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 Comments
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 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 Luke Rosiak and Jeffrey Anderson - The Washington Times
Washington, D.C., has failed to remove from its voting rolls as many as 13,000 former residents who years ago moved to Prince George’s County and cast ballots there, making fraud by voting in two jurisdictions as easy as going to the polls in their old neighborhoods, The Washington Times found in a review of records. Published May 19, 2013 Comments
By Luke Rosiak - The Washington Times
As a new edition of the manual of mental disorders used to diagnose psychiatric conditions hits publishers, employers are concerned that the expansion of definitions for some types of disabilities will open them to more lawsuits and complaints of disability discrimination. Published May 19, 2013 Comments
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 Comments
Scandals are nothing new in Washington. Just about every president has faced an accusation of misconduct, whether moral or criminal. It should be no surprise that the Obama administration finds itself in the midst of one (well actually three). Published May 19, 2013 Comments
By Ben Wolfgang - The Washington Times
In a key development that will help the U.S. export its vast energy resources, the Department of Energy on Friday approved an application for a liquefied natural gas (LNG) export facility in Texas. Published May 17, 2013 Comments
By John Christoffersen - Associated Press
Tens of thousands of commuters are bracing for a difficult trip around southwest Connecticut and into New York City beginning Monday as workers repair the Metro-North commuter rail line crippled by a derailment and crash. Published May 19, 2013 Comments
By Angela K. Brown and John L. Mone - Associated Press
Officials awaited daybreak to fully assess the scope of the destruction left in the wake of a deadly tornado in Granbury. Published May 16, 2013
By Kevin McGill - Associated Press
A second suspect has been arrested in the shooting that injured 20 people at a parade on Mother's Day, police said Thursday afternoon. Published May 16, 2013
By Barbara Rodriguez - Associated Press
The Powerball jackpot has jumped to $550 million, a major climb less than a day after the latest drawing produced no winning ticket. Published May 16, 2013
By Ben Wolfgang - The Washington Times
As police closed in on the boat he was hiding in, suspected Boston Marathon bomber Dzhokhar Tsarnaev scribbled a chilling note to police. Published May 16, 2013
By Seth McLaughlin - The Washington Times
Republican lawmakers joined forces Thursday with tea party leaders on Capitol Hill, calling for a thorough investigation into the IRS targeting of conservative groups for special scrutiny and demanding that the Obama administration come clean about what it knew about the scandal. Published May 16, 2013
By Gene Johnson - Associated Press
They've spent nearly eight months visiting marijuana grow houses, studying the science of getting high and earning nicknames such as "the queen of weed." Now, officials in Washington state are taking their first stab at setting rules for the state's new legal weed industry. Published May 16, 2013
By Associated Press
Cooler temperatures and lighter winds gave hundreds of firefighters a slight reprieve Thursday with a 3,500-acre wildfire that has blackened rugged terrain in the Los Padres National Forest. Published May 16, 2013
By Associated Press
A mother whose 4-year-old was being abducted chased the suspect down and crashed her vehicle into his car, triggering a manhunt, Albuquerque police said Thursday. Published May 16, 2013
By Douglas Ernst - The Washington Times
Planned Parenthood has a new promotional campaign: 'Your baby will thank you' for using its services. Published May 16, 2013
By Valerie Richardson - The Washington Times
The fate of one Colorado mass murderer has become entwined with that of another as Colorado Gov. John Hickenlooper struggles with whether to save the life of a notorious death row inmate. Published May 16, 2013
By Cheryl Wetzstein - The Washington Times
In the wake of the murder convictions of Philadelphia abortionist Kermit B. Gosnell, Texas state officials are investigating a Houston abortion provider who is accused by former employees of killing born-alive infants, performing illegal late-term abortions and violating other state laws. Published May 16, 2013
By The Washington Times
Evidence about the Boston Marathon bombing suspects' ties to Islamism and Chechen radicals deepened Thursday as multiple news outlets reported that Dzhokhar Tsarnaev claimed the attacks were made on behalf of Islam in retaliation for U.S. foreign policy. Published May 16, 2013
Rising persecution of minority religious communities in Pakistan, Iran and Syria — and other nations — is a serious threat to stability in those countries and their neighbors, a panel of specialists said at a Hudson Institute forum this week, showing how religious tensions can have larger political ramifications in hot spots around the world. Published May 16, 2013
By Cheryl K. Chumley - The Washington Times
Georgia's Department of Natural Resources heads have ordered that all Bibles be taken out of the guest rooms at all state-run lodges and cabins. Published May 15, 2013
By Cheryl K. Chumley - The Washington Times
A Seattle soccer player on a promotion kick for the One World Futbol Project was hit and killed by a truck as he dribbled his ball on a stretch of roadway on the Oregon Coast, as part of a 10,000 trek to Brazil. Published May 15, 2013
