Conn. rail service returns to normal
NEW HAVEN, Conn. -- Regular train service returned to Connecticut on Wednesday, five days after a derailment injured scores of commuters and damaged tracks.
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Garcetti elected Los Angeles mayor over Greuel
LOS ANGELES -- City Councilman Eric Garcetti defeated Controller Wendy Greuel to become next mayor of Los Angeles after a campaign in which he depicted his rival a pawn of powerful labor...
Highway patrol: 29 hurt in Ohio bus, car crash
BOWLING GREEN, Ohio -- The State Highway Patrol says 29 people have been injured in a crash between a commercial bus and a car on Interstate 75 in northwest Ohio.
Search for Okla. tornado survivors nearly complete
MOORE, Okla. -- Helmeted rescue workers raced Tuesday to complete the search for survivors and the dead in the Oklahoma City suburb where a mammoth tornado destroyed countless homes, cleared lots down to bare red earth and claimed 24 lives, including those of nine children.
Oklahoma twister a top-of-the-scale EF-5
MOORE, Okla. -- The National Weather Service says the tornado that hit Moore, Okla., was a top-of-the-scale EF-5 twister with winds of at least 200 mph.
Teachers credited with saving students in Okla.
MOORE, Okla. -- The principal's voice came on over the intercom at Plaza Towers Elementary School: A severe storm was approaching and students were to go to the cafeteria and wait for their parents to pick them up.
Impact of Okla. tornado beyond mere cleanup
MOORE, Okla. -- Lives were forever changed in a few short minutes as a large tornado battered the Oklahoma City suburb of Moore, killing at least 24 people and injuring dozens. The storm tore apart one elementary school and severely damaged another; it ripped homes off their foundations, scattered prized possessions, laid waste to businesses.
Hospitals treat more than 200 after Okla. tornado
OKLAHOMA CITY -- Hospital officials say they've treated more than 200 patients, including dozens of children, since a tornado hit an Oklahoma City suburb.
Central and North Texas under tornado watch into evening hours
DALLAS -- The National Weather Service has issued a tornado watch for Central and North Texas.
2 FBI agents who died remembered for valor
NORFOLK, Va. -- FBI Director Robert Mueller has praised two agents who died while training off the Virginia Beach coast for their "true and unerring valor."
Pentagon wants $450M for Guantanamo prison
WASHINGTON -- The Pentagon is asking Congress for more than $450 million for maintaining and upgrading the Guantanamo Bay prison that President Barack Obama wants to close.
Man charged in death of missing Maine teenager
BANGOR, Maine -- When 16-year-old Nichole Cable left home May 12, she told her family she was heading out to see someone she'd met on Facebook.
Lawyer: Feds investigating Susan Powell case
WEST VALLEY CITY, Utah -- The lawyer for the family of missing Utah woman Susan Powell said Tuesday that even as local police close the active part of their investigation into her disappearance, federal authorities continue to review the case -- a claim that was denied by the U.S. Attorney's Office in Salt Lake City.
Senate panel approves immigration bill
WASHINGTON -- Far-reaching legislation to grant a chance at citizenship to millions of immigrants living illegally in the United States cleared the Senate Judiciary Committee on a solid bipartisan vote Tuesday night after supporters somberly sidestepped a controversy over the rights of gay spouses.
Jodi Arias asks for life term; jury deliberates
PHOENIX -- Jodi Arias begged jurors Tuesday to give her life in prison, saying she "lacked perspective" when she told a local reporter in an interview that she preferred execution to spending the rest of her days in jail.
Arias tells jury what she'll do if allowed to live
PHOENIX -- Jodi Arias told a jury Tuesday that she can contribute to society if allowed to live, saying she'd like to start literacy, recycling and other programs in prison.
Court strikes down Arizona 20-week abortion ban
SAN FRANCISCO -- A federal court in San Francisco Tuesday struck down Arizona's ban on abortions after 20 weeks of pregnancy.
In tornado's wake, worried parents seek out kids
MOORE, Okla. -- The parents and guardians stood in the muddy grass outside a suburban Oklahoma City church, listening as someone with a bullhorn called out the names of children who were being dropped off -- survivors of a deadly tornado that barreled through their community.
Court: US can keep bin Laden photos under wraps
WASHINGTON -- A federal appeals court is backing the U.S. government's decision not to release photos and video taken of Osama bin Laden during and after a raid in which the terrorist leader was killed by U.S. commandos.
Crews dig through night after deadly Okla. twister
MOORE, Okla. -- 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.
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