By Ben Wolfgang - The Washington Times
As search and rescue teams combed Moore, Okla., for survivors of Monday’s deadly twister, officials struggled to describe devastation that, even for a town in the heart of “Tornado Alley,” is almost unimaginable. Published May 21, 2013 Comments
By David Sherfinski - The Washington Times
House Speaker John A. Boehner said repeatedly on Tuesday that he will work with the Obama administration to make sure that it has the resources it needs to support Oklahoma in the wake of the deadly tornado that swept through the state Monday. Published May 21, 2013 Comments
By Cheryl Wetzstein - The Washington Times
A different kind of “jamboree” awaits the 1,400 delegates arriving Wednesday at the Boy Scouts of America’s national conference in Grapevine, Texas. Published May 21, 2013 Comments
By Paul Elias - Associated Press
A federal court in San Francisco has struck down Arizona’s ban on abortions after 20 weeks of pregnancy unless there’s a medical emergency. Published May 21, 2013 Comments
By Cheryl Wetzstein - The Washington Times
With less than two weeks to go before their springtime adjournment, Illinois lawmakers are being pressured over whether they will make their state the 13th to approve gay marriage. Published May 21, 2013 Comments
By Annie Z. Yu - The Washington Times
America’s teens appear to be catching on to the fact that writing up their latest beer-pong triumph or their true feelings about their Spanish teacher on their Facebook page may not be such a great idea. Published May 21, 2013 Comments
By Associated Press
Gov. Andrew Cuomo won’t touch Khloe Kardashian’s T-shirt, but he’s sent her a letter saying the reality star’s logo may be violating copyright law. Published May 21, 2013 Comments
By Cheryl Wetzstein - The Washington Times
Gay or lesbian domestic partners who want to serve together in the Peace Corps may start applying for assignments this summer. Published May 21, 2013 Comments
By Cheryl K. Chumley - The Washington Times
In the wake of devastating tornadoes that touched down across the Midwest and particularly hard in Oklahoma, parents across the region are assembling to hear roll-call updates on their missing children at perhaps the most appropriate of settings — churches. Published May 21, 2013 Comments
By Cheryl K. Chumley - The Washington Times
The company Real Bronx Tours has dropped its billed trips to see a real, live New York City “ghetto,” after local politicians railed and termed the tourist draw — which grabbed at the European and Australian market — a despicable example of capitalism run amok. Published May 21, 2013 Comments
By Associated Press
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
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
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
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
By Sean Lengell - The Washington Times
As the IRS scandal gains traction and a bipartisan chorus on Capitol Hill demands more answers, the man who headed the agency at the time it was targeting conservative groups will be on the hot seat twice this week. Published May 20, 2013
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
By Guy Taylor - The Washington Times
Declaring that "freedom of religion is a core American value," Secretary of State John F. Kerry Monday released his department's annual worldwide religious freedom report, which found "worrying" and "negative trends" around the globe. Published May 20, 2013
By Jerry Seper - The Washington Times
The U.S. attorney in Arizona leaked an internal memo to undermine a veteran Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives agent who was highly critical of the botched "Fast and Furious" gunrunning operation, the Justice Department's office of inspector general said Monday in a report. Published May 20, 2013
By Ralph Z. Hallow - The Washington Times
Signs of waning evangelical power in the nation's culture wars and in Republican policy — and some unexpected challenges for GOP candidates — loom as the 103-year-old Boy Scouts of America gears up for a definitive vote this week on whether to welcome openly gay youths into the organization's ranks. Published May 20, 2013
By Nomaan Merchant and Tim Talley - Associated Press
Spotlights bore down on massive piles of shredded cinder block, insulation and metal as crews worked through the night early Tuesday lifting bricks and parts of collapsed walls where a monstrous tornado barreled through the Oklahoma City suburbs, demolishing an elementary school and reducing homes to piles of splintered wood. At least 51 people were killed, including at least 20 children, and those numbers were expected to climb, officials said. 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
The Dalai Lama advised an audience in Louisville over the weekend to forgive the April 15 Boston Marathon bombing suspects. Published May 20, 2013
By Cheryl K. Chumley - The Washington Times
A bus company that bills one of its tours as a real-life ride through an actual inner-city ghetto has been packing the seats, as tourists from Europe and Australia have flocked for the up-close-and-personal glimpse into one of America's crime-ridden areas. Published May 20, 2013
By Barbara Rodriguez - Associated Press
It's all about the odds, and one lone ticket in Florida has beaten them all by matching each of the numbers drawn for the highest Powerball jackpot in history at an estimated $590.5 million, lottery officials said Sunday. Published May 19, 2013
By Frank Eltman - Associated Press
n what police are describing as a crime of opportunity, a wanted man with a criminal history dating back nearly 15 years entered a front door that had been left open at a New York home near Hofstra University. Published May 19, 2013
