By Tim Talley - Associated Press
updated 27 minutes ago
A monstrous tornado at least a half-mile wide roared through the Oklahoma City suburbs Monday, flattening entire neighborhoods and destroying an elementary school with a direct blow as children and teachers huddled against winds up to 200 mph. At least 51 people were killed, and officials said the death toll was expected to rise. Published May 20, 2013 Comments
By Tom Howell Jr. - The Washington Times
Gunmaker Smith & Wesson tops the list of best businesses in bright blue Massachusetts — after not making the list at all last year — a new report in the Boston Globe found. Published May 20, 2013 Comments
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Cardinal Sean O’Malley, archbishop of Boston, skipped Boston College’s commencement Monday because of the involvement of Irish Prime Minister Enda Kenny, who supports a bill in his country that would allow abortion. Published May 20, 2013 Comments
By Cheryl K. Chumley - The Washington Times
Poor people are leaving the cities behind and heading to the suburbs, a new report from The Brookings Institution finds. Published May 20, 2013 Comments
By Mark Sherman - Associated Press
The Supreme Court said Monday it will hear a new case on the intersection of religion and government in a dispute over prayers used to open public meetings. Published May 20, 2013 Comments
By Cheryl K. Chumley - The Washington Times
Yahoo’s board of directors approved an offer to buy the ailing Tumblr company for $1.1 billion in cash. Published May 20, 2013 Comments
By Associated Press
A van veered off a southern Illinois highway and overturned several times Monday, killing five people and sending six others to hospitals, authorities said. Published May 20, 2013 Comments
By Cheryl K. Chumley - The Washington Times
Nurses treating Boston bombing suspect Dzhokhar Tsarnaev say their natural inclination toward compassion makes it difficult to see the 19-year-old as a possible terrorist. And they have to make concerted effort — and buddy-system pacts — to keep from referring to him with terms of endearment such as “hon.” Published May 20, 2013 Comments
By Cheryl K. Chumley - The Washington Times
The Dalai Lama advised an audience in Louisville over the weekend to forgive the April 15 Boston Marathon bombing suspects. Published May 20, 2013 Comments
By Cheryl K. Chumley - The Washington Times
Two FBI agents were killed while taking part in a training exercise near Virginia Beach, the bureau said in a statement. Published May 20, 2013 Comments
By David Sherfinski - The Washington Times
The White House counsel’s office knew that a Treasury Department inspector general’s report about the IRS targeting conservative groups had been completed in April — weeks before the matter became public. Published May 20, 2013
By Cheryl K. Chumley - The Washington Times
A California teenager has invented a device that fully charges a cell phone in 20 seconds flat, and leading technology firms, including Google, are turning interested eyes her way. Published May 20, 2013
By Jerry Seper - The Washington Times
The former U.S. attorney in Arizona sought to undermine criticisms by a veteran Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives agent concerning the botched “Fast and Furious” gunrunning investigation with his release of an internal agency document to the media, the Justice Department’s Office of Inspector General said Monday in a report. Published May 20, 2013
By Tim Talley - Associated Press
A monstrous tornado at least a half-mile wide roared through the Oklahoma City suburbs Monday, flattening entire neighborhoods and destroying an elementary school with a direct blow as children and teachers huddled against winds up to 200 mph. At least 51 people were killed, and officials said the death toll was expected to rise. Published May 20, 2013
By Cheryl K. Chumley - The Washington Times
A rash of tornadoes sweeping through Oklahoma and the Midwest has left one dead, several in hospitals with injuries and hundreds of homes and buildings in shreds. Published May 20, 2013
