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Posted on May 21, 2013 at 5:24pm

(AP) — A Senate panel voted on Tuesday to provide weapons to rebels battling the forces of Syrian President Bashar Assad, the first time lawmakers have endorsed the aggressive U.S. military step of arming the opposition in the 2-year-old civil war.

Posted on May 21, 2013 at 5:21pm

(AP) — The Army says the commanding general of Fort Jackson, S.C., has been suspended in connection with charges of adultery and involvement in a physical altercation.

Posted on May 21, 2013 at 5:21pm

(AP) — Mexico's top security officials promised Tuesday that a new federal offensive to rescue towns besieged by the Knights Templar drug cartel in western Michoacan state would stay "until there is security and peace for all state residents."

Posted on May 21, 2013 at 5:20pm

(AP) — Microsoft thinks it has the one.

Posted on May 21, 2013 at 5:18pm

(AP) — For fans of the boy wizard, this could be the most coveted copy of all the "Harry Potter" books in the world.

Posted on May 21, 2013 at 5:16pm

(AP) — Twitter is booming as a social media destination for teenagers who complain about too many adults and too much drama on Facebook, according to a new study published Tuesday about online behavior. It said teens are sharing more personal information about themselves even as they try to protect their online reputations.

Posted on May 21, 2013 at 5:14pm

A deadly tornado hit suburban Oklahoma City on Monday. A quick look at some basic facts:

Posted on May 21, 2013 at 5:11pm

(AP) — 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.

Posted on May 21, 2013 at 5:08pm

(AP) — U.N. officials said Tuesday that the number of Syrian refugees arriving in Jordan has suddenly fallen from an average of 2,500 a day to fewer than 20, and they are trying to quickly figure out why.

Posted on May 21, 2013 at 5:07pm

(AP) — A goat believed to have escaped en route to a slaughterhouse snarled the morning commute along one of the busiest roadways in northern New Jersey on Tuesday, leading police on a nearly two-hour chase.

Posted on May 21, 2013 at 5:06pm

(AP) — Nigeria's military said Tuesday that the West African nation would release some of the prisoners it has taken in the country's fight against Islamic extremists — including all the women now held in custody.

Posted on May 21, 2013 at 5:05pm

(AP) — The Muppets may have taken Manhattan, but they're getting a spiffy new home in Queens.

Posted on May 21, 2013 at 5:04pm

(AP) — Bruton Smith just can't help himself sometimes.

Posted on May 21, 2013 at 5:03pm

(AP) — Photos taken in the aftermath of the attack that killed six people and wounded former U.S. Rep. Gabrielle Giffords show the handgun, high-capacity pistol magazines and knife that Jared Lee Loughner carried with him as he carried out the January 2011 attack.

Posted on May 21, 2013 at 5:02pm

(AP) — 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.

Posted on May 21, 2013 at 5:02pm

(AP) — The Senate has voted to keep a $400 million annual cut — or roughly a half of 1 percent — to the food stamp program in a farm bill it is considering this week.

Posted on May 21, 2013 at 5:02pm

(AP) — Hoping their baseball success will translate to titles in another sport, the Yankees are combining with English power Manchester City to own a Major League Soccer expansion team in New York that will start play in 2015.

Posted on May 21, 2013 at 4:59pm

(AP) — Egypt's president signed a new tax law Tuesday that cuts the amount paid by poorer Egyptians in the latest move aimed at reforming the country's economy.

Posted on May 21, 2013 at 4:59pm

(AP) — The Senate dragged Apple Inc., the world's most valuable company, into the debate over the U.S. tax code Tuesday, grilling CEO Tim Cook over allegations that its Irish subsidiaries help the company avoid billions in U.S. taxes.

Posted on May 21, 2013 at 4:55pm

(AP) — Jamie Dimon, the CEO and chairman of JPMorgan Chase, easily survived a vote Tuesday that would have called on him to give up his role as chairman of the nation's largest bank. But shareholders sent a message that the bank needed better oversight, giving only narrow approval to three of the bank's board members.