LITTLE ROCK, Ark. (AP) — Arkansas' state treasurer resigned Tuesday after being accused of accepting at least $36,000 cash in exchange for steering business to an investment broker, bowing to bipartisan calls to step down or face removal from office.
Democrat Martha Shoffner held the office since 2007 and was re-elected in 2010. She was barred by term limits from seeking re-election next year.
"I am proud to have been elected by and to have served...
MOORE, Okla. (AP) — Lives were forever changed in a few short minutes as a large tornado battered the Oklahoma City suburb of Moore, killing at least 24 people and injuring dozens. The storm tore apart one elementary school and severely damaged another; it ripped homes off their foundations, scattered prized possessions, laid waste to businesses.
While officials are nearly certain the search for survivors and the dead is complete, the effects of Monday's tornado will...
WASHINGTON (AP) — The federal government has given the job of compiling statistics used by the State Department to analyze trends in global terrorism to an academic group, a move that may complicate accurate unclassified assessments of patterns of terrorist activity for years to come.
As President Barack Obama prepares to deliver a major speech on counterterrorism this week and the State Department readies its annual terrorism report for release at the end of the month,...
DALLAS (AP) — The National Weather Service has issued a tornado watch for Central and North Texas.
The advisory Tuesday could be expanded to include East Texas as a storm system moves east across the state. Severe thunderstorms are anticipated in some areas.
The weather service has issued the tornado watch until 7 p.m. local time.
A layer of warm air over North Texas had limited storm development over the past two days. But that'...
HOUSTON (AP) — A man accused of vandalizing a 1929 Pablo Picasso painting in a Houston museum — an act that was caught on cellphone video — agreed Tuesday to a two-year prison term as part of a plea deal with prosecutors.
Uriel Landeros had faced felony graffiti and criminal mischief charges accusing him of spray-painting "Woman in a Red Armchair" at the Menil Collection.
Emily Detoto, Landeros' attorney, said that after negotiating with prosecutors...
WASHINGTON (AP) — The Army says the commanding general of Fort Jackson, S.C., has been suspended in connection with charges of adultery and involvement in a physical altercation.
The Army says Brig. Gen. Bryan Roberts reportedly was in an altercation with another woman, not his wife. Roberts was suspended from his job by Gen. Robert W. Cone, commander of Army Training and Doctrine Command, while the investigation continues.
Roberts took command of...
NEW YORK (AP) — Prime-time viewership numbers compiled by Nielsen for May 13-19. Listings include the week's ranking and viewership.
1. "NCIS," CBS, 18.79 million.
2. "The Big Bang Theory," CBS, 15.48 million.
3. "American Idol" (Thursday), Fox, 14.31 million.
4. "NCIS: Los Angeles," CBS, 13.52 million.
5. "Dancing With the Stars," ABC, 13.33 million.
6. "American...
WEST VALLEY CITY, Utah (AP) — WEST VALLEY CITY, Utah (AP) — In a story May 20 about the Susan Powell investigation, The Associated Press reported erroneously the day that Josh Powell committed suicide. It happened on Feb. 5, 2012.
A corrected version of the story is below:
Police close Susan Powell case, offer new details
Police close active investigation of Susan Powell's disappearance, offer new details in case...
App Store Official Charts for the week ending May 20, 2013:
Top Paid iPhone Apps:
1. A Beautiful Mess (Red Velvet Art LLC)
2. Heads Up! (Warner Bros.)
3. WhatsApp Messenger (WhatsApp Inc.)
4. Minecraft - Pocket Edition (Mojang)
5. Survivalcraft (Igor Kalicinski)
6. Plague Inc. (Ndemic Creations)
7. Wood Camera (Bright Mango)...
JERSEY CITY, N.J. (AP) — A goat believed to have escaped en route to a slaughterhouse snarled the morning commute along one of the busiest roadways in northern New Jersey on Tuesday, leading police on a nearly two-hour chase.
The small, chocolate brown female with curved horns eluded five Jersey City police officers for more than 90 minutes by jumping back and forth over a central divider along the Pulaski Skyway, alternately disrupting traffic along both east and west-...
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