Ohio rape investigation grand jury resumes work
COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) -- An eastern Ohio grand jury is resuming its examination of whether other laws were broken in the case of a 16-year-old girl raped by two high school football players....
Bronx 'ghetto' tours stop amid residents' outrage
NEW YORK (AP) -- A company that promised sightseers a tour of the Bronx that included a New York City "ghetto" has stopped the bus rides under fire from an outraged neighborhood....
Conn. bill gives families say over Newtown records
HARTFORD, Conn. (AP) -- The public release of any photograph, videotape or digital recording related to last year's deadly Newtown elementary school shooting would require the written consent of victims' family members, according to a working draft of a bill released Wednesday by the governor's office....
Okla. tornado damage: Thousands of homes, $1.5-$2B
MOORE, Okla. (AP) -- The tornado that struck an Oklahoma City suburb this week may have created $2 billion or more in damage as it tore through as many as 13,000 homes, multiple schools and a hospital, officials said Wednesday as they gave the first detailed account of the devastation....
Names of those killed in Oklahoma tornado
OKLAHOMA CITY (AP) -- The Oklahoma medical examiner's office says it has positively identified all 24 people killed in the tornado that ripped through the Oklahoma City suburb of Moore, including 10 children:...
For some homeowners, a house is a canvas
SEATTLE (AP) -- It's hard to miss the enormous 20-foot (6-meter)-wide American flag on the side of Richard Ormbrek's home. Comprised of around 180 tiles painted with scenes of Americana against a background of red and white stripes, the flag pops from the orange cedar shingles with traffic-stopping audacity....
Hillary Clinton accepts humanitarian award in NYC
NEW YORK (AP) -- Former Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton touted the efforts of a group combatting malnutrition and blindness during an awards speech in New York City....
Fire Marshal's Office: Panel had blast site access
AUSTIN, Texas (AP) -- The State Fire Marshal's Office says a federal safety panel's investigators had access to the site of a Texas fertilizer plant blast that killed 15 people and injured about 200 others....
37-year-old man charged in Wash. state ricin scare
SPOKANE, Wash. (AP) -- A man was arrested Wednesday in a case involving last week's discovery of a pair of letters containing the deadly poison ricin....
Minn. teen whose farewell song became web hit dies
LAKELAND, Minn. (AP) -- When high school student Zach Sobiech learned he didn't have much longer to live, his mother suggested he write letters to tell his loved ones goodbye. Instead, the Minnesota teenager turned to writing music - and his farewell song, "Clouds," became a YouTube sensation that has attracted more than 4 million views....
1 child dead, 1 missing in Minn. park landslide
ST. PAUL, Minn. (AP) -- A fourth-grade field trip to a Mississippi River park popular with fossil hunters turned deadly Wednesday when gravel saturated by persistent rain gave way, killing one child and injuring two others. A fourth child was missing....
Float driver says train seemed still before crash
LUBBOCK, Texas (AP) -- The driver of a parade float involved in a train wreck that killed four war veterans in West Texas told investigators the oncoming train appeared to be stationary, and that he didn't notice anything was wrong until he saw people jumping from the float, according to documents released Wednesday....
Okla. men get video of deadly tornado overhead
MOORE, Okla. (AP) -- Two 19-year-old Oklahoma men who took cover in a cellar during a deadly tornado were able to use their cellphones to get video of the twister as it passed over the home....
Suit filed over Conn. gun law passed after Newtown
HARTFORD, Conn. (AP) -- A group of Connecticut organizations that support gun rights, pistol permit holders and gun sellers has filed a lawsuit in federal court against Gov. Dannel P. Malloy and other state officials, arguing the state's new gun control law violates their constitutional rights....
Boy Scout leaders to vote on lifting gay ban
GRAPEVINE, Texas (AP) -- As protesters made one last stand, the Boy Scouts of America's leadership began a conference Wednesday that was expected to culminate in a long-anticipated vote on whether to allow openly gay Scouts - a decision that, either way, could deeply affect the organization's membership and funding....
