The Wire

  • Corbin tosses 3-hitter as D-backs beat Rockies 5-1

    Posted on May 20, 2013 at 11:41pm

    (AP) — Patrick Corbin tossed a three-hitter for his first complete game and struck out a career-high 10, lifting the Arizona Diamondbacks to a 5-1 win over the Colorado Rockies on Monday night.

  • President Obama declares major disaster in Oklahoma after devastating tornado

    Posted on May 20, 2013 at 11:34pm

    (AP) — President Obama declares major disaster in Oklahoma after devastating tornado.

  • Guatemala top court overturns genocide conviction

    Posted on May 20, 2013 at 11:33pm

    (AP) — Guatemala's top court overturned the genocide conviction of former dictator Efrain Rios Montt and ordered on Monday that his trial restart, throwing into disarray proceedings that had been hailed as historic for delivering the first such guilty verdict for a Latin American leader.

  • Hospitals treat more than 120 after Okla. tornado

    Posted on May 20, 2013 at 11:31pm

    (AP) — Officials at two hospitals say they've been treating more than 120 patients, including about 50 children, since a massive tornado hit suburban Oklahoma City.

  • Okla. hospitals say they have treated about 120 people, including 50 kids, after major tornado

    Posted on May 20, 2013 at 11:30pm

    (AP) — Okla. hospitals say they have treated about 120 people, including 50 kids, after major tornado.

  • AP Photos: Images of devastating Oklahoma tornado

    Posted on May 20, 2013 at 11:29pm

    The devastating tornado that swept through Oklahoma turned houses into matchsticks and sent parents and teachers running to pull children from the wreckage of an elementary school in the eye of the storm. At least 51 people were killed by the 200-mph storm and dozens of homes destroyed. The toll was expected to rise. Here are images from the aftermath :

  • Red Wings top Blackhawks 3-1, take 2-1 series lead

    Posted on May 20, 2013 at 11:28pm

    (AP) — The young Detroit Red Wings have made the mighty Chicago Blackhawks look vulnerable, beating them two straight times to gain an advantage in their last playoff matchup as Western Conference rivals.

  • China's Xi will meet Obama earlier than expected

    Posted on May 20, 2013 at 11:28pm

    (AP) — China's new leader Xi Jinping will confer with President Barack Obama next month in California, months earlier than their expected first meeting, as both sides seek to stem a drift in relations, troubled by issues from cyberspying to North Korea.

  • Dunn homers as White Sox beat Lester, Red Sox 6-4

    Posted on May 20, 2013 at 11:18pm

    Updated on May 20, 2013 at 11:19pm

    (AP) — Adam Dunn hit a three-run homer in the first inning and the Chicago White Sox handed Jon Lester his first loss of the season with a 6-4 victory over the Boston Red Sox on Monday night.

  • Yankees hit 4 HRs, beat Orioles 6-4 in 10 innings

    Posted on May 20, 2013 at 11:12pm

    (AP) — Vernon Wells doubled in the tiebreaking run in the 10th inning and the New York Yankees hit four solo homers in a 6-4 victory over the Orioles on Monday night, extending Baltimore's losing streak to six games.

  • FBI: Agents fell to deaths training off Va. coast

    Posted on May 20, 2013 at 11:11pm

    (AP) — An FBI spokeswoman says two agents who died while training off the Virginia Beach coast fell to their deaths during a "maritime counterterrorism exercise involving helicopters and a ship."

  • Kershaw pitches 3-hitter as Dodgers beat Brewers

    Posted on May 20, 2013 at 11:10pm

    (AP) — Clayton Kershaw scattered three singles in his second complete game of the year and Matt Kemp hit his first home run since April 24, lifting the Los Angeles Dodgers to a 3-1 victory over the Milwaukee Brewers on Monday night.

  • Toby Keith says Okla. hometown is 'strong'

    Posted on May 20, 2013 at 11:08pm

    (AP) — Country music performer Toby Keith says he grew up in the area near Oklahoma City that was hit by a devastating tornado.

  • Missouri city aids tornado-ravaged Okla. town

    Posted on May 20, 2013 at 11:07pm

    Updated on May 20, 2013 at 11:16pm

    (AP) — Officials in Joplin, Mo., have brought together a team of public safety employees they are sending to tornado-stricken Moore.

  • Asia stocks muted ahead of Fed meeting

    Posted on May 20, 2013 at 11:06pm

    (AP) — Asian stock markets struggled to post gains Tuesday as investors waited for the U.S. Federal Reserve to telegraph what it plans to do next with its economic stimulus program.

  • Twister season starts late, but starts nonetheless

    Posted on May 20, 2013 at 10:58pm

    Updated on May 20, 2013 at 11:00pm

    (AP) — Deadly tornadoes that have raked communities in Middle America over the past week, including Monday's massive twister that carved a path of destruction through the Oklahoma City suburb of Moore, belie what had been a relatively quiet start of the 2013 tornado season.

  • Chinese fishing boat, crew released by North Korea

    Posted on May 20, 2013 at 10:58pm

    (AP) — The owner of a Chinese fishing boat seized for ransom by unidentified North Koreans says the boat and its 16 crew members have been released.

  • Bruce homers to back Cueto in Reds' win over Mets

    Posted on May 20, 2013 at 10:57pm

    Updated on May 20, 2013 at 10:59pm

    (AP) — Jay Bruce hit a tiebreaking homer and drove in two runs to back Johnny Cueto's wild but effective return from the disabled list, and the Cincinnati Reds beat the New York Mets 4-3 Monday night.

  • Oklahoma twister tracked path of 1999 tornado

    Posted on May 20, 2013 at 10:46pm

    (AP) — Monday's powerful tornado in suburban Oklahoma City loosely followed the path of a killer twister that slammed the region in May 1999.

  • FBI agents killed in Va. training were among elite

    Posted on May 20, 2013 at 10:43pm

    (AP) — The two FBI agents who died while training off the Virginia Beach coast were part of the agency's elite hostage rescue team, a group known most recently for rescuing an Alabama boy from an underground bunker.