Graduates in tornado-raked Okla. town vow to stay
OKLAHOMA CITY -- Seven tornadoes have swept through their town since they were born, but as new graduates donned caps and gowns to say goodbye to their high schools Saturday, they vowed they wouldn't say goodbye to Moore.
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Shih Tzu stolen during home burglary
DAVIE, Fla. -- A South Florida family is devastated after their home was broken into and their puppy was stolen.
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7 hurt when trains collide in Mo., buckling road
CHAFFEE, Mo. -- The National Transportation Safety Board has launched an investigation into the cause of a cargo train collision that partially collapsed a highway overpass Saturday in southeast Missouri, injuring seven people.
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San Antonio flooding kills 1; dozens rescued
SAN ANTONIO -- Massive flooding from torrential rains in the San Antonio area left at least one person dead Saturday and sent emergency workers rushing in boats to rescue more than 100 residents stranded in cars and homes.
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Giffords, husband address graduates at Bard
ANNANDALE-ON-HUDSON, N.Y.-- Former U.S. Rep. Gabrielle Giffords says the futures of today's college graduates "shines bright."
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NTSB: Bridge collapse in Wash. is wake-up call
SEATTLE-- The chairman of the National Transportation Safety Board said Saturday the bridge collapse in Washington state is a wake-up call for the nation.
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Trucker bumps I-5 bridge, sees tragedy behind him
MOUNT VERNON, Wash.-- The trucker was hauling a load of drilling equipment when his load bumped against the steel framework over an Interstate 5 bridge. He looked in his rearview mirror and watched in horror as the span collapsed into the water behind him. Two vehicles fell into the icy Skagit River.
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Judge: Ariz. sheriff's office profiles Latinos
PHOENIX-- A federal judge ruled Friday that the office of America's self-proclaimed toughest sheriff systematically singled out Latinos in its trademark immigration patrols, marking the first finding by a court that the agency racially profiles people
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Communications satellite launched into space
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. -- A new military communications satellite has been launched into space.
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Arellano Felix drug cartel leader pleads guilty
SAN DIEGO-- The last of the brothers accused of creating an infamous Mexican drug cartel pleaded guilty Friday to helping send hundreds of millions of dollars in proceeds from the United States, marking one of the final milestones in an investigation that began two decades ago.
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Defense releases photos, texts of Trayvon Martin
ORLANDO, Fla.-- Data released Thursday by the defense from slain Florida teenager Trayvon Martin's cellphone includes texts with a friend about fighting, smoking pot and being forced to move out of his mother's house because of trouble at school, as well as photos of a gun and what looks to be a potted marijuana plant.
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Can Tornado Alley become safer? Yes, within limits
In the wind-swept prairie called Tornado Alley, the scene is eerily familiar: Homes smashed to splinters. Trees and telephone poles snapped like twigs. Piles of bricks, overturned cars and dazed survivors sifting through rubble in search of a precious photo or heirloom. A town in ruins.
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Students safe after armed man reported at school
THORNTON, Colo. -- All students at a Denver-area high school are safe after a report that a man with a rifle was seen near campus, police said Friday.
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FDA warns of infections tied to Tenn. pharmacy
WASHINGTON-- Government health officials are investigating several complications reported with potentially contaminated medications made by a Tennessee specialty pharmacy.
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Jersey shore eyes record-setting summer post Sandy
SEASIDE HEIGHTS, N.J. -- New Jersey used a record-breaking gesture Friday to celebrate its recovery from a record-setting storm, proclaiming to the nation that the Jersey shore is back in business following Superstorm Sandy.
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Mom endures labor as twister destroys OK hospital
MOORE, Okla. -- When a devastating tornado touched down in Moore, Okla., on Monday afternoon, Shayla Taylor was on the upper floor of the local hospital, in active labor with her second child.
