company that supplied it, according to a report published Sunday.... 5/19/2013 10:56 PM

Fate of LA pot shops left to voters
LOS ANGELES (AP) -- Los Angeles politicians have struggled for more than five years to regulate medical marijuana, trying to balance the needs of the sick against neighborhood concerns that pot shops attract crime.... 5/19/2013 4:18 PM

US gas prices up 11 cents over past 2 weeks
CAMARILLO, Calif. (AP) -- The average U.S. price of a gallon of gasoline has jumped 11 cents over the past two weeks.... 5/19/2013 11:49 PM

Official: Va. driver likely had medical condition
DAMASCUS, Va. (AP) -- Authorities believe the driver who plowed into dozens of hikers marching in a Virginia mountain town parade suffered from a medical condition and did not cause the crash intentionally, an emergency official said Sunday.... 5/19/2013 7:06 PM