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  • Kandi Scott salvages items from the rubble of her home, which she shared with her mother, until it was destroyed Monday when a tornado moved through Moore, Okla., Tuesday, May 21, 2013. The huge tornado roared through the Oklahoma City suburb, flattening entire neighborhoods and destroying an elementary school with a direct blow as children and teachers huddled against winds.

    Impact of Okla. tornado beyond mere cleanup

    Lives were forever changed in a few short minutes as a large tornado battered the Oklahoma City suburb of Moore, killing at least 24 people and injuring dozens. The storm tore apart one elementary school and severely damaged another; it ripped homes off their foundations, scattered prized possessions, laid waste to businesses.

  • Children look at destroyed homes in the aftermath of a huge tornado that struck Moore, Oklahoma, Monday, May 20, 2013.

    From Newtown to Oklahoma, how prepared are teachers for a crisis?

    Teachers in Oklahoma are being hailed as heroes for protecting students caught at school when a tornado struck the state on Monday and leveled Plaza Towers Elementary School. With more storms crossing the state this week, how prepared are schools and teachers for disaster?

  • FILE - This file photo provided by the Harris County, Texas, Sheriff's Department shows Uriel Landeros. Landeros, accused of vandalizing a 1929 Pablo Picasso painting in an act that was caught on cellphone video, has pleaded guilty in exchange for a two-year prison sentence. Landeros had faced felony graffiti and criminal mischief charges accusing him of spray-painting "Woman in a Red Armchair" at the Menil Collection in Houston.

    Man pleads guilty in Picasso vandalism case

    A man accused of vandalizing a 1929 Pablo Picasso painting in a Houston museum - an act that was caught on cellphone video - agreed Tuesday to a two-year prison term as part of a plea deal with prosecutors.

  • Correction: Missing Mom-Utah story

    WEST VALLEY CITY, Utah (AP) - In a story May 20 about the Susan Powell investigation, The Associated Press reported erroneously the day that Josh Powell committed suicide. It happened on Feb. 5, 2012.

  • Goat on the lam snarls NJ's Pulaski Skyway traffic

    A goat believed to have escaped en route to a slaughterhouse snarled the morning commute along one of the busiest roadways in northern New Jersey on Tuesday, leading police on a nearly two-hour chase.

  • Lily Raymond, 17, rushes to embrace her brother Ethan Raymond, 11, as a teacher escorts him away from Briarwood Elementary school after a tornado destroyed the school in south Oklahoma City on Monday, May 20, 2013.

    Teachers credited with saving students in Okla.

    The principal's voice came on over the intercom at Plaza Towers Elementary School: A severe storm was approaching and students were to go to the cafeteria and wait for their parents to pick them up. Photo Gallery Available

  • FILE - This 2001 file photo provided by the Washington Police Department shows the missing poster of Chandra Ann Levy, of Modesto, Calif. A judge promised more openness Tuesday after months of closed post-trial proceedings in the case of murdered Washington intern Chandra Levy, disclosing for the first time the reason a key prosecution witness could be discredited

    Judge promises more openness in Chandra Levy case

    A judge promised more openness Tuesday after months of confidential post-trial proceedings in the case of murdered Washington intern Chandra Levy, disclosing for the first time why a key prosecution witness could be discredited.

  • Indian guest workers sue company in Miss., Texas

    Dozens of Indian guest workers are suing an Alabama-based marine and fabrication company, claiming it financially exploited them and forced them to live in squalid conditions after bringing them to work at Gulf Coast shipyards after Hurricane Katrina.

  • Growers making up for lost time in planting corn

    U.S. farmers who could only watch helplessly this spring as storm after storm left their fields a muddy mess took to their tractors en masse last week and planted a record amount of corn acreage, even in areas where conditions are still far from perfect.

  • Correction: Missing Mom-Utah story

    In a story May 20 about the Susan Powell investigation, The Associated Press reported erroneously the day that Josh Powell committed suicide. It happened on Feb. 5, 2012.

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