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Essential News from The Associated Press
Latest Headlines  Tornadoes level homes in Okla., 1 deadMay 20, 201312:58 AM ET SHAWNEE, Okla. (AP) — Tornadoes ravaged portions of central Oklahoma on Sunday, reducing portions of a mobile home park to rubble and killing a 79-year-old man whose body was found out in the open.   Obama exhorts good deeds by Morehouse graduatesMay 19, 20134:24 PM ET ATLANTA (AP) — President Barack Obama, in a soaring commencement address on work, sacrifice and opportunity, on Sunday told graduates of historically black Morehouse College to seize the power of their example as black men graduating from college and use it to improve people's lives.   Small Fla. city wonders who won Powerball jackpotMay 19, 20133:31 PM ET ZEPHYRHILLS, Fla. (AP) — Some lucky person walked into a Publix supermarket in suburban Florida over the past few days and bought a ticket now worth an estimated $590.5 million — the highest Powerball jackpot in history.   Syrian troops push into strategic rebel-held townMay 19, 201310:03 PM ET BEIRUT (AP) — Syrian troops pushed into a rebel-held town near the Lebanese border on Sunday, fighting house-to-house and bombing from the air as President Bashar Assad tried to strengthen his grip on a strategic strip of land running from the capital to the Mediterranean coast.   Officer who shot NY student faced harrowing choiceMay 19, 20138:43 PM ET NEW YORK (AP) — The police officer who accidentally killed a Long Island college student along with an armed intruder faced perhaps the most harrowing decision in law enforcement: choosing the split-second moment when the risk is so high that you must pull the trigger. 
Latest Headlines    Boychuk breaks Game 2 tie, Bruins top Rangers 5-2May 19, 20137:53 PM ET BOSTON (AP) — Claude Julien wanted his Bruins to play more aggressively in the third period. The Boston coach got his wish with the help of some shaky defense by the New York Rangers.    Russian oligarchs foot most of 2014 Sochi OlympicsMay 20, 20132:34 AM ET SOCHI, Russia (AP) — The mountains of Sochi are now home to Potanin's slope, Gazprom's gondola lift and Sberbank's ski jump. The nicknames used by locals and an army of construction workers leave no doubt about who is paying for the 2014 Winter Games: Russia's business powerhouses. 
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