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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.

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.

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.

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."

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.

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.

Posted on May 21, 2013 at 10:17am

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

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

Posted on May 21, 2013 at 10:12am

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

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.

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.

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.

Posted on May 21, 2013 at 10:07am

(AP) — Is Pope Francis an exorcist?

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.

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."

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.