National News

'Traumatic day': Residents return to tornado-devastated neighborhood

By Nick Valencia and Jason Hanna CNN
Scores of people stood outside a north Texas church Saturday morning, waiting to be escorted to their neighborhood for the first time since tornadoes devastated it three days earlier.

Got THE ticket for tonight's big Powerball drawing?

By CNN Staff
Two dollars and a dream. That's all it took for Mammie Hicks to plunk down money at a Riverside, Missouri, convenience store for a chance at Saturday's record $600 million multistate Powerball jackpot.

Family members of Boston bombing victims walk the marathon route one month after the blasts

By Scot Yount - NBC
On the one-month anniversary of the blasts that tore at a nation's heart, Caitlin and Colleen Norden, their uncle Peter Brown and some friends set off from the fabled Boston Marathon starting line in Hopkinton, Massachusetts with a goal of

Massive shrimp boat fire leaves nasty mess on Florida river

By Melissa Beckman - NBC
Crews contracted by the US Coast Guard are cleaning up after a fire on a shrimp boat on Florida's Anclote River.

Mississippi Woman claims $1 million Powerball prize

By Louisiana Lottery
Reality was still sinking in for Samantha Netterville after she claimed a $1 million Powerball prize from the May 11 drawing. A frequent Louisiana Lottery player, the 29-year-old resident of Woodville, Miss.

SUVs put to the test

By Chris Clackum - NBC
For the safety tests of small SUVs, the Insurance Institute for Highway Safety ran 13 of them into rigid barriers where only a corner of the front gets crushed on impact missing the absorbing structure of the front and everything gets pushed in

Waitress receives the tip of a lifetime

By Mary Milz - NBC
CeCe Bruce has received a couple of large tips in her life, but nothing like the one she got Wednesday morning. CeCe works at an Indianapolis Steak 'n Shake restaurant.

Man sentenced in hammer attack

By Monica Robins - Reporter
A Cleveland, Ohio man who beat his former girlfriend with a hammer while their children slept across the hall has been sentenced to 14 years in jail.

Columbia University seeks to change 'whites-only' fellowship

By Dominique Debucquoy-Dodley - CNN
Columbia University is seeking to alter the 1920 charter of one of its graduate school fellowships which is still limited "to persons of the Caucasian race," though the fellowship has not been granted in years.

'Angry Birds' movie to arrive in 2016

By Breeanna Hare - CNN
"Angry Birds" will soon arrive at your local movie theater - and they'll be in 3-D.

Airlines collect $6 billion in fees

By Katia Hetter - CNN
Those airline baggage and reservation change fees add up, to the tune of more than $6 billion.

Ancient water found in Canadian mine

By Elizabeth Landau - CNN
You wouldn't want to shower in it, but researchers have discovered pockets of water in a deep reservoir in Canada that may be up to 2.64 billion years old.

Internet sensation 'Kai the hatchet-weilding hitchiker' has been arrested for murder

By CNN
The Internet celebrity who gained fame as "Kai the hatchet wielding hitch-hiker" has been arrested. Caleb McGillvary is behind bars in Philadelphia. He is accused of beating a New Jersey lawyer to death inside his home.

Texas files lawsuit against BP for Deepwater Horizon spill

By Mark Nino
The State of Texas filed a lawsuit against BP America for their role in the 2010 Deepwater Horizon oil spill.

Texas woman gets probation after spiking coffee with meth before delivering baby

By Reagan Roy
Officials with Angelina County tell KETK, Amanda McAdams, 26, of Huntington, received probation after her newborn baby tested positive for meth. The baby tested positive on March 6, 2013, by follicle forensics.