The Wire

  • Crews race to find survivors of Oklahoma twister

    Posted on May 21, 2013 at 11:58am

    (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 nine children, and those numbers were expected to climb.

  • Justin Bieber's monkey becomes German property

    Posted on May 21, 2013 at 11:57am

    (AP) — Justin Bieber's pet monkey is no longer his.

  • Indexes edge higher on Wall Street in midday trade

    Posted on May 21, 2013 at 11:57am

    (AP) — Stock indexes are edging higher in midday trading on Wall Street as investors look ahead to the Federal Reserve's next moves.

  • JPMorgan's Dimon survives shareholder referendum

    Posted on May 21, 2013 at 11:56am

    (AP) — Shareholders at JPMorgan Chase will let Jamie Dimon, the chairman and CEO, keep both his jobs.

  • JPMorgan shareholders defeat campaign to split CEO and chairman role; Dimon prevails

    Posted on May 21, 2013 at 11:51am

    (AP) — JPMorgan shareholders defeat campaign to split CEO and chairman role; Dimon prevails.

  • Prince William joins father in conservation plea

    Posted on May 21, 2013 at 11:51am

    (AP) — Britain's Prince William has joined his father Prince Charles in urging global action to tackle the illegal poaching of wild animals.

  • Housing recovery boosts Home Depot 1Q results

    Posted on May 21, 2013 at 11:49am

    (AP) — Home Depot Inc.'s first-quarter net income rose 18 percent, thanks to the ongoing housing recovery, despite a chilly and wet spring.

  • Lew: IRS actions "unacceptable and inexcusable"

    Posted on May 21, 2013 at 11:48am

    (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.

  • Apple's Cook faces Senate questions on taxes

    Posted on May 21, 2013 at 11:47am

    (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."

  • Chelsea tops AP poll after winning Euro title

    Posted on May 21, 2013 at 11:44am

    (AP) — Chelsea surged to the top of the weekly Associated Press global soccer poll after winning the Europa League and qualifying for the Champions League for the 11th straight season.

  • Officials: Senators reach deal on high-tech visas

    Posted on May 21, 2013 at 11:43am

    (AP) — Leading senators working to resolve a key issue on immigration legislation have agreed to a compromise covering expansion of a high-tech visa program, officials said Tuesday, resolving one of two major hurdles to committee passage of the landmark bill.

  • Moniz sworn in as energy secretary

    Posted on May 21, 2013 at 11:40am

    (AP) — Physicist Ernest Moniz has been sworn in as the nation's new energy secretary.

  • Suicide at Notre Dame Cathedral in Paris

    Posted on May 21, 2013 at 11:39am

    (AP) — Crowds of visitors were cleared out of Notre Dame Cathedral in Paris after a man put a letter on the altar of the 850-year-old monument Tuesday, pulled out a gun and shot himself in the head, the cathedral's rector said.

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

    Posted on May 21, 2013 at 11:39am

    (AP) — An army general's concern that officials are at risk of assassination if they oppose President Yoweri Museveni's alleged plan to have his son succeed him has stirred controversy in Uganda because it challenges the popular view of Museveni as a moderate leader, analysts said Tuesday.

  • Syrian, Hezbollah troops fight rebels in key town

    Posted on May 21, 2013 at 11:38am

    (AP) — Backed by elite troops of Lebanon's militant Hezbollah group, Syrian government forces fought rebels in a strategic opposition-held Syrian town near the Lebanese border for the third straight day Tuesday.

  • WikiLeaks prosecutor agrees to 1 lesser charge

    Posted on May 21, 2013 at 11:35am

    (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.

  • Colangelo out as Raptors GM, still president

    Posted on May 21, 2013 at 11:34am

    (AP) — Bryan Colangelo is still president of the Toronto Raptors, but he's no longer the club's general manager.

  • Yankees, Man City to co-own NYC MLS team

    Posted on May 21, 2013 at 11:32am

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

  • AP Sources: Obama ok punting gay immigration idea

    Posted on May 21, 2013 at 11:31am

    (AP) — Two people familiar with the Senate immigration deliberations say the White House has suggested to Vermont Sen. Patrick Leahy that it would be best to put off a controversy over gay marriage until a bill goes before the full Senate.

  • In tornado's wake, worried parents seek out kids

    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.