Death toll from the Moore, Oklahoma tornado is still officially 51, but expected to climb by another 40. Update: the official toll may be an overestimate. As of this morning, the Medical Examiner's office has received 24 bodies.

Bad weather is coming again today.

President Obama will deliver a statement later this morning about the tornado.

How to help.

Al Jazeera talks to the military doctor in charge of force-feeding hunger strikers at Guantanamo.

Vermont's Governor signs the "death with dignity" bill into law.

Afghans say a torture victim's body has been found near a U.S. base.

Astronaut Sally Ride will be awarded a posthumous Medal of Freedom.

Navy dolphins find a 130-year-old torpedo.

Report: a White House lawyer was told about the IRS inspector general report in late April.

What was going on in that IRS office in Cincinnati?

Pres. Obama will lay out his administration's justification for use of drone against terrorists this week.

Mitt Romney says the Benghazi talking points did not change the 2012 election outcome.

A union representing immigration enforcement officers will oppose the Senate's version of immigration reform.

Un-bewigged diplomat/accused spy Ryan Fogle reportedly leaves Russia.

Fmr. Sen. John Ensign's family is fined for improper payments to the woman he had an affair with.

Marriage equality is now the law in France.

Who would choose to take a one-way trip to Mars?

The first Congressional hearing on the IRS scandal happens today.

How the IRS' director of implementing the Affordable Care Act may be implicated.

The President will unveil a new policy streamlining permits for infrastructure projects.

The NRA declares victory in a race against a member of Mayors Against Illegal Guns.

Russia sends advanced missiles to Syria.

Human Rights Watch reports evidence of torture in Syrian prisons.

The A train is coming back to the Rockaways 6 months after Superstorm Sandy.

The Venezuelan toilet-paper shortage.

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6 dead, at least 14 missing after tornadoes rip through Texas.

6 Americans reported killed in a suicide attack in Kabul, Afghanistan.

CBS News: Boston bombing suspect Dzokhar Tsarnaev left a note in the boat he hid in.

Read the Acting IRS Commissioner's resignation letter.

Filibuster reform apparently depends on whether Republicans block Richard Cordray next week.

Legal challenges begin against North Dakota abortion laws.

How to smuggle KFC in Gaza.

AG Holder will get a grilling at a House hearing today.

USA Today compares how the IRS treated groups with liberal-sounding and conservative-sounding names.

AP interviews first responders to the fire at the West, TX chemical plant.

The heads of the board that reviewed Benghazi agree to testify before Congress.

How the gun industry markets to kids.

The mayor of Detroit has had enough.

Report: Amb. Chris Stevens turned down offers for more military protection twice.

And look who's back! It's Donald Rumsfeld!

House Ways and Means sets a hearing on the IRS.

Russia claims it has detained a CIA operative.

The suspect being sought in the weekend's mass shooting in New Orleans.

The RNC's director of Hispanic outreach in Florida becomes a Democrat.

Sen. Harry Reid is contemplating filibuster reform again.

Speaker Boehner is battling with his caucus over how to investigate Benghazi.

The Vermont legislature passes doctor-assisted suicide.

The other Sec. Kerry.

Justice Ginsburg makes a controversial comment on Roe v. Wade.

Here we go: what did IRS officials know, and when did they know it?

19 people were injured in a shooting at a Mother's Day second-line parade in New Orleans.

The gun lobby is campaigning against an international arms trade treaty the president supports.

States try to deal with the increasing backlog of gun background-check applications.

Detroit's Emergency Financial Manager releases his first report on the city's woes.

TX paramedic will plead not guilty to explosives charge.

Afghan authorities say an American has tortured civilians there.

The mystery pigs of NYU.

Newt Gingrich needs your help.

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"Star Wars Kid" ten years later

A woman is pulled alive out of the rubble 16 days after the Bangladesh building collapse that killed more than 1,000.

Senators band together to kill "poison pill" amendments to immigration reform.

Pres. Obama talks health reform and women today.

Sen. Lindsey Graham wants Hillary Clinton back on the Hill to testify about Benghazi again.

The Prime Minister of Turkey says Syria has crossed the red line.

The strange case of ex-Congressman David Rivera takes a new twist that may involve a double-cross.

The International Space Station has a serious radiator leak.

The return of the chain gang.

10 years later, "Star Wars Kid" speaks about cyberbullying.

Apparently 16 American families named a baby "Romney" last year.

A North Carolina House committee approves a bill making teens get parental permission before receiving birth control.

Colorado lawmakers make history with marijuana legislation.

Pres. Obama travels to Texas today.

An 83-year-old nun and 2 others are convicted for breaking into uranium-storage facility.

The latest version of the farm bill has deeper cuts to food stamps.

House Veterans Affairs amendment suspends VA executive bonuses while there is a disability claims backlog.

A new poll shows Senator Toomey's approval rating up, while a GOP poll has Senator Manchin's down.

Sen. Tom Coburn attaches pro-gun amendments to a water-resources bill.

The Air Force strips 17 officers of their ability to launch nuclear ICBMs.

In other nuke news, a privately-owned nuclear power plant shuts down because of economics.

Minnesota is likely to legalize same-sex marriage this week, too.

The President dines with House Democrats tonight.

Does VP Biden oppose the Keystone XL pipeline?

Want to find out how much hospitals charge for their services? Now you can.

The return of "Bob" Dobbs Carl Paladino.

The U.S. and Russia agree to Syria talks.

Gun-background-check proponents are trying to persuade 5 Senators to switch their votes.

Illinois' GOP Chairman, who supported gay marriage, is reportedly stepping down.

What Kansas is likely to do about Medicaid expansion.

The Pentagon comes right out with it: accusing the Chinese government of cyberattacks.

NJ Gov. Chris Christie reveals he had weight-loss surgery.

Did you hear the one about the Airman in charge of sex assault prevention who was just charged with groping?

A crazy story out of Cleveland: 3 women missing for about 10 years are freed from their alleged captors.

"Time passes very slowly when you're in a hippo's mouth."

Pres. Obama to college graduates: 'I dare you to do better.'

The West, Texas fertilizer plant didn't carry much liability insurance.

A death-row inmate in Mississippi is denied a DNA test before he is killed tomorrow. Here is more about his case.

Mark Sanford has momentum in tomorrow's special election in South Carolina.

Lawyer describes the force-feeding of hunger strikers at Guantanamo. 

A U.N. commissioner further muddies the waters on claims of nerve gas in Syria.

There won't be a Sen. Steve King after all.

Lenticular photography to help child-abuse victims.

I think I prefer Jacob Lew's old signature to the new one.

Solar-powered airplane completes the first leg of its cross-country trip.