In a commencement address at Atlanta's historically black Morehouse College, President Obama said graduates should "find time to defend the powerless." The president said his own success was due to "the special obligation I felt, as a black man like you, to help those who need it most, people who didn't have the opportunities that I had — because there but for the grace of God, go I. More...
Authorities say tornadoes have touched down in Wichita, Kan., and a suburb of Oklahoma City but there are no immediate reports of injuries or significant damage. More...
With a bullet still in his body, the police officer who survived a showdown with the Boston Marathon bombing suspects said Sunday he's determined to return to duty. More...
The president and chief executive officer of The Associated Press on Sunday called the government's secret seizure of two months of reporters' phone records "unconstitutional" and said the news cooperative had not ruled out legal action against the Justice Department. More...
The man who police say hurled homophobic slurs at a gay man on a Manhattan street before firing a single fatal shot to his head has been charged with murder as a hate crime. More...
Two members of the FBIs ultra-elite Hostage Rescue Team were killed Friday during a training  accident involving a helicopter off the coast of Virginia Beach. More...
Trace amounts of ash from a remote Alaska volcano have fallen on an Aleutian Islands community, but the latest ash cloud remained just under the 20,000-foot threshold considered to be a major threat to trans-continental aircraft. More...
A federal appeals court is considering the Sons of Confederate Veterans' challenge of the city of Lexington's decision to exclude the heritage group's battle flag from its city light poles. More...
Civil war general Thomas Stonewall Jackson is still being honored 150 years after his death, with visitors bringing lemons to shrines that honor his memory, therawstory.com reports. More...
