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Posted 8:52 AM 5/24/2013

ATLANTA - Authorities say 18 people have been taken to the hospital following a crash between a hotel shuttle bus and a tractor-trailer near Atlanta's airport. Atlanta Fire Rescue Department spokeswoman Janet Ward says the accident happened around 10:30 a.m. Friday. She says it's not (More)

Posted 8:23 AM 5/23/2013

GRAPEVINE, Texas - The Boy Scouts of America's national leadership votes today on whether to allow openly gay Scouts in its ranks.

The roughly 1,400 national council members will vote on whether to stop excluding young Scouts solely for being gay.

A ban on gay adult leaders would remain.

Posted 10:15 AM 5/22/2013

BOSTON - Law enforcement officials say a man was shot while he was being questioned in the Boston Marathon bombing case after he lunged at an FBI agent with a knife. Two officials confirmed that 27-year-old Ibragim Todashev came at the agent Wednesday. They spoke on condition of (More)

Posted 8:30 AM 5/21/2013

WASHINGTON - President Obama says he is instructing his disaster response team to get tornado victims in Oklahoma everything they need "right away."

Obama calls the devastation that tore through the Oklahoma City suburbs, quote, "one of the most destructive tornados in history," even (More)

Posted 8:46 AM 5/20/2013

SHAWNEE, Okla. - Forecasters say more tornadoes could hit the nation's midsection today.

Violent storms ripped through Iowa, Kansas and Oklahoma yesterday.

The worst damage appears to be in the Shawnee, Okla., area, where one person was killed.

A resident says his mobile home park "took a dead hit."  Another 21 were injured throughout the state.