Forecasters expect a stormy day across North Texas and East Texas as another day of severe thunderstorms are expected to make it into the Dallas-Fort Worth area.
Forecasters expect a stormy day across North Texas and East Texas as another day of severe thunderstorms are expected to make it into the Dallas-Fort Worth area.
Billie Dunn feared the worst while her teenage daughter was missing for more than two years.
Billie Dunn feared the worst while her teenage daughter was missing for more than two years.
A proposed ban on sales of sugary sodas in public elementary and junior high schools is on its way to the governor.
A proposed ban on sales of sugary sodas in public elementary and junior high schools is on its way to the governor.
By The Associated Press El Paso Times. May 20, 2013.
By The Associated Press El Paso Times. May 20, 2013.
State officials say a very minor oil spill has led to tar balls washing up on more than 2 miles of Galveston beaches.
State officials say a very minor oil spill has led to tar balls washing up on more than 2 miles of Galveston beaches.
A South Texas school district facing academic and financial challenges to stay open could get help from a university.
A South Texas school district facing academic and financial challenges to stay open could get help from a university.
Members of an elite search and rescue team from Texas have been dispatched to Oklahoma to help with recovery following a deadly tornado.
A West Texas inmate facing allegations that he killed his ex-wife and wounded her son in a Christmas Eve attack has died after being diagnosed with cancer.
A West Texas inmate facing allegations that he killed his ex-wife and wounded her son in a Christmas Eve attack has died after being diagnosed with cancer.
A rare $10 bill from 1929 marked with the name of the Texas town of West is set to be auctioned off to benefit the families of victims of the deadly fertilizer plant explosion there.
A rare $10 bill from 1929 marked with the name of the Texas town of West is set to be auctioned off to benefit the families of victims of the deadly fertilizer plant explosion there.
Authorities say an Ohio man has been arrested in West Texas after a state trooper found about 50 pounds of cocaine valued at more than $1.6 million hidden in a false compartment of a vehicle.
Authorities say an Ohio man has been arrested in West Texas after a state trooper found about 50 pounds of cocaine valued at more than $1.6 million hidden in a false compartment of a vehicle.
New Mexico is slipping further into drought, having marked the driest two-year period in nearly 120 years of record-keeping.
New Mexico is slipping further into drought, having marked the driest two-year period in nearly 120 years of record-keeping.
The University of New Mexico hospital is sending a 26-member team of medical, computer and security specialists to Moore, Okla., to help with the response to Monday's massive tornado hit.
The University of New Mexico hospital is sending a 26-member team of medical, computer and security specialists to Moore, Okla., to help with the response to Monday's massive tornado hit.
The University of New Mexico hospital is sending a 26-member team of medical, computer and security specialists to Moore, Okla., to help with the response to Monday's massive tornado hit.
Fire crews are making reportedly progress in battling brush fires that have burned several structures in extreme southern New Mexico along the Texas state line.
Fire crews are making reportedly progress in battling brush fires that have burned several structures in extreme southern New Mexico along the Texas state line.
A New Mexico judge appears poised to rule that the state can continue to pay for private school students' textbooks.
A New Mexico judge appears poised to rule that the state can continue to pay for private school students' textbooks.
State health officials want to help any victims of an unlicensed tooth doctor who was operating as a "mobile dentist" out of a sedan around Santa Fe. They've made counseling and testing services available for any victims...
Police say a Carlsbad man who tried to avoid arrest by giving police a fake name was arrested after making a key mistake.
Police say a Carlsbad man who tried to avoid arrest by giving police a fake name was arrested after making a key mistake.
New Mexico's largest city under a federal investigation over police excessive force cases will hold town hall meetings on overhauling its police oversight system.
New Mexico's largest city under a federal investigation over police excessive force cases will hold town hall meetings on overhauling its police oversight system.
New Mexico State University is seeking to help ranchers with wildlife management and brush control amid a dangerous fire season.
New Mexico State University is seeking to help ranchers with wildlife management and brush control amid a dangerous fire season.
The U.S. Marshals Service in Albuquerque has auctioned seized vehicles and raised more than $200,000.
The U.S. Marshals Service in Albuquerque has auctioned seized vehicles and raised more than $200,000.
A federal court in San Francisco has struck down Arizona's ban on abortions after 20 weeks of pregnancy unless there's a medical emergency.
A federal court in San Francisco has struck down Arizona's ban on abortions after 20 weeks of pregnancy unless there's a medical emergency.
Lawmakers are seeking to prohibit the U.S. from removing missile defense equipment from East Asia, even if the threat posed by a nuclear-armed North Korea is eliminated.
Lawmakers are seeking to prohibit the U.S. from removing missile defense equipment from East Asia, even if the threat posed by a nuclear-armed North Korea is eliminated.
When Jodi Arias addresses the jury in her murder trial, 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...
Jodi Arias' expected statement to jurors has been delayed without explanation as she and her attorneys left the courtroom after meeting privately with the judge.
The former head of the Internal Revenue Service heads to Capitol Hill on Tuesday, giving lawmakers their first opportunity to question the man who ran the agency when agents were improperly targeting tea party groups.
The man who led the Internal Revenue Service when it was giving extra scrutiny to tea party and other conservative groups seeking tax-exempt status told Congress on Tuesday that he knew little about what was happening while...
Rescue crews are working through the night after a monstrous tornado barreled through the Oklahoma City suburbs, demolishing an elementary school and reducing homes to piles of splintered wood.
Emergency crews searched the broken remnants of an Oklahoma City suburb Tuesday for survivors of a massive tornado that flattened homes and demolished an elementary school. At least 24 people were killed, including at least...
A new poll finds that teens are sharing more about themselves on social media. They're also moving increasingly to Twitter to avoid their parents and the "oversharing" that they see on Facebook.
Twitter is booming as a social media destination for teenagers who complain about too many adults and too much drama on Facebook, according to a new study published Tuesday about online behavior. It said teens are sharing...
Police charged a 20-year-old Maine man with murder Tuesday in the death of a 15-year-old girl who was last seen more than a week ago, when she went to meet someone she met on Facebook.
Police charged a 20-year-old Maine man with murder Tuesday in the death of a 15-year-old girl who was last seen more than a week ago, when she went to meet someone she met on Facebook.
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...
President Barack Obama pledged urgent government help for Oklahoma Tuesday in the wake of "one of the most destructive" storms in the nation's history.
Tea party activists want to show their unhappiness over extra IRS scrutiny with protest rallies.
Tea party activists have rallied outside the federal building in Cincinnati waving flags and signs, singing patriotic songs and chanting "Stop the IRS!"
The Army private who gave more than 700,000 secret U.S. documents to WikiLeaks is back in court for the last scheduled hearing before his military trial next month.
The government will accept an Army private's guilty plea to a lesser version of one of the 22 counts he faces for sending more than 700,000 classified U.S. documents to the anti-secrecy website WikiLeaks, a military...
La dolce vita came to Cannes on Tuesday, thanks to a pair of films set in Italy exploring lives of affluent ennui.
La dolce vita came to Cannes on Tuesday, thanks to a pair of films set in Italy exploring lives of affluent ennui.
Associated Press journalists open their notebooks at the 2013 Cannes Film Festival:
Associated Press journalists open their notebooks at the 2013 Cannes Film Festival:
Boruch Spiegel, one of the last remaining survivors of the 1943 Warsaw ghetto uprising by poorly armed Jewish insurgents against the powerful Nazi German force that occupied Poland, has died. He was 93.
Boruch Spiegel, one of the last remaining survivors of the 1943 Warsaw ghetto uprising by poorly armed Jewish insurgents against the powerful Nazi German force that occupied Poland, has died. He was 93.
A Palestinian report shows human rights abuses by the rival governments in the West Bank and Gaza are on the rise.
A Palestinian report shows human rights abuses by the rival governments in the West Bank and Gaza are on the rise.
Lawmakers are seeking to prohibit the U.S. from removing missile defense equipment from East Asia, even if the threat posed by a nuclear-armed North Korea is eliminated.
Lawmakers are seeking to prohibit the U.S. from removing missile defense equipment from East Asia, even if the threat posed by a nuclear-armed North Korea is eliminated.
Israel's chief peace negotiator with the Palestinians says the current stalemate is harmful for Israel.
Israel's chief peace negotiator said Tuesday that the current stalemate with the Palestinians is harmful for Israel, days before U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry is expected to arrive in Israel for his latest push to...
Iranian news websites have boosted speculation that election overseers have barred two prominent but divisive figures from next month's presidential ballot.
Iran's state TV says overseers of next month's presidential election have rejected a top aide of outgoing President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad and a former president who revived hopes of reformers.
A U.S. diplomat has become a sort of tweeter-in-chief for the U.S. mission in Cuba, reaching out to some of Washington's most vocal critics on the island.
The meeting on a sunny Havana square was a little bit revolutionary for Cuba's revolution. And for U.S. diplomacy as well.
Two allies of Georgian President Mikhail Saakashvili - a former prime minister and a provincial governor - were charged on Tuesday with embezzlement and abuse of office in another sign of an ongoing power struggle...
Allies of Georgian President Mikhail Saakashvili - a former prime minister and a provincial governor - were charged on Tuesday with embezzlement and abuse of office in another sign of an ongoing power struggle between the...
The Israeli military says gunfire from Syria hit an Israeli patrol on the Golan Heights overnight, damaging a vehicle and prompting the troops to fire back.
Israeli and Syrian troops exchanged fire across their tense cease-fire line in the Golan Heights on Tuesday, prompting an Israeli threat that Syria's leader will "bear the consequences" of further escalation and raising...
