By JIM SUHR (ST. LOUIS, AP) — A southwestern Illinois probation worker has told investigators he snorted cocaine with two judges and repeatedly sold them the drug, including on the… Read more »
Category: National News
IRS official Lerner: ‘I did nothing wrong’
By ALAN FRAM and STEPHEN OHLEMACHER (WASHINGTON, AP) — The Internal Revenue Service official at the center of the storm over the agency’s targeting of conservative groups told Congress on… Read more »
FBI: Man fatally shot in Boston bombing probe
By KYLE HIGHTOWER (ORLANDO, Fla., AP) — A Chechen immigrant was shot to death by authorities while being questioned in the Boston Marathon bombing case early Wednesday after he lunged… Read more »
Tornado roars through Oklahoma City suburb
By TIM TALLEY MOORE, Okla. (AP) — A monstrous tornado at least a half-mile wide roared through the Oklahoma City suburbs Monday, flattening entire neighborhoods with winds up to 200… Read more »
Rising consumer demands aids organic industry sway
By MARY CLARE JALONICK (WASHINGTON, AP) — The organic food industry is gaining influence on Capitol Hill, prompted by its entry into traditional farm states and by increasing consumer demand…. Read more »
Murder charges sought for man in 5 Nevada deaths
By SCOTT SONNER (RENO, Nev., AP) – Authorities are seeking murder charges against a 25-year-old man they believe is responsible for a string of five apparently random killings this week… Read more »
Navy launches unmanned aircraft from carrier
By BROCK VERGAKIS (ABOARD THE USS GEORGE H.W. BUSH, AP) – The Navy for the first time Tuesday launched an unmanned aircraft the size of a fighter jet from a… Read more »
4 kids, 2 adults dead in Pa. fire on Mother’s Day
By MICHAEL RUBINKAM (POTTSVILLE, Pa., AP) – Fire tore through a family’s eastern Pennsylvania home on Mother’s Day, authorities said, killing four young children, their father and another relative while… Read more »
2 bodies found after NJ standoff; suspect killed
By BRUCE SHIPKOWSKI (TRENTON, N.J., AP) – A registered sex offender who barricaded himself for days in a home with his girlfriend’s three children was shot to death Sunday as… Read more »
N. Calif. officers seek triple homicide suspect
(PETROLIA, Calif., AP) – Law enforcement officials hunting a man suspected of killing his wife and two young daughters in Northern California have sought help from neighboring agencies. In an… Read more »