Boy Scouts approve plan to accept openly gay boys

The Associated Press and Times Staff

The Boy Scouts of America threw open its ranks Thursday to gay Scouts but not gay Scout leaders — a fiercely contested compromise that some wa…

Rep. Jo Bonner resigning to take Ala. college post

By The Associated Press

U.S. Rep. Jo Bonner announced Thursday that he is resigning from Congress effective in August to take a post with the University of Alabama system.

Swim coach sentenced to 7 years for sex abuse

By ERIC TUCKER

A once-prominent swimming coach who trained thousands of children was sentenced to seven years in prison Thursday for sexually abusing one of …

2 dead in drugstore shootings in Tennessee

An East Tennessee pharmacy owner and a customer have been killed during a robbery that left a pharmacy tech and another employee wounded.

10 Things to Know for Friday

By The Associated Press

Your daily look at late-breaking news, upcoming events and the stories that will be talked about Friday:

GOP's Walker touts state ties during trip to Iowa

By THOMAS BEAUMONT

Wisconsin's Republican governor, Scott Walker, is introducing himself to Iowa Republicans as would-be presidential candidates often do _ as on…

Weiner gets started stumping in NYC mayoral race

By JENNIFER PELTZ

Anthony Weiner set out to reintroduce himself to voters Thursday as he embarked on a mayoral bid after leaving Congress in a sexting scandal. …

NYPD: Merchant held for ransom, tortured for month

By COLLEEN LONG

A businessman was snatched from a New York City street in broad daylight, then held captive for more than a month in a warehouse where he was …

Milestones for Guantanamo Bay detention center

By The Associated Press

President Barack Obama on Thursday reaffirmed his 2008 campaign promise to close the military-run prison at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, where terror…

Procter & Gamble brings back A.G. Lafley as CEO

By MAE ANDERSON

Procter & Gamble Co. is bringing back its former CEO, as the world's largest consumer-products maker tries to spur global growth.

Prince Edward presents Edinburgh's awards in Tenn.

By ERIK SCHELZIG

Queen Elizabeth's youngest son, Prince Edward, has visited Tennessee to promote one of the British royal family's charities, the Duke of Edinb…

Jurors deadlock on Jodi Arias penalty; retrial set

By BRIAN SKOLOFF and JOSH HOFFNER

Jurors who spent five months determining Jodi Arias' fate couldn't decide whether she should get life in prison or die for murdering her boyfr…

RI education board approves arming university cops

By DAVID KLEPPER

Police at the University of Rhode Island could soon be carrying firearms following a vote Thursday by state education officials to end Rhode I…

Maine governor moves out of office over TV dispute

By GLENN ADAMS

Maine's governor, who has gained attention in the past for telling the NAACP to "kiss my butt" and comparing the Internal Revenue Service to t…

Boy Scouts approve plan to accept openly gay boys

By DAVID CRARY and NOMAAN MERCHANT

The Boy Scouts of America threw open its ranks Thursday to gay Scouts but not gay Scout leaders _ a fiercely contested compromise that some wa…

Obama to tour Jersey Shore with Gov. Christie

President Barack Obama plans to give the Jersey Shore a boost with a post-Memorial Day visit to showcase recovery efforts in the aftermath of …

Nader loses appeal of '04 ballots in Maine

The state's highest court on Thursday dismissed Ralph Nader's lawsuit against Democrats he had accused of trying to keep him off ballots in Ma…

Fossil area closed after 2 boys die in Minn. park

By STEVE KARNOWSKI

St. Paul authorities shut down a popular fossil-hunting area in a riverside park Thursday, one day after two children were killed and two othe…

Timeline of events in Jodi Arias murder case

By The Associated Press

The Jodi Arias murder trial has drawn international attention for its graphic tales of sex and lies. The following is a timeline of some of th…

The next steps in Jodi Arias case

By The Associated Press

The jury in Jodi Arias' murder trial has failed to reach a verdict against the woman they convicted of murdering Travis Alexander. The next steps:

Tornado took town's youngest as it swept through

By SEAN MURPHY, RAMIT PLUSHNICK-MASTI, DAVID A. LIEB and CHRISTOPHER SHERMAN

One loved the spotlight. Another was nicknamed "The Wall" because of the force he brought to the soccer field.

Distraught mom becomes face of Oklahoma storm

By SEAN MURPHY

A massive tornado was carving its way through town. There was no time to hesitate. LaTisha Garcia had to get to her children.

Nixon library hosts reunion for Vietnam POWs

By GILLIAN FLACCUS

U.S. Navy Lt. Commander Doug Burns was on a night reconnaissance mission searching for enemy trucks when he was shot down by anti-aircraft fir…

Defense releases photos, texts of Trayvon Martin

By MIKE SCHNEIDER

Data released Thursday by the defense from slain Florida teenager Trayvon Martin's cellphone includes texts with a friend about fighting, smok…

Pa. woman convicted in fiance's wedding day death

An eastern Pennsylvania woman who fatally stabbed her fiance on their wedding day _ and then apparently could not comprehend that he had died …

Boy Scouts approve plan to accept openly gay boys

The Associated Press and Times Staff

The Boy Scouts of America threw open its ranks Thursday to gay Scouts but not gay Scout leaders — a fiercely contested compromise that some wa…

By JACQUES BILLEAUD

Judge declares mistrial in penalty phase of Jodi Arias trial; retrial scheduled for July.

Pilots in fatal Alaska crash on different signals

By RACHEL D'ORO

The pilots involved in a deadly 2011 midair collision in Alaska apparently were communicating on different radio frequencies before the crash,…

Obama sees narrower terror threat, defends drones

By JULIE PACE and LARA JAKES

President Barack Obama sought Thursday to advance the U.S. beyond the unrelenting war effort of the past dozen years, defining a narrower terr…

Correction: Oklahoma Tornado story

By RAMIT PLUSHNICK-MASTI and CHRISTOPHER SHERMAN

In some early versions of a story May 22 about damage estimates from the tornado in Moore, Okla., The Associated Press misspelled the name of …

IRS replaces official in tea party controversy

By STEPHEN OHLEMACHER

Moving quickly to stem a raging controversy, the new acting head of the Internal Revenue Service started cleaning house Thursday by replacing …

Judge won't let New Orleans out of police reform

By KEVIN McGILL

A federal judge has refused to let the city of New Orleans out of a potentially expensive agreement to reform its troubled police department.

Okla. tornado home damage estimated from photos

Officials in Oklahoma City say an estimate of the number of homes damaged or destroyed by this week's tornado is based in part on an analysis …

New rules for labeling meat go into effect in US

By M.L. JOHNSON

Shoppers in the U.S. will soon have more information about where their meat comes from after new federal labeling rules went into effect Thursday.

Obama lifts ban on Guantanamo transfers to Yemen

By NEDRA PICKLER

President Barack Obama is lifting his self-imposed ban on transferring Guantanamo Bay detainees to Yemen, where a leadership upheaval has impr…

Warrant for rapper Tim Dog, despite death reports

By HOLBROOK MOHR

Lack of a death certificate or of a burial site and sparse obituary information led to talk in hip-hop circles that rapper Tim Dog, who owes t…

NH woman convicted of child porn gets 40 years

By LYNNE TUOHY

A woman convicted of sexually exploiting her 14-year-old daughter to produce child pornography was sentenced Thursday to 40 years in prison by…

Parking deck collapses at Md. mall; 1 killed

A parking garage partially collapsed Thursday outside a shopping mall in suburban Maryland, and officials said one construction worker died af…

Investigator: Missing Iowa girl's blood found

By RYAN J. FOLEY

Investigators have discovered the blood of a missing 15-year-old Iowa girl on the truck of a registered sex offender suspected of kidnapping h…

Tea party vs. old guard in GOP Senate rift

By ANDREW TAYLOR and CHARLES BABINGTON

A long-simmering feud between establishment Republicans and tea partyers broke into full view Thursday, with Sen. John McCain accusing younger…

Authorities: No sign killing of 2 kids was planned

By PAUL FOY

A teenager was arrested Thursday in the deaths of his two younger brothers, ages 4 and 10, at the family home in a Utah subdivision of new hou…

IRS replaces official in tea party controversy

By STEPHEN OHLEMACHER

A day after she refused to answer questions at a congressional hearing, Lois Lerner was replaced Thursday as director of the Internal Revenue …

Obama defends drone strikes but says no cure-all

Julie Pace and Lara Jakes Associated Press

WASHINGTON | President Barack Obama sought Thursday to advance the U.S. beyond the unrelenting war effort of the past dozen years, defining a …

Boston suspect under scrutiny in unsolved killings

By RODRIQUE NGOWI and DENISE LAVOIE

A year and a half before the Boston Marathon bombing, the man Tamerlan Tsarnaev called his best friend died in a grisly crime: He was one of t…

Girl injured in Boston bombings begins rehab

The younger sister of the 8-year-old boy killed in the Boston Marathon bombings has been released from the hospital to begin rehabilitation at…

AP, others fight for details in Maine girl's death

By DAVID SHARP

Two news organizations on Thursday challenged a judge's decision to keep the public from learning the details of a case against a man charged …

Senate votes to cut crop insurance aid for wealthy

By MARY CLARE JALONICK

The Senate on Thursday voted to limit the amount of government subsidies the wealthiest farmers receive when purchasing crop insurance.

Manson disciple's tapes being analyzed by LAPD

By TAMI ABDOLLAH

Los Angeles police have obtained the decades-old taped conversations between a Manson family disciple and his attorney, officials confirmed Thursday.

Driver in Ill. van wreck had license suspension

By JIM SUHR

A New Jersey man behind the wheel of a van that careened off of an Illinois freeway and overturned, killing five passengers returning from a C…

Muslim hard-liners ID suspect in London attack

By PAISLEY DODDS and GREGORY KATZ

A man seen with bloody hands wielding a butcher knife after the killing of a British soldier on the streets of London was described as a conve…

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