Springfield police probe 2 homicides in 2 nights

SPRINGFIELD, Mass. (AP) -- Springfield police are investigating the city's second homicide in two nights. (   05/23/2013 6:36 AM )

• Man shot by FBI had ties to Boston bombing suspect

• UMass Memorial, nurses, reach contract deal

• Mass. Senate bill would protect first responders

• Mass. lawmaker: Recoup benefits from terrorists

Obama to address drones, Gitmo in security speech

WASHINGTON (AP) -- President Barack Obama on Thursday is expected to address some of the thornier aspects of national security policy, including drone strikes, the prison at Guantanamo Bay and the dire threats Americans continue to face -- even from fellow citizens. (   05/23/2013 6:27 AM )

• Between economy and trouble, Obama approval steady

• Vote on gay Scouts comes at emotional moment

• $2B in Okla. tornado damage means hard recovery

• Fox Point Senior Center volunteer honored

Restaurant torched in 4th night of Sweden riots

STOCKHOLM (AP) -- Groups of youth have burnt down a restaurant, torched more than 30 cars and injured three police in a fourth night of riots in suburbs of the Swedish capital that started following a fatal police shooting. (   05/23/2013 3:09 AM )

• Malaysian charged with sedition, 3 more arrested

• 2011 jail breaks become political issue in Egypt

• Asia shares slide, Nikkei down 7.3 percent, as Japan bond yields rise, China factories weaken

• Japan gyrations underline economy's vulnerability

UMass Memorial, nurses, reach contract deal

WORCESTER, Mass. (AP) -- UMass Memorial Medical Center and the union representing 1,100 nurses have reached a tentative contract agreement that staves off a scheduled strike. (   05/23/2013 6:18 AM )

• Police: Missing Pa. student's whereabouts unknown

• More than 50 hurt when Indiana school buses crash

• RI education board to mull arming university cops

• Maine education commissioner visits Belfast school

Power of Moore tornado dwarfs Hiroshima bomb

WASHINGTON (AP) -- Everything had to come together just perfectly to create the killer tornado in Moore, Okla.: wind speed, moisture in the air, temperature and timing. And when they did, the awesome energy released over that city dwarfed the power of the atomic bomb that leveled Hiroshima. (   05/21/2013 8:58 PM )

• Most shipwrecks called a minor US pollution threat

• Oklahoma twister tracked path of 1999 tornado

• Study: Most shipwrecks a minor US pollution threat

• Curiosity rover drills into second Martian rock