National

Okla. mayor wants to require tornado shelters

The mayor of the Oklahoma City suburb battered by a monstrous tornado says he is pushing to require safe-room shelters in all new homes. Full Story

• LA voters back measure to cap number of pot shops
• Boy Scout leaders to vote on lifting gay ban
• NY funeral for student accidentally shot by police

Entertainment

Piers Morgan writing book about life at CNN

Piers Morgan is going behind the scenes. Full Story

• Aretha Franklin taking June off, postponing shows
• Monroe's photos for Prague exhibition stolen
• Douglas, Damon dramatize a steamy show-biz affair

Health

Life-saving face transplant performed in Poland

A 33-year-old Polish man received a life-saving total face transplant just three weeks after being disfigured in a workplace accident, in what his doctors said Wednesday is the fastest timeframe to date for such an operation. Full Story

• More doctors, hospitals using electronic records
• Cancer Society hits 100 as US cancer rate falls
• Portland, Ore., rejecting water fluoridation

World

EU bid to label Hezbollah wing terror group

The European Union is reassessing whether to declare the Lebanese party Hezbollah's military wing a terrorist organization, a move it has long shied away from despite pressure from the United States, officials said Wednesday. Full Story

• Trial for captain in deadly shipwreck in Italy
• Germany backs terror label for Hezbollah militants
• Malawi finds buyer for presidential jet

Local

Sports

Nats collapse late, lose 4-2 to Giants in 10th

As Bryce Harper ran back to chase Gregor Blanco's hard-hit fly in the ninth inning, memories of last week's scary collision with the wall at Dodger Stadium suddenly surged into his mind. Full Story

• Trout hits for cycle, drives in 5, Angels rout M's
• Cardinals jump on Volquez in 5th inning
• Sharks tie series with 2-1 win over Kings

Politics

IRS official Lerner: I did nothing wrong

The Internal Revenue Service official at the center of the storm over the agency's targeting of conservative groups has told Congress she did nothing wrong and has invoked her constitutional right to not answer lawmakers' questions. Full Story

• FBI: Man fatally shot in Boston bombing probe
• Garcetti elected Los Angeles mayor over Greuel
• FEMA Chief: Feds won't go 'when the cameras leave'

Finance

• Target's 1Q profit drops 26 pct on weak sales
• Lowe's 1Q profit rises, but results miss Street
• How The AP and Equilar calculate CEO pay

Science & Tech

• Power of Moore tornado dwarfs Hiroshima bomb
• Slow pokes: Acupuncture helps hypothermic turtles
• Tunisia announces 3 cases of coronavirus, 1 death

Strange

• Ferris wheel ride world record broken in Chicago
• Greek beach evacuated after artillery discovery
• Funeral home has bicycle hearse for 1 last ride