The Wire

  • Obama pledges urgent aid to Oklahoma town

    Posted on May 21, 2013 at 10:27am

    (AP) — President Barack Obama pledged urgent government help for Oklahoma Tuesday in the wake of "one of the most destructive" storms in the nation's history.

  • Manzarek, founding member of The Doors, dies at 74

    Posted on May 21, 2013 at 10:21am

    Ray Manzarek, a founding member of the 1960s rock group The Doors whose versatile and often haunting keyboards complemented Jim Morrison's gloomy baritone and helped set the mood for some of rock's most enduring songs, has died. He was 74.

  • Medical examiner: 24 dead in Oklahoma twister

    Posted on May 21, 2013 at 10:21am

    (AP) — Emergency crews combed the sticks and rubble remains of an Oklahoma City suburb Tuesday morning less than a day after a massive tornado slammed through the community, flattening homes and demolishing an elementary school. At least 24 people were killed, including at least seven children, and those numbers were expected to climb.

  • Obama offers help for Oklahoma tornado victims

    Posted on May 21, 2013 at 10:20am

    (AP) — President Barack Obama says he is instructing his disaster response team to get tornado victims in Oklahoma everything they need "right away."

  • Leading Senate Democrat: IRS behavior intolerable

    Posted on May 21, 2013 at 10:19am

    (AP) — A leading Senate Democrat says the Internal Revenue Service's targeting of conservative groups was intolerable, and he is promising to get to the bottom of how it happened.

  • Teen star Zendaya finishes 1st on 'Dancing' finals

    Posted on May 21, 2013 at 10:19am

    (AP) — Four finalists are vying for the "Dancing With the Stars" title, and just one point separates the top two contestants.

  • Justin Bieber's monkey becomes German property

    Posted on May 21, 2013 at 10:17am

    (AP) — Justin Bieber's pet monkey is now the property of Germany.

  • Depardieu to play a Chechen man seeking revenge

    Posted on May 21, 2013 at 10:16am

    (AP) — French actor Gerard Depardieu will star in a drama about a Chechen man who seeks revenge for the killing of his son.

  • Israeli military chief warns Syrian regime

    Posted on May 21, 2013 at 10:16am

    (AP) — Israel's military chief has issued a stern warning to Syrian leader Bashar Assad after an Israeli military jeep came under fire from Syrian forces early Tuesday.

  • Death in Zimbabwe results in unusual US charge

    Posted on May 21, 2013 at 10:15am

    (AP) — The facts laid out by prosecutors are plain: In 2008, a U.S. government employee on assignment in Zimbabwe drove through the capital of Harare in his government-issued Toyota Land Cruiser and struck and killed a 34-year-old Zimbabwe man.

  • Uganda leader's legacy at stake in general's case

    Posted on May 21, 2013 at 10:14am

    (AP) — Analysts in Uganda say an army general's concern that officials are at risk of assassination if they oppose President Yoweri Museveni's plan to have his son succeed him is controversial because it challenges the president's reputation as a moderate leader.

  • Fighting for 2nd day between army, rebels in Congo

    Posted on May 21, 2013 at 10:13am

    (AP) — Fighting between the M23 rebels and the army continued for a second day Tuesday near Congo's eastern provincial capital of Goma, in clashes that have so far killed 20 people, all of them either soldiers or rebels, officials said.

  • Obama: Oklahoma needs to get help right away in wake of devastating tornado

    Posted on May 21, 2013 at 10:12am

    (AP) — Obama: Oklahoma needs to get help right away in wake of devastating tornado.

  • SAfrican court acquits brother of Oscar Pistorius

    Posted on May 21, 2013 at 10:09am

    (AP) — Oscar Pistorius' older brother cried tears of relief Tuesday as a magistrate acquitted him of culpable homicide and negligent driving for the death of a woman in a road accident.

  • Best Buy reports 1Q loss on restructuring costs

    Posted on May 21, 2013 at 10:08am

    (AP) — Best Buy Co. on Tuesday reported a loss in its fiscal first quarter as it sold its stake in Best Buy Europe and works on a turnaround plan that includes cutting costs and closing some stores.

  • Reports: Iran bars 2 top figures from June ballot

    Posted on May 21, 2013 at 10:07am

    (AP) — Iranian news websites boosted speculation Tuesday that election overseers have barred two prominent but divisive figures from next month's presidential ballot, in a move that would eliminate a threat to the country's hard-liners.

  • The pope and the devil: Is Francis an exorcist?

    Posted on May 21, 2013 at 10:07am

    (AP) — Is Pope Francis an exorcist?

  • At last: 'Arrested' is reborn Sunday on Netflix

    Posted on May 21, 2013 at 10:07am

    (AP) — Portia de Rossi only believed it was happening when her agent got the good news from the producers. Michael Cera only believed it was happening when the cameras rolled.

  • Apple's Cook to face Senate questions on taxes

    Posted on May 21, 2013 at 10:05am

    (AP) — A Senate panel says Apple Inc. is avoiding paying billions of dollars in U.S. taxes by using a cluster of affiliates located outside the United States and is prepared to question its chief executive Tuesday about the "loopholes."

  • Markets choppy ahead of Bernanke testimony

    Posted on May 21, 2013 at 10:05am

    (AP) — Stocks pushed higher Tuesday but the momentum was muted as investors were cautious in the run-up to a much-anticipated statement from U.S. Federal Reserve chairman Ben Bernanke.