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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.   Split-second choice ended with NY student deadMay 20, 20132:50 AM ET NEW YORK (AP) — The Long Island college student was being held in a headlock by a masked intruder with a loaded gun to her head, police said. Then the gunman took aim at an officer.   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.   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. 
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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