Gay Scouts encourage national group to change ban

| |Thursday, May. 23, 2013

Gay-rights advocates call on Boy Scout leaders to vote today to lift ban on openly gay Scouts.

Broke no laws, IRS official says _ then takes 5th

| |Wednesday, May. 22, 2013

At the center of a political storm, an Internal Revenue Service supervisor whose agents targeted conservative groups swore Wednesday she did nothing wrong, broke no laws and never lied to Congress. Then she refused to answer lawmakers' further questions, citing her Fifth Amendment right not to incriminate herself.

$2B in Okla. tornado damage means hard recovery

| |Wednesday, May. 22, 2013

All that is left of Shayne Patterson's three-bedroom home is the tiny area where his wife hunkered down under a mattress to protect their three children when a tornado packing winds of at least 200 mph slammed through his neighborhood.

Man shot by FBI had ties to Boston bombing suspect

| |Wednesday, May. 22, 2013

A Chechen immigrant shot to death in central Florida after an altercation with an FBI agent had several ties to one of the Boston Marathon bombing suspects who authorities were questioning him about at the time.

Maybe some good things will come from all the “scandals”

| Wednesday, May. 22, 2013

Conservatives’ hopes may be dashed if the focus changes to reform instead of Obama bashing.

Parents face tough choice when tornadoes bear down

| |Wednesday, May. 22, 2013

With an ominous storm approaching, the Moore Public School District flashed a text alert to parents: "We are currently holding all students until the current storm danger is over. Students are being released to parents only at this time."

IRS chief knew tea party groups targeted in 2012

| |Monday, May. 20, 2013

The former head of the Internal Revenue Service said he first learned in the spring of 2012 - in the heat of the presidential campaign - that agents had improperly targeted political groups that vehemently opposed President Barack Obama's policies.

In tornado's wake, worried parents seek out kids

| |Tuesday, May. 21, 2013

The parents and guardians stood in the muddy grass outside an Oklahoma City area 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.

Okla. residents come home to pick up the pieces

| |Tuesday, May. 21, 2013

With her son holding her elbow, Colleen Arvin walked up her driveway to what was left of her house for 40 years.

Small Fla. city anxious to learn jackpot winner

| |Monday, May. 20, 2013

It could be an anxious wait of up to two months for people in a small Florida city to find out who won the highest Powerball jackpot in history: an estimated $590.5 million.