Alaska attempts public relations pitch on drilling ANWR

The state of Alaska is trying to drum up publicity for its offer to pay some of the cost of exploratory dr...

Decision due on dismissal of Kennedy case in NY

A town judge in New York is deciding whether the drugged-driving case against Kerry Kennedy should go to tr...

Disabled NY newlyweds offered apartment

A newlywed mentally disabled couple forced to live in separate New York group homes may soon be able to mov...

10 Things to Know for Today

Your daily look at late-breaking news, upcoming events and the stories that will be talked about today:

Obama declares disaster after at least 91 die in Oklahoma tornado

Recovery operations continue Tuesday morning after a tornado, reported to be a mile wide, touched down in M...

Medical examiner: 24 dead in Oklahoma twister

Search-and-rescue crews worked through the night after a monstrous tornado barreled through the Oklahoma Ci...

Death in Zimbabwe results in unusual US charge

The facts laid out by prosecutors are plain: In 2008, a U.S. government employee on assignment in Zimbabwe ...

Brothers arrested in Mother's Day parade shooting

Two brothers with a history of drug arrests and suspected ties to a neighborhood gang each face 20 counts o...

Texas tornado devastation includes Habitat homes

Habitat for Humanity spent years in a North Texas subdivision, helping build many of the 110 homes in the l...

South Florida group got IRS scrutiny

When the South Florida Tea Party applied last year for tax-exempt status as a nonprofit group, the IRS dema...

Colombia

U.S. exports gain in first year of U.S.-Colombia trade pact

AP source: Acting IRS head to be named this week

An administration official says President Barack Obama will name a new acting commissioner of the Internal ...

Jurors find Jodi Arias eligible for death penalty

The same jury that convicted Jodi Arias of first-degree murder last week took less than three hours Wednesd...

TRANSPORTATION SAFETY

NTSB urges stricter curbs on drunken driving

Noting that impaired driving remains one of the biggest killers in the United States, the heads of the Nati...

No wifi at Guantánamo's Starbucks, Irish Pub

The U.S. military has shut down wireless internet service at the U.S. Navy base at Guantánamo Bay in ...

War on terror

Obama to speak on prison, legality of drone program

President Barack Obama will discuss the legality of his administration’s secret drone program and h...

Photos sought of Guantánamo man hit in clash

A lawyer for a Guantánamo Bay prisoner is calling on the U.S. Justice Department to release photos of ...

In the camps

Guantánamo hunger strike tally hits 102

Military officials would not comment on whether the current 102 hunger strikers include alleged 9/11 conspi...

IN THE CAMPS

Guantánamo: 30 of the 100 hunger strikers now being tube-fed

Guantánamo prison staff members were tube-feeding 30 of the 100 hunger-striking captives on Wednesday,...

IN THE CAMPS

Rights groups to Pentagon: End ‘cruel’ force-feeding

Human rights organizations are asking Secretary of Defense Chuck Hagel to order troops to abandon the pract...

Gitmo prisoner: Obama has 'abandoned' detainees

A Guantánamo Bay detainee says he feels abandoned by President Barack Obama and the world after more t...