The Wire

  • Court strikes down Arizona 20-week abortion ban

    Posted on May 21, 2013 at 7:59pm

    (AP) — A federal court Tuesday struck down Arizona's ban on abortions after 20 weeks of pregnancy absent a medical emergency.

  • Police defend officer who shot NY college student

    Posted on May 21, 2013 at 7:58pm

    (AP) — The president of a New York police union defended an officer who accidentally killed a Hofstra University student during a standoff with an armed intruder, saying Tuesday the only person responsible for the woman's death was the gunman who held her hostage.

  • Senate panel approves immigration bill

    Posted on May 21, 2013 at 7:55pm

    (AP) — The Senate Judiciary Committee has approved far-reaching immigration legislation that gives a chance at citizenship to millions living in the country illegally.

  • Senate Judiciary Committee approves landmark immigration bill offering citizenship to millions

    Posted on May 21, 2013 at 7:54pm

    (AP) — Senate Judiciary Committee approves landmark immigration bill offering citizenship to millions.

  • Man charged in death of missing Maine teenager

    Posted on May 21, 2013 at 7:50pm

    (AP) — When 16-year-old Nichole Cable left home May 12, she told her family she was heading out to see someone she'd met on Facebook.

  • Nick Jonas, Giuliana Rancic to host Miss USA

    Posted on May 21, 2013 at 7:50pm

    (AP) — Donald Trump's Miss USA pageant will be hosted by a Jonas brother and an E! News personality.

  • Pentagon wants $450M for Guantanamo prison

    Posted on May 21, 2013 at 7:48pm

    (AP) — The Pentagon is asking Congress for more than $450 million for maintaining and upgrading the Guantanamo Bay prison that President Barack Obama wants to close.

  • Jury weighing Jodi Arias' fate adjourns for day

    Posted on May 21, 2013 at 7:44pm

    (AP) — The Phoenix jury deciding whether Jodi Arias should be sentenced to life in prison or execution has adjourned for the day.

  • Lawyer: No background check done on Jackson doctor

    Posted on May 21, 2013 at 7:44pm

    (AP) — AEG Live LLC did not conduct any background checks or supervise the doctor who was later convicted of killing Michael Jackson, a corporate attorney testified Tuesday in a lawsuit claiming the concert promoter was negligent in hiring the physician.

  • A diversion in the air for 'Today'

    Posted on May 21, 2013 at 7:42pm

    (AP) — Two charter airplanes carrying the "Today" show anchor team and their crew from Hawaii to Yellowstone National Park were diverted in the air to Oklahoma for coverage Tuesday of the catastrophic tornado outside of Oklahoma City.

  • Search for tornado survivors nearly complete

    Posted on May 21, 2013 at 7:42pm

    Updated on May 21, 2013 at 7:43pm

    (AP) — Helmeted rescue workers raced Tuesday to complete the search for survivors and the dead in the Oklahoma City suburb where a mammoth tornado destroyed countless homes, cleared lots down to bare red earth and claimed 24 lives, including those of nine children.

  • AP PHOTOS: Devastation, reunion in tornado wake

    Posted on May 21, 2013 at 7:31pm

    Updated on May 21, 2013 at 7:31pm

    Residents sift through the remnants of their homes and parents hug children outside a demolished elementary school. Emergency workers tend to the wounded.

  • Thunder star Kevin Durant makes $1M tornado pledge

    Posted on May 21, 2013 at 7:25pm

    (AP) — Oklahoma City isn't just a place where Thunder star Kevin Durant lives these days. It's home.

  • The new consoles from Microsoft, Nintendo and Sony

    Posted on May 21, 2013 at 7:21pm

    (AP) — Microsoft is the last of the three big video game console makers to unveil its latest gaming system. The unveiling comes nearly eight years after the Xbox 360 went on sale. It follows last fall's debut of Nintendo's Wii U and a preview in February of the upcoming PlayStation 4 from Sony.

  • Microsoft touts Xbox One as all-in-1 entertainment

    Posted on May 21, 2013 at 7:19pm

    (AP) — Microsoft thinks it has the one.

  • Power of Moore tornado dwarfs Hiroshima bomb

    Posted on May 21, 2013 at 7:18pm

    (AP) — Everything had to come together just perfectly to create the killer tornado in Moore, Okla.: wind speed, moisture in the air, temperature and timing. And when they did, the awesome energy released over that city dwarfed the power of the atomic bomb that leveled Hiroshima.

  • Leahy steps back on gay marriage issue

    Posted on May 21, 2013 at 7:13pm

    (AP) — Senate Judiciary Committee Chairman Patrick Leahy says he will not offer — for now — an amendment to an immigration bill allowing gay Americans to seek green cards for their spouses.

  • Toronto mayor avoids questions about crack video

    Posted on May 21, 2013 at 7:11pm

    (AP) — Toronto Mayor Rob Ford continued to duck questions Tuesday about a video that purportedly shows him smoking crack cocaine despite calls by allies and rivals for further comment.

  • Indians' Perez deletes Twitter account

    Posted on May 21, 2013 at 7:07pm

    (AP) — Indians closer Chris Perez deactivated his Twitter account following two rough outings, and after receiving a slew of negative comments.

  • Ex-Ford execs charged in Argentine torture cases

    Posted on May 21, 2013 at 7:05pm

    (AP) — Three former Ford Motor Co. executives were charged Tuesday with crimes against humanity for allegedly targeting Argentine union workers for kidnapping and torture after the country's 1976 military coup.