World/National News

Taxpayer advocate: IRS audited thousands of adoptive families

Another day, another headache for the Internal Revenue Service.

• May 24, 2013

Toronto mayor denies he smokes crack cocaine

Toronto Mayor Rob Ford denied Friday that he smokes crack cocaine and said he is not an addict after a video purported to show him using the drug. The mayor of Canada's largest city did not say whether he has ever used crack.

• May 24, 2013

Judge: Ariz. sheriff's office profiles Latinos

A federal judge ruled Friday that the office of America's self-proclaimed toughest sheriff systematically singled out Latinos in its trademark immigration patrols, marking the first finding by a court that the agency racially profiles people.

• May 24, 2013

Amanda Bynes accused of bong toss out NYC window

Actress Amanda Bynes appeared disheveled in a long blond wig and sweats Friday in a criminal court where she was charged with reckless endangerment after police said she heaved a marijuana bong out the window of her 36th-floor Manhattan apartment.

• May 24, 2013

Boy Scouts approve plan to accept openly gay boys

In one of their most dramatic choices in a century, local leaders of the Boy Scoutsof America voted Thursday to ease a divisive ban and allow openly gay boys to be accepted into the nation's leading youth organization.

• May 23, 2013

Obama reboots anti-terror efforts

In a sweeping speech about the future of counterterrorism, President Barack Obama outlined new rules Thursday for overseas drone strikes and revamped efforts to close the prison at Guantanamo Bay.

• May 23, 2013

IRS replaces official in tea party controversy

Moving quickly to stem a raging controversy, the new acting head of the Internal Revenue Service started cleaning house Thursday by replacing the supervisor who oversaw agents involved in targeting tea party groups.

• May 23, 2013

Zimmerman defense releases new photos of Trayvon Martin

Defense attorneys want to show a jury text messages and unsavory photos of Trayvon Martin, the Florida teen slain in one of the nation's most sensational and race-sensitive killings.

• May 23, 2013

U.S.: 4 Americans killed by drones since '09

The Obama administration acknowledged publicly for the first time Wednesday that four American citizens have been killed in drone strikes since 2009 in Pakistan and Yemen. The disclosure to Congress comes on the eve of a major national security speech by President Barack Obama in which he plans to pledge more transparency to Congress in his counterterrorism policy.

• May 22, 2013

FBI: Man fatally shot in Boston bombing probe

Ibragim Todashev, a man being questioned in the Boston Marathon bombing case, was shot to death at his home by an FBI agent Wednesday after turning violent, officials said.

• May 22, 2013

FBI names Benghazi suspects but no arrests yet

The U.S. has identified five men who might be responsible for the attack on the diplomatic mission in Benghazi, Libya, last year, and has enough evidence to justify seizing them by military force as suspected terrorists, officials say. But there isn't enough proof to try them in a U.S. civilian court as the Obama administration prefers.

• May 21, 2013

Senate panel approves immigration bill

Far-reaching legislation to grant a chance at citizenship to millions of immigrants living illegally in the United States cleared the Senate Judiciary Committee on a solid bipartisan vote Tuesday night after supporters somberly sidestepped a controversy over the rights of gay spouses.

• May 21, 2013

Search for Oklahoma survivors winds down

The search for survivors and the dead is nearly complete in the Oklahoma City suburb that was smashed by a mammoth tornado, the fire chief said Tuesday.

• May 21, 2013

Social media coverage of the Oklahoma tornadoes

• May 20, 2013

White House insists Obama was not involved in IRS

A top White House adviser insisted Sunday that President Barack Obama learned the Internal Revenue Service had targeted tea party groups only 'when it came out in the news' while Republicans continued to press the administration for more answers.

• May 19, 2013

Small Florida city wonders who won $590 million jackpot

Some lucky person walked into a Publix supermarket in suburban Florida over the past few days and bought a ticket now worth an estimated $590.5 million — the highest Powerball jackpot in history.

• May 19, 2013

Authorities: Hofstra student killed by police

A Hofstra University student being held at gunpoint by an intruder was accidently shot and killed by a police officer who had responded to the home invasion at an off-campus home, police said Saturday.

• May 18, 2013

Up to 60 injured after car drives into Va. parade

About 50 to 60 people were injured Saturday when a driver described by witnesses as an elderly man drove his car into a group of hikers marching in a parade in a small Virginia mountain town.

• May 18, 2013

Report: Yahoo nearing $1.1B acquisition of Tumblr

Yahoo may be on the verge of closing its biggest acquisition during the 10-month reign of CEO Marissa Mayer as she tries to attract more traffic and advertisers to the Internet company's website and mobile applications.

• May 17, 2013

'Lotto fever' expected

Powerball and Mega Millions jackpots are giving many people two chances to strike it rich Friday and Saturday.

• May 16, 2013