The Wire

  • Clashes between Egypt troops and gunmen in Sinai

    Posted on May 21, 2013 at 10:57am

    (AP) — Egyptian security officials say police and military forces have clashed with armed tribesmen in a north Sinai village by the border with Israel, leaving one gunman dead.

  • Israeli military chief warns Syrian regime

    Posted on May 21, 2013 at 10:56am

    (AP) — Israel's military chief issued a stern warning to Bashar Assad on Tuesday, saying the Syrian leader would "bear the consequences" of any more attacks on Israeli forces near the Syrian border.

  • Paris police say Notre Dame Cathedral evacuated after suicide inside the famed church

    Posted on May 21, 2013 at 10:54am

    (AP) — Paris police say Notre Dame Cathedral evacuated after suicide inside the famed church.

  • Criteria Recording Studios founder Emerman dies

    Posted on May 21, 2013 at 10:54am

    (AP) — Mack Emerman, the founder of Criteria Recording Studios where acts including Eric Clapton, James Brown and the Bee Gees made some of their most famous records, has died after a long illness. He was 89.

  • NY Cuomo letter warns Kardashian over T-shirt logo

    Posted on May 21, 2013 at 10:53am

    (AP) — New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo's sent a letter to Khloe Kardashian informing the reality star the logo on her T-shirt line may be violating copyright law.

  • Medical examiner: 24 dead in Oklahoma twister

    Posted on May 21, 2013 at 10:51am

    (AP) — The state medical examiner's office has revised the death toll from a tornado in an Oklahoma City suburb to 24 people, including seven children.

  • APNewsBreak: Yanks, Man City to own NYC MLS team

    Posted on May 21, 2013 at 10:50am

    (AP) — The New York Yankees are going into the soccer business.

  • Court: US can keep bin Laden photos under wraps

    Posted on May 21, 2013 at 10:49am

    (AP) — A federal appeals court is backing the U.S. government's decision not to release photos and video taken of Osama bin Laden during and after a raid in which the terrorist leader was killed by U.S. commandos.

  • Former IRS chief: Can't say how targeting happened

    Posted on May 21, 2013 at 10:49am

    (AP) — The former chief of the Internal Revenue Service is telling Congress he doesn't know why his agency targeted tea party and other conservative groups seeking tax exempt status.

  • Stock indexes flip between gains and losses

    Posted on May 21, 2013 at 10:47am

    (AP) — Stock indexes fluctuated in early trading Tuesday as investors tried to predict the Fed's next move.

  • Internet cable from Cuba to Jamaica comes online

    Posted on May 21, 2013 at 10:46am

    (AP) — A company that monitors global Internet traffic says another branch of the Venezuela-to-Cuba undersea fiber-optic cable has come online, connecting the island to nearby Jamaica.

  • Okla. Senator says tornado aid should be paid for

    Posted on May 21, 2013 at 10:46am

    (AP) — Conservative Oklahoma Sen. Tom Coburn says that any additional federal aid to help tornado victims and to rebuild devastated areas of his state should be financed with cuts to other programs in the government's $3.6 trillion budget.

  • Chris Harrison to host Miss America Pageant

    Posted on May 21, 2013 at 10:43am

    (AP) — "The Bachelor" and "The Bachelorette" host Chris Harrison will again emcee the Miss America Pageant this September in Atlantic City, N.J.

  • Senators agree to expansion of high-tech visas

    Posted on May 21, 2013 at 10:42am

    (AP) — Officials say leading senators trying to resolve a key issue on immigration legislation have agreed to a compromise covering expansion of a high-tech visa program.

  • Rowland, Rubio joining Cowell's show

    Posted on May 21, 2013 at 10:41am

    (AP) — Simon Cowell has added former Destiny's Child singer Kelly Rowland and Latin artist Paulina Rubio to the cast of his competition show "The X Factor."

  • Utah man, brother suspects in wife's disappearance

    Posted on May 21, 2013 at 10:41am

    (AP) — Newly released police records show that Utah officials believe Josh Powell likely killed his wife and that his brother, Michael Powell, helped dispose of the body, but authorities felt they didn't have enough evidence to prove that theory in court.

  • WikiLeaks hearing focuses on classified evidence

    Posted on May 21, 2013 at 10:40am

    (AP) — The Army private who gave more than 700,000 secret U.S. documents to WikiLeaks is back in court for the last scheduled hearing before his military trial next month.

  • Sprint boosts buyout offer for Clearwire

    Posted on May 21, 2013 at 10:40am

    (AP) — Sprint Nextel Corp. has raised its buyout offer for the stake in Clearwire it does not already own by 14 percent.

  • More tornadoes from global warming? Nobody knows

    Posted on May 21, 2013 at 10:39am

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

  • Gilberto Santa Rosa leads 'Forever Tango' to B'way

    Posted on May 21, 2013 at 10:37am

    (AP) — Gilberto Santa Rosa will make his Broadway debut in the musical "Forever Tango," which returns to New York in July for a 10-week stand and will feature some of the Puerto Rican singer's hits.