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  • : Crews dig through night after deadly Okla. twister - AP Top U.S. News At 7:46 a.m. EDT
    MOORE, Okla. (AP) -- Spotlights bore down on massive piles of shredded cinder block, insulation and metal as crews worked through the night lifting bricks and parts of collapsed walls where a monstrous tornado barreled through the Oklahoma City suburbs, demolishing an elementary school and reducing homes to piles of splintered wood. At least 51 people were killed, including at least 20 children, and those numbers were expected to climb, officials said Tuesday....
  • : In tornado's wake, worried parents seek out kids - AP Top U.S. News At 7:46 a.m. EDT
    MOORE, Okla. (AP) -- The parents and guardians stood in the muddy grass outside a suburban Oklahoma City 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....
  • : AP photographer describes destroyed Okla. school - AP Top U.S. News At 7:46 a.m. EDT
    MOORE, Okla. (AP) -- I left the office as soon as I saw the tornado warnings on TV. I had photographed about a dozen twisters before in the past decade, and knew that if I didn't get in my car before the funnel cloud hit, it would be too late....
  • : President Obama to speak on Oklahoma disaster - AP Top U.S. News At 7:46 a.m. EDT
    WASHINGTON (AP) -- President Barack Obama will be meeting with his disaster response team, including Homeland Security Secretary Janet Napolitano, on Tuesday before delivering a statement on the devastating tornado that tore through the Oklahoma City suburbs Monday....
  • : AP Photos: Images of devastating Oklahoma tornado - AP Top U.S. News At 7:46 a.m. EDT
    The devastating tornado that swept through Oklahoma turned houses into matchsticks and sent parents and teachers running to pull children from the wreckage of an elementary school in the eye of the storm. At least 51 people were killed by the 200-mph storm and dozens of homes destroyed. The toll was expected to rise. Here are images from the aftermath :...
  • : Arias speaks on own behalf as jury considers death - AP Top U.S. News At 7:46 a.m. EDT
    PHOENIX (AP) -- When Jodi Arias addresses the jury in her murder trial one more time, the big question will be whether she pleads for mercy or repeats what she told a TV reporter minutes after her conviction: She would rather be executed than spend the rest of her life in prison....
  • : Former IRS commissioner heads to Hill amid scandal - AP Top U.S. News At 7:46 a.m. EDT
    WASHINGTON (AP) -- Lawmakers are getting their first chance to question the former head of the Internal Revenue Service, the man who ran the agency when agents were improperly targeting tea party groups....
  • : Policy, discretion guide media sources probes - AP Top U.S. News At 7:46 a.m. EDT
    WASHINGTON (AP) -- It was a rare moment in relations between the media and the government: In 2008, FBI Director Robert Mueller called the top editors at The New York Times and The Washington Post to apologize because the bureau had improperly obtained reporters' telephone records four years earlier....