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Oklahoma twister tracked path of 1999 tornado

NEW YORK – Monday’s powerful tornado in suburban Oklahoma City loosely followed the path of a killer twister that slammed the region in May 1999. The National Weather Service esti...

Massive tornado hits Oklahoma, kills 51

Neighborhoods lay in ruins; death toll expected to rise

Ex-U.S. Attorney retaliated in Fast and Furious

WASHINGTON – The U.S. Attorney in Arizona violated Justice Department policy by providing Fox News with information apparently aimed at undercutting the credibility of a federal agent who he...

More Obama aides knew of IRS audit; Obama not told

WASHINGTON – White House chief of staff Denis McDonough and other senior advisers knew in late April that an impending report was likely to say the IRS had inappropriately targeted conservat...

Nation/World Briefs

Yahoo looks to regain cool with Tumblr deal SAN FRANCISCO – After falling woefully out of fashion, Yahoo wants to be cool again while catering to the capitalistic demands of its s...

Tea party looks to take advantage of moment

IRS scandal could lead to movement’s resurgence

Nation/World Briefs

21 reported injured in Oklahoma tornadoes SHAWNEE, Okla. – One of several tornadoes that touched down Sunday in Oklahoma turned homes in a trailer park near Oklahoma City into spl...

Florida town wonders who won Powerball

ZEPHYRHILLS, Fla. – Some lucky person walked into a Publix supermarket in suburban Florida during the last few days and bought a ticket now worth an estimated $590.5 million – the highest Po...

AP CEO: Records seizure illegal

Senator renews calls for Holder to resign

Nation briefs

Virginia Up to 60 people injured after car drives into parade DAMASCUS, Va. – About 50 to 60 people were injured Saturday when a driver described by witnesses as an eld...

Police call fatal NYC shooting a hate crime

NEW YORK – A gunman used homophobic slurs before firing a fatal shot point-blank into a man’s face on a Manhattan street alive with a weekend midnight crowd, a killing New York’s police comm...

Feds search apartment in ricin case

Letters addressed to post office, federal building