Updated: 12:37 PM - A band of thunderstorms battered the Oklahoma City area Thursday, slowing cleanup operations in the suburb where a tornado killed 24 people and destroyed thousands of homes this week.

Updated: 12:30 PM - A Chechen immigrant shot to death in central Florida after an altercation with an FBI agent had several ties to that of one of the Boston Marathon bombing suspects who authorities were questioning him about at the time.

Posted: 6:19 AM - The Oklahoma City-based arts-and-crafts chain argues that businesses should be allowed to seek exception from that part of the health law if it violates their religious beliefs.

Posted: 6:16 AM - The nation's record-low teen birth rate stems from robust declines in nearly every state, but most dramatically in several Mountain States and among Hispanics, according to a new government report.

Updated: 05/22/2013 - Authorities have now accounted for the last six people -- all of them adult-- who were believed to still be missing after the massive tornado in an Oklahoma City suburb.

Updated: 05/22/2013 - 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.

Updated: 05/22/2013 - Monday's tornado killed at least 24 people, destroyed countless homes and reduced one elementary school almost entirely to rubble, killing seven children inside.

Updated: 05/22/2013 - Exactly how do desperate parents like those in the path of the powerful Oklahoma tornado know when it's best to leave their children in a presumably safe place or race into the face of danger for their sake?

Updated: 05/22/2013 - She repeated many of her claims from previous interviews, testimony on the witness stand and her statements to the jury earlier Tuesday as she pleaded for mercy.

Updated: 05/22/2013 - The ex-congressman whose career imploded in a rash of raunchy tweets two years ago said in a YouTube video announcement late Tuesday that he's in the New York City mayoral race.

Updated: 05/22/2013 - The governor's mansion is in some ways a dichotomy: It is perhaps the state's highest-profile office, yet also one of the only places Gov. Bob McDonnell and his family can retreat for privacy.

Updated: 05/22/2013 - The National Weather Service says the tornado that hit Moore, Okla., was a top-of-the-scale EF-5 twister with winds of at least 200 mph.

Updated: 05/21/2013 - President Barack Obama pledged urgent government help for Oklahoma Tuesday in the wake of "one of the most destructive" storms in the nation's history.

Updated: 05/21/2013 - Death toll revised down to 24 but likely to rise as rescuers sift through area savaged by mammoth twister; at least 7 kids killed

Updated: 05/21/2013 - For many families in Moore, the ordeal ended in bear hugs and tears of joy. Others were left to wait in the darkness, hoping for good news while fearing the worst.

Posted: 05/21/2013 - Police in Nashville say Texas state troopers and deputy U.S. marshals have arrested a homicide suspect in Lyford, Texas.