Boy Scouts approve plan to accept openly gay boys
GRAPEVINE, Texas (AP) -- The Boy Scouts of America threw open its ranks Thursday to gay Scouts but not gay Scout leaders - a fiercely contested compromise that some warned could fracture the organization and lead to mass defections of members and donors....
Jurors deadlock on Jodi Arias penalty; retrial set
PHOENIX (AP) -- Jurors who spent five months determining Jodi Arias' fate couldn't decide whether she should get life in prison or die for murdering her boyfriend, sending prosecutors back to the drawing board to rehash the shocking case of sex, lies and violence to another 12 people....
RI education board approves arming university cops
SOUTH KINGSTOWN, R.I. (AP) -- Rhode Island education officials have approved allowing the state's public higher education institutions to arm campus police....
Nader loses appeal of '04 ballots in Maine
PORTLAND, Maine (AP) -- The state's highest court on Thursday dismissed Ralph Nader's lawsuit against Democrats he had accused of trying to keep him off ballots in Maine and other states during his failed presidential run in 2004....
Fossil area closed after 2 boys die in Minn. park
MINNEAPOLIS (AP) -- St. Paul authorities shut down a popular fossil-hunting area in a riverside park Thursday, one day after two children were killed and two others injured by a landslide....
Timeline of events in Jodi Arias murder case
PHOENIX (AP) -- The Jodi Arias murder trial has drawn international attention for its graphic tales of sex and lies. The following is a timeline of some of the key events in the case:...
The next steps in Jodi Arias case
PHOENIX (AP) -- The jury in Jodi Arias' murder trial has failed to reach a verdict against the woman they convicted of murdering Travis Alexander. The next steps:...
Distraught mom becomes face of Oklahoma storm
MOORE, Okla. (AP) -- A massive tornado was carving its way through town. There was no time to hesitate. LaTisha Garcia had to get to her children....
Nixon library hosts reunion for Vietnam POWs
YORBA LINDA, Calif. (AP) -- U.S. Navy Lt. Commander Doug Burns was on a night reconnaissance mission searching for enemy trucks when he was shot down by anti-aircraft fire and taken prisoner during the Vietnam War....
Defense releases photos, texts of Trayvon Martin
ORLANDO, Fla. (AP) -- Data released Thursday by the defense from slain Florida teenager Trayvon Martin's cellphone includes texts with a friend about fighting, smoking pot and being forced to move out of his mother's house because of trouble at school, as well as photos of a gun and what looks to be a potted marijuana plant....
Pa. woman convicted in fiance's wedding day death
ALLENTOWN, Pa. (AP) -- An eastern Pennsylvania woman who fatally stabbed her fiance on their wedding day - and then apparently could not comprehend that he had died - was convicted of first-degree murder on Thursday....
Correction: Oklahoma Tornado story
MOORE, Okla. (AP) -- In some early versions of a story May 22 about damage estimates from the tornado in Moore, Okla., The Associated Press misspelled the name of the city's mayor. He is Glenn Lewis, not Glen....
Judge won't let New Orleans out of police reform
NEW ORLEANS (AP) -- A federal judge has refused to let the city of New Orleans out of a potentially expensive agreement to reform its troubled police department....
Pilots in fatal Alaska crash on different signals
ANCHORAGE, Alaska (AP) -- The pilots involved in a deadly 2011 midair collision in Alaska apparently were communicating on different radio frequencies before the crash, according to a report by the National Transportation Safety Board, a finding that local aviators say underscores the danger of the mishmash of communication channels and federal guidelines in the area....
