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AP Top U.S. News At 6:39 p.m. EDT
Massive tornado roars through Oklahoma City suburb
MOORE, Okla. (AP) -- A monstrous tornado as much as a mile wide with winds up to 200 mph roared through the Oklahoma City suburbs Monday, flattening entire neighborhoods, setting buildings on fire and landing a direct blow on an elementary school....
Idaho couple and Sun Valley land in Twitter tussle
BOISE, Idaho (AP) -- An Internet entrepreneur and former Wall Street derivatives analyst contends central Idaho's Sun Valley resort and the Twitter Inc. social media site heisted his handle....
White House says more farm subsidy cuts needed
WASHINGTON (AP) -- The Obama administration said Monday it wants to see more cuts to agriculture subsidies in a massive farm bill moving through the Senate this week....
Sally Ride to get posthumous Medal of Freedom
WASHINGTON (AP) -- President Barack Obama will bestow the Medal of Freedom posthumously on Sally Ride, the first American woman to fly in space....
Arias attorneys will put one witness on: Arias
PHOENIX (AP) -- Complaining that Jodi Arias' sensational murder case has become a modern-day "witch trial," her lawyers tried to quit in the middle of the death-penalty phase Monday, then said they will call only one witness: Arias....
FBI agents killed in Va. training were among elite
NORFOLK, Va. (AP) -- The two FBI agents who died while training off the Virginia Beach coast were part of the agency's elite hostage rescue team, a group known most recently for rescuing an Alabama boy from an underground bunker....
Calif. dad of slain girl unsure why home targeted
NORTH HIGHLANDS, Calif. (AP) -- A devastated father says he has no idea why gunmen targeted his house over the weekend, firing a barrage of bullets that instantly killed his 10-year-old daughter as she watched television from a chair near the front picture window....
NYPD messages to Muslim informant: 'Get pictures'
NEW YORK (AP) -- A New York Police Department detective told a federal judge that he's seen no evidence that one of his informants brought up the subject of jihad as a way to bait Muslims into making incriminating remarks. But text messages obtained by The Associated Press show otherwise....
Kentucky teen dies with dog lead on neck
LOUISVILLE, Ky. (AP) -- Authorities say a Kentucky teenager known as a jokester was strangled by a dog lead he put around his neck while playing with friends at the start of summer vacation....
Senators require fingerprinting at 30 airports
WASHINGTON (AP) -- Senate supporters of far-reaching immigration legislation accepted minor changes in public while negotiating over more sweeping alterations in private Monday as they drove toward expected Judiciary Committee approval by mid-week....
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