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5 dead, 20 missing in China factory explosion
5/20/2013 1:40:49 AM A massive blast ripped through an explosives factory Monday in eastern China, killing five people and leaving another 20 missing, state media reported. Rescue work was continuing at the site of the mid-morning ...
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Powerful tornadoes strike in four central U.S. states
5/20/2013 1:05:00 AM By Chris Francescani (Reuters) - A massive storm front swept north through the central United States on Sunday, hammering the region with fist-sized hail, blinding rain and tornadoes, including a half-mile wide twister that struck near Oklahoma City. News reports said at least one person had died. By 9:30 p.m. Central Standard Time, more than two dozen tornadoes had been spotted in parts of Iowa, Oklahoma, Kansas and Illinois, according to the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration and local news reports. ...
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Gunmen shoot into Calif. home, 10-year-old killed
5/20/2013 1:04:42 AM SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — Authorities were searching for at least two gunmen who walked up to the door of a Northern California home and opened fire, killing a 10-year-old girl and injuring her parents.
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Cop who shot N.Y. student faced harrowing choice
5/19/2013 5:43:45 PM 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.
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2 FBI agents killed in training accident in Va.
5/19/2013 5:08:36 PM 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.
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Tornadoes slam Kansas, Oklahoma
5/19/2013 4:49:01 PM Officials say the twisters are "violent and dangerous," but there are no immediate reports of injuries or significant damage.
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Commuters warned of traffic mess for up to 1 week
5/19/2013 4:16:02 PM Traffic in southwest Connecticut could be a mess for as much as a week until service is restored to the commuter rail line affected by a derailment that injured scores of passengers, Gov. Dannel P. Malloy warned Sunday.
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Official: Va. driver likely had medical condition
5/19/2013 4:06:29 PM 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.
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AP CEO calls records seizure unconstitutional
5/19/2013 3:59:54 PM The president and CEO of The Associated Press says the government's seizure of AP journalists' phone records was "unconstitutional" and already has had a chilling effect on newsgathering.
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Officer who shot NY student faced harrowing choice
5/19/2013 3:47:50 PM 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.
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Suspect in NY bias shooting is charged with murder
5/19/2013 3:19:39 PM NEW YORK (AP) — The man who police say hurled homophobic slurs at a gay man on a Manhattan street before firing a single fatal shot to his head appeared in court Sunday to face a charge of murder as a hate crime.
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