The Associated Press -
Published: 6:10 pm
Your daily look at late-breaking news, upcoming events and the stories that will be talked about Wednesday:
By BROCK VERGAKIS -
Updated: 6:06 pm
FBI Director Robert Mueller on Tuesday praised two agents who died while training off the Virginia Beach coast last weekend for their "true and unerring valor."
By EDITH M. LEDERER -
Published: 4:45 pm
The illegal trade in elephant ivory may constitute an important source of funding for armed groups, including the Lord's Resistance Army, threatening peace and security in central Africa, U.N. Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon said in a report to the Security Council.
Associated Press -
Published: 4:26 pm
U.N. Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon said Myanmar's government has made progress in reducing the recruitment of children into the armed forces but still needs to stamp out the practice.
The Associated Press -
Published: 4:10 pm
A judge has ruled that a North Texas lesbian couple can't live together because of a morality clause in one of the women's divorce papers.
The Associated Press -
Updated: 4:41 pm
Groups of scientists are urging federal officials not to remove protections for gray wolves across the Lower 48 states.
By JENNIFER SINCO KELLEHER -
Updated: 5:55 pm
A military judge has ruled that a Coast Guard rescue swimmer who admitted he deserted his job in Hawaii to camp out in the mountains of Oahu for three months will be confined for more than 6 months and discharged with bad conduct.
The Associated Press -
Published: 2:20 pm
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.
By SAMANTHA HENRY -
Published: 2:15 pm
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 Associated Press -
Updated: 1:41 pm
Dozens of Indian guest workers are suing an Alabama-based marine and fabrication company, claiming it financially exploited them and forced them to live in squalid conditions after bringing them to work at Gulf Coast shipyards after Hurricane Katrina.
By JIM SUHR -
Published: 1:30 pm
U.S. farmers who could only watch helplessly this spring as storm after storm left their fields a muddy mess took to their tractors en masse last week and planted a record amount of corn acreage, even in areas where conditions are still far from perfect.
The Associated Press -
Updated: 2:12 pm
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.
By BETSY BLANEY -
Updated: 6:02 pm
The mother of a 13-year-old West Texas cheerleader found dead in March said Tuesday that since her daughter went missing more than two years ago she had feared the worst, including that the girl was chained and tortured or had fallen victim to human traffickers.
The Associated Press -
Updated: 2:12 pm
An emergency official says Oklahoma has reinforced tornado shelters in more than 100 schools across the state, but the two that were hit by this week's storms in suburban Oklahoma City did not have them.