Medical Examiner: 24 Dead in Oklahoma Twister
Updated: 05/20/2013 - The Oklahoma Medical Examiner's Office says 51 people have been killed by a tornado that hit suburban Oklahoma City on Monday afternoon. Children are among the dead.
Posted: 05/20/2013 - The Virginia medical examiner's office says it will likely be weeks before the cause of death is determined for two FBI agents who died during a training exercise off the coast of Virginia Beach.
Posted: 05/20/2013 - Three more states have received permission to ignore parts of the federal No Child Left Behind education law.
Posted: 05/20/2013 - West Virginia landowners who want to apply for grants to improve wildlife habitat have until June 14 to contact the Natural Resources Conservation Service.
30 mins ago - Opponents of uranium mining in Virginia met with Democratic gubernatorial candidate Terry McAuliffe on the issue and they said he's solidly in their corner.
Posted: 05/20/2013 - The Virginia medical examiner's office says it will likely be weeks before the cause of death is determined for two FBI agents who died during a training exercise off the coast of Virginia Beach.
Posted: 05/20/2013 - Virginia Democrats are framing the new statewide ticket the Republican Right nominated Saturday as a referendum on the GOP's surprise lieutenant governor nominee, firebrand Chesapeake minister E.W. Jackson, and his statements demeaning gays and equating Planned Parenthood with the Ku Klux Klan.
Posted: 05/20/2013 - The Civil War Trust has launched a $3.6 million national fundraising campaign to preserve 56 battlefield acres at Brandy Station in Culpeper County.
Posted: 05/19/2013 - Two FBI agents have been killed in a training accident in Virginia.
Posted: 05/20/2013 - Three more states have received permission to ignore parts of the federal No Child Left Behind education law.
Posted: 05/20/2013 - West Virginia landowners who want to apply for grants to improve wildlife habitat have until June 14 to contact the Natural Resources Conservation Service.
Posted: 05/20/2013 - Small businesses and private nonprofits affected by severe storms last summer can still apply for federal disaster loans.
Posted: 05/19/2013 - Alpha Natural Resources faces a proposed $6,000 civil fine for a fatal accident at one of its West Virginia mines.
Posted: 05/17/2013 - West Virginia's trout anglers are gearing up for the first-ever celebration of the state's trout-fishing heritage.
35 mins ago - The state medical examiner's office has revised the death toll from a tornado in an Oklahoma City suburb to 24 people, including seven children.
Posted: 05/17/2013 - Powerball officials say the jackpot has climbed to an estimated $600 million, making it the largest prize in the game's history and the world's second largest lottery prize.
Posted: 05/16/2013 - Don't look for the outcry over the Internal Revenue Service's improper targeting of tea party groups to subside with the ouster of the agency's acting commissioner.
Posted: 05/15/2013 - Attorney General Eric Holder is facing what is likely to be aggressive questioning Wednesday by the Republican-led House Judiciary Committee on topics ranging from the Justice Department's gathering of phone records at The Associated Press to the government's handling of intelligence before the Boston Marathon bombings.
Posted: 05/12/2013 - A domestic natural gas boom already has lowered U.S. energy prices while stoking fears of environmental disaster.
