Oklahoma tornado damage could top $2 billion
MOORE, Okla. (AP) -- The Oklahoma Insurance Department says a preliminary estimate suggests the cost of the tornado that hit the Oklahoma City suburb of Moore could be more than $2 billion....

Parents face tough choice when tornadoes bear down
MOORE, Okla. (AP) -- With an ominous storm approaching, the Moore Public School District flashed a text alert to parents: "We are currently holding all students until the current storm danger is over. Students are being released to parents only at this time."...

IRS official Lerner: 'I did nothing wrong'
WASHINGTON (AP) -- The Internal Revenue Service official at the center of the storm over the agency's targeting of conservative groups told Congress on Wednesday that she had done nothing wrong in the episode, and then invoked her constitutional right to refuse to answer lawmakers' questions....

FBI: Man fatally shot in Boston bombing probe
ORLANDO, Fla. (AP) -- A man being questioned in the Boston Marathon bombing case was shot to death at his home by an FBI agent Wednesday after turning violent, officials said....

NY funeral for student accidentally shot by police
SLEEPY HOLLOW, N.Y. (AP) -- Many young people are among the mourners attending the funeral of a Hofstra University student who was accidentally shot by police....

Arias speaks out about case in jailhouse interview
PHOENIX (AP) -- In a surprise jailhouse interview just hours after a jury began deliberating her fate, Jodi Arias spoke out Tuesday about her murder trial, her many fights with her legal team and her belief that she "deserves a second chance at freedom someday."...

Garcetti elected Los Angeles mayor over Greuel
LOS ANGELES (AP) -- City Councilman Eric Garcetti defeated Controller Wendy Greuel to become next mayor of Los Angeles after a caustic campaign in which he depicted his fellow Democrat as a pawn of powerful labor bosses....

Anthony Weiner launches bid to become NYC mayor
NEW YORK (AP) -- Anthony Weiner's run for redemption is officially on....

Under scrutiny, Va. gov's mansion a dichotomy
RICHMOND, Va. (AP) -- An embezzling case that began with a chef being accused of stealing food from Virginia's Executive Mansion and morphed into a political scandal involving two of the state's most powerful politicians has some people wondering: What goes on behind the wide double doors of the governor's house?...

Boy Scout leaders to vote on lifting gay ban
GRAPEVINE, Texas (AP) -- The Boy Scouts of America will convene a two-day meeting of 1,400 local leaders to consider changing its long-standing ban on openly gay boys in the scouting movement....