NORMAN, Okla. (AP) — The Storm Prediction Center says severe thunderstorms are possible Saturday across the southern and central Plains as a cold front rolls out of the Rockies. Humid… Read more »

By JIM SALTER (ST. LOUIS, AP) — Mexican drug cartels are quietly filling the void in the nation’s drug market created by the long effort to crack down on American-made… Read more »

By JASON DEAREN (SAN FRANCISCO, AP) — Californians woke up to a shock Friday as overnight gasoline prices jumped by as much as 20 cents a gallon in some areas,… Read more »

By DAVID CRARY (NEW YORK, AP) — Of the four openly gay members of Congress, the two longest-serving stalwarts are vacating their seats. Instead of fretting, their activist admirers are… Read more »

By DAVID A. LIEB (JEFFERSON CITY, Mo., AP) — Missouri Sen. Claire McCaskill defended herself as “polite and calm” Friday in response to accusations from Republican challenger Todd Akin that… Read more »

ST. LOUIS (AP) — Missouri’s U.S. Senate candidates are to meet in the St. Louis area for a debate. Democratic Sen. Claire McCaskill and her Republican challenger, congressman Todd Akin,… Read more »

By PAUL DAVENPORT and RAMIT PLUSHNICK-MASTI (TUCSON, Ariz., AP) — Space shuttle Endeavour has flown over Tucson, Ariz., on its trek west to retirement in a Los Angeles museum. Endeavour,… Read more »

By JENNIFER PELTZ NEW YORK (AP) — Americans paused again Tuesday to mark the 11th anniversary of the Sept. 11, 2001, terror attacks with familiar ceremony, but also a sense… Read more »

By MATT SEDENSKY WEST PALM BEACH, Fla. (AP) — The danger in seemingly banal police work of directing traffic and shutting down roadways gained new attention Monday as colleagues mourned… Read more »