Hofstra petition seeks better off-campus security
UNIONDALE, N.Y. (AP) -- More than 2,000 people have signed a petition asking Hofstra University to beef up off-campus security following the killing of a student....
Mourners remember girl, 9, killed in Okla. tornado
OKLAHOMA CITY (AP) -- Friends and family are attending funeral services for a 9-year-old girl killed by Monday's tornado in an Oklahoma City suburb....
FBI arrests suspect in Wash. state ricin case
SPOKANE, Wash. (AP) -- The FBI has arrested a suspect in a case involving the discovery of a pair of letters containing the deadly poison ricin and says investigators are working "around the clock" to address any remaining risks....
Colorado killer's reprieve sharply criticized
DENVER (AP) -- Democratic Gov. John Hickenlooper's decision to block the execution of convicted killer Nathan Dunlap for as long as he is governor infuriated victims' relatives and drew quick criticism from Republicans ahead of the 2014 election....
Teen brother questioned in death of 2 Utah boys
WEST POINT, Utah (AP) -- Deputies say an older brother is a person of interest in the deaths of two Utah boys in West Point, about 30 miles north of Salt Lake City....
Vote on gay Scouts comes at emotional moment
GRAPEVINE, Texas (AP) -- The Boy Scouts of America's national leadership will vote Thursday on whether to allow openly gay Scouts in its ranks, a critical and emotionally charged moment for one of the nation's oldest youth organizations and its millions of members....
Thunderstorms slow Oklahoma tornado cleanup
MOORE, Okla. (AP) -- A band of thunderstorms battered the Oklahoma City area Thursday, slowing cleanup operations in the suburb where a tornado killed 24 people and destroyed thousands of homes this week....
Nixon library hosts 40th reunion for Vietnam POWs
YORBA LINDA, Calif. (AP) -- U.S. Navy Lt. Mike McGrath was just 27 years old, with a wife and two toddler sons in the U.S., when he was shot down and taken prisoner on his 179th bombing mission during the Vietnam War....
Deputies arrest man they say posed as a Disney
SANTA CLARITA, Calif. (AP) -- Authorities say a man has been arrested after claiming to be a member of the Walt Disney family and giving away invalid Disneyland passes....
Man shot by FBI had ties to Boston bombing suspect
ORLANDO, Fla. (AP) -- A Chechen immigrant shot to death in Florida after an altercation with an FBI agent implicated himself in a triple slaying that officials believe may have been connected to Boston Marathon bombing suspect Tamerlan Tsarnaev, authorities said....
Ex-teacher due in federal court in child porn case
WASHINGTON (AP) -- A former elementary school teacher who was on the FBI's list of most wanted fugitives is due in federal court on a child pornography charge....
Missing Utah mom's father-in-law not getting out
OLYMPIA, Wash. (AP) -- The father-in-law of missing Utah mother Susan Powell won't be released from prison Thursday, the Washington state Corrections Department said....
Bronx 'ghetto' tours stop amid residents' outrage
NEW YORK (AP) -- A company that promised sightseer tours to the Bronx that included a New York City "ghetto" has stopped the bus rides under protest from an outraged neighborhood....
