AP 2011-05-21

1. The lawyer for a hotel maid who accused International Monetary Fund chief Dominique Strauss-Kahn of sexual abuse says she is telling the truth. Lawyer Jeffrey Shapiro says the maid is an immigrant from West Africa, who has a 15-year-old daughter.

AP 2011-05-23

1. Defense Secretary Robert Gates says he believes somebody in Pakistan knew Osama bin Laden was hiding there, but there is still no evidence top leadership in the country was aware. 2. Sanctions for Syria from the United States, applying them to the

AP 2011-05-25

1. Witnesses say Yemeni army helicopters took US and other ambassadors out of a besieged embassy to the presidential palace. There they reportedly witnessed ruling party leaders signing an agreement for the president to step down in 30 days. State TV

AP 2011-05-29

At least dozens of people are dead after a violent storm raped through Okalahoma, Arkansus,Cansus Tuesday night. The storm came just two days after a massive tornado torn through Joplin Missouri, leaving at least 122 people dead. French Fiance Minist

AP 2011-05-24

1. Residents of a luxury building in New York City say they wouldn't know former IMF President Dominique Strauss-Kanh is under house arrest there, if it weren't for the media frenzy outside. He's expected to be here for a few days until another locat

AP 2011-05-27

1. Emergency crews continue to sift through the wreckage of Joplin, Missouri after a tornado flattened part of the town. Dozens of people were killed, including at least four people at the city's hospital. About 2,000 buildings were damaged. 2. Tim P

AP 2011-05-28

1. Crews in tornado-ravaged Missouri are not giving up yet in the search for survivors. At least 117 people were killed by Sundays severe weather. And forecasters warn more bad storms are coming. 2. Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu is congra

AP 2011-05-31

1. Search is still going on for the missing from the massive tornado that flattened Joplin, Missouri. The state says more than 100 people are unaccounted for and the death toll has now risen to 139. 2. President Barack Obama has ended his trip to Eur

AP 2011-05-30

1. Rescue and recovery work continues in Joplin, Missouri. Crews are combing areas they've already searched, hoping to find more survivors. Meantime a violent storm system continues to rumble through the central part of the country. 2. President Bara

AP 2011-05-26

1. The death toll is expected to rise after a tornado tore through a Missouri town. At least 89 people are dead in the town of Joplin .The city manager says the Sunday twister cut a half-mile-wide path of destruction through the town. 2. President Ob