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Posted on May 21, 2013 at 11:30am

(AP) — The parents and guardians stood in the muddy grass outside a suburban Oklahoma City church, listening as someone with a bullhorn called out the names of children who were being dropped off — survivors of a deadly tornado that barreled through their community.

Posted on May 21, 2013 at 11:27am

(AP) — Prosecutors say they have agreed to charge the Army private who released more than 700,000 secret U.S. documents to the WikiLeaks site with a lesser offense on one of the 22 counts against him.

Posted on May 21, 2013 at 11:25am

(AP) — Hungarian police say they are investigating an incident in which an elderly man may have been mauled to death by two donkeys.

Posted on May 21, 2013 at 11:20am

(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 11:17am

(AP) — The man who led the Internal Revenue Service when it was giving extra scrutiny to tea party and other conservative groups seeking tax-exempt status told Congress on Tuesday that he knew little about what was happening while he was still commissioner.

Posted on May 21, 2013 at 11:17am

(AP) — NFL owners approved a $200 million loan Tuesday for the Atlanta Falcons to build a new stadium.

Posted on May 21, 2013 at 11:16am

(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 11:14am

(AP) — Here's how the struggling French economy stacks up compared to Germany's and Britain's:

Posted on May 21, 2013 at 11:12am

(AP) — Flying high above Europe's economic crisis, a local lightning-fast pigeon called Bolt became the world's most expensive racing bird when his Belgian breeder sold it for 310,000 euros ($400,000) to a Chinese businessman.

Posted on May 21, 2013 at 11:11am

(AP) — Treasury Secretary Jacob Lew says the Internal Revenue Service's targeting of conservative political groups was "unacceptable and inexcusable" and he has directed the agency's acting director to hold people accountable.

Posted on May 21, 2013 at 11:09am

(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.

Posted on May 21, 2013 at 11:08am

(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.

Posted on May 21, 2013 at 11:07am

(AP) — Emergency crews searched the broken remnants of an Oklahoma City suburb Tuesday for survivors of a massive tornado that flattened homes and demolished 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 11:07am

(AP) — A Saudi official says police have detained 10 more members of an alleged Iranian spy ring — eight Saudis, one Lebanese and one Turkish national.

Posted on May 21, 2013 at 11:06am

(AP) — A coordinated Taliban assault on checkpoints in southern Afghanistan killed four police before a counterattack drove the insurgents back, Afghan officials said Tuesday. Also, at least 10 other police died in two attacks in the country's west.

Posted on May 21, 2013 at 11:06am

(AP) — A Senate panel says Apple Inc. is avoiding billions of dollars in U.S. taxes by shifting profits to foreign affiliates and is prepared to question the company's chief executive Tuesday about the "loopholes."

Posted on May 21, 2013 at 11:05am

(AP) — Jamie Dimon, the chairman and CEO of JPMorgan Chase, says last year's $6 billion trading loss had been expensive and "extremely embarrassing," but he also asked shareholders not to fixate on the issue.

Posted on May 21, 2013 at 11:02am

(AP) — Carol Burnett, who became famous for playing a variety of characters in sketch comedy routines on her namesake television show, was named the winner of the nation's top humor prize on Tuesday.

Posted on May 21, 2013 at 11:00am

(AP) — Carol Burnett, who became famous for playing a variety of characters in sketch comedy routines on her namesake television show, has been named the winner of the nation's top humor prize.

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.