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Watch VideoOfficials: Truck Hit Bridge Before Collapse

Officials: Truck Hit Bridge Before Collapse

Washington State officials say a truck apparently hit a part of a bridge, before a section of the bridge collapsed into the Skagit River. Three people were rescued. Officials are certain that everyone who went into the water is accounted for. (May 24) Full Story

Watch VideoFirst Person: Mom Discusses Famous Tornado Photo

First Person: Mom Discusses Famous Tornado Photo

The photo of the mom carrying her daughter from the destroyed school in Moore, Oklahoma has been used in hundreds of newspapers. LaTisha Garcia talks about what happened next. She says her 8-year-old daughter, Jazmin Rodriguez, is okay. (May 23) Full Story

Entertainment Video News

Watch VideoLisa Ling on Confidence, New Motherhood

Lisa Ling on Confidence, New Motherhood

New mom Lisa Ling is feeling unstoppable. The 39-year-old host of OWN's "Our America with Lisa Ling" says motherhood inspired her get involved with Dove's "Let's Make Girls Unstoppable" campaign. (May 23) Full Story

Watch VideoDemi Lovato Is Radio Ready With 4th Album

Demi Lovato Is Radio Ready With 4th Album

Demi Lovato, whose new album is now in stores, talks about discovering the key to radio-friendly songs. (May 23) Full Story

National

Wash. I-5 bridge collapse caused by oversize load

Wash. I-5 bridge collapse caused by oversize load

A truck carrying an oversize load struck a bridge on the major thoroughfare between Seattle and Canada, sending a section of the span and two vehicles into the Skagit River below, though all three occupants suffered only minor injuries. Full Story

Entertainment

Steely Cotillard shines in 'The Immigrant'

Actress Marion Cotillard has given her all and even learned another language to play a Polish woman struggling with the realities of 1920s New York in James Gray's terse movie, "The Immigrant." Full Story

Health

Study: No higher cancer rate at Conn. Pratt plants

An 11-year study of the incidence of brain cancer at jet engine manufacturer Pratt & Whitney in the state ended Thursday with university researchers saying they found no statistically significant elevations in the rate of cancer among workers. Full Story

World

Niger defense minister: Hostages freed in Agadez

Niger defense minister: Hostages freed in Agadez

Hours after denying that jihadists in the city of Agadez had taken several soldiers hostage, Niger's minister of defense corrected the record in an interview with The Associated Press, saying that in fact two hostages had been found and have now been released. Full Story

News in Pictures

Safe room mandates remain rare in tornado states

Local

U.S. durable-goods orders rise 3.3 percent in April

WASHINGTON — U.S. orders for long-lasting manufactured goods rebounded in April, buoyed by more demand for aircraft and an increase in products that signal business investment. Orders for durable goods, items expected to last at least three years, rose... Full Story

Sports

Red Wings top Blackhawks 2-0, take 3-1 series lead

Red Wings top Blackhawks 2-0, take 3-1 series lead

Jimmy Howard kept Jonathan Toews in his misery, making three saves against the struggling star to help the Detroit Red Wings beat the Chicago Blackhawks 2-0 on Thursday night in Game 4 of the second round series to put the NHL's best team during the regular season on the brink of elimination. Full Story

Politics

Obama addressing Naval Academy graduates 2nd time

Obama addressing Naval Academy graduates 2nd time

A day after laying out his counterterrorism vision, President Barack Obama is addressing future military leaders in a speech to U.S. Naval Academy graduates. Full Story

Finance

US durable goods orders rise 3.3 percent in April

US durable goods orders rise 3.3 percent in April

U.S. orders for long-lasting manufactured goods rebounded in April, buoyed by more demand for aircraft and stronger business investment. The gains suggest economic growth may be holding steady this spring. Full Story

Science & Tech

Cockroaches quickly lose sweet tooth to survive

Cockroaches quickly lose sweet tooth to survive

For decades, people have been getting rid of cockroaches by setting out bait mixed with poison. But in the late 1980s, in an apartment test kitchen in Florida, something went very wrong. Full Story

Strange

Fugitive in LA attempted-murder case held in Colo.

A man wanted for 13 years on attempted murder charges in Los Angeles was captured in Colorado after someone called police to report he was urinating on a wall outside a KFC restaurant. Full Story