AP 2011-06-16

1. Thousands of residents from two Arizona towns have been allowed to return home. They have been forced to leave because of a massive wildfire. That blaze has grown to nearly 700 square miles and is the second largest in state history. 2. A series o

AP 2011-06-01

1. President Barack Obama has toured a devastated neighborhood in Joplin, Missouri, one week after a tornado struck. The president promised residents they'll get the help they need, saying We are going to be here long after the cameras leave. 2. Ther

AP 2011-06-02

1. A lawyer for Ratko Mladic says the war crimes suspect won't live to see the start of his trial on genocide charges. The lawyer says Mladic is ill, and wants doctors to examine the 69-year-old. Mladic is accused of ordering the killing of 8,000 Mus

AP 2011-06-04

1. A UN official who met with war crimes suspect Ratko Mladic as he was being extradited from Belgrade says Mladic was extremely cooperative when taken into custody. He'll appear before a judge in the Yugoslav war crimes tribunal on Friday. Mladic is

AP 2011-06-05

1. President Barack Obama spent part of his day talking with House republicans. The meeting at the White House did not bridge partisan divides, but officials say it was still beneficial to sit down and talk in a non-confrontational environment. 2. Of

AP 2011-06-07

1. Police in Arizona say five people have been killed in a shooting in Yuma. Reports state the courthouse there, as well as schools, were on lockdown after the morning shooting. At least one other person was wounded. 2. Republican Mitt Romney has mad

AP 2011-06-08

1. A wildfire in Arizona is now the State's third largest ever. Officials say the blaze covers about 287 square miles and is expected to grow larger. Some 1,300 firefighters, some from as far away as New York, are working the wildfire. 2. Authorities

AP 2011-06-09

1. New York Congressman Anthoney Weiner says he had made terrible mistakes, saying he did tweet lewd photos of himself to women, but says he is not resigning. 2. The ex-leader of the International Monetary Fund walks into court in New York, Dominique

AP 2011-06-10

1. High winds and dry conditions have helped spread what's now the third-largest wildfire in Arizona history. Thousands of people are believed to have already evacuated the mountains of eastern Arizona and hundreds more have been warned to be ready.

AP 2011-06-06

1. At least four people are dead and there is damage in 19 Massachusetts communities after tornadoes ripped through Wednesday. In Springfield, police are going door to door this morning, making sure no one is trapped in rubble. Governor Deval Patrick

AP 2011-03-17

1. An explosion at a damaged Japanese nuclear plant has injured at least 11 people. Officials are concerned about a possible third reactor explosion after that unit lost cooling capacity. Everyone near the plant has been ordered to stay in door 2. Me

AP 2011-03-20

1. Japan's defense ministry has decided against dumping water from helicopters onto the most badly damaged reactors at a nuclear plant, saying radiation levels are too high. But emergency workers who were pulled out of the site when radiation levels

AP 2011-03-19

1. Workers trying to prevent a meltdown at a Japanese nuclear power plant are being allowed to return to their jobs. That follows an evacuation overnight when radiation levels became too dangerous. The death toll from Friday's earthquake and tsunami

AP 2011-03-18

1. The crisis continues at a Japanese nuclear plant. A drop in water levels left uranium rods completely exposed today. And although the water was restored, the rods are again exposed after a second episode. That increases the risk that radiation wil

AP 2011-03-01

1. Lawmakers appear to be moving closer to a compromise that would prevent a government shutdown. Democrats say they are encouraged by efforts to narrow the gap on possible spending cuts. They will need to be in place by March 4th. 2. Pro-government

AP 2011-03-02

1. Anti-government forces now control Zawiya. The forces loyal to Muammar Gaddafi have surrounded the Libyan city. The city of 200,000 is just 30 miles from the capital Tripoli. 2. Republican officials say former House Speaker Newt Gingrich intends t

AP 2011-05-20

1. Gabrielle Giffords watched her husband take off on the final flight of the Space Shuttle Endeavour. Mark Kelly took her wedding ring with him, as well as a note Giffords wrote him. Giffords was wearing Kelly's ring around her neck. 2. Supporters o

AP 2011-05-19

1. The head of the International Monetary Fund will be in a New York City courtroom this morning. Dominique Strauss-Kahn faces charges he sexually assaulted a maid in his New York hotel room. Strauss-Kahn's attorneys say he will vigorously fight the

AP 2011-05-18

1. Officials in Louisiana are warning residents in low-lying areas to get out, as water gushing from a floodgate creeps in. The Morganza spillways opening has diverted water from heavily populated New Orleans and Baton Rouge. 2. The head of the Inter

AP 2011-05-17

1. Federal officials have opened a Mississippi River floodgate for the first time in nearly four decades. Opening the Morganza spillway will ease pressure on levees downstream and help prevent flooding in Baton Rouge and New Orleans. 2. President Bar