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- Teen stowaway: Video confirms his amazing story
Teen stowaway survived a 5 1/2 hour flight from California to Hawaii. But some questioned the boy's story, since few have survived such a flight. A newly released video confirms his account.
- Pussy Riot: Why was punk rock group on Capitol Hill?
Pussy Riot was in Washington Tuesday seeking more sanctions on Russians. Two members of the Russian punk rock group Pussy Riot sought sanctions on Russians they say are responsible for human rights abuses.
- Primary roundup: Establishment Republicans defeat tea party primary challengers
North Carolina House Speaker Thom Tillis captured the Republican nomination in North Carolina's senate race. Other mainline Republicans in three states also held out against tea party challengers.
- Hillary Clinton: Gun culture is 'way out of balance'
Hillary Clinton referred to recent shootings in movie theaters and said the US needs to rein in the notion that 'anybody can have a gun, anywhere, anytime.'
- Why US wants spouses of H-1B immigrants to be able to work
The Obama administration proposed new rules aimed at keeping highly skilled immigrant workers in the country. About 40 percent of the Fortune 500 companies were started by immigrants or their children, according to the US Commerce Secretary Penny Pritzker.
- Governor: CPR from Oregon doctor-turned-governor resuscitates woman
CPR: Governor John Kitzhaber, a former emergency room doctor, intervened to help a woman lying on the side of the road. He administered CPR until medics arrived.
- I-15 bridge collapse: When will the highway reopen?
I-15 bridge collapse: A fire followed by the collapse of a bridge on I-15 has blocked a major route between Southern California and Nevada. The northbound lane reopened at 5:15 p.m. Tuesday, and the southbound lane reopen shortly before midnight.
- Why eighth-grade Holocaust essay provoked death threats
Eighth-graders in Southern California were asked to write an essay about whether the Holocaust was real or a political scheme. After death threats and objections, the Holocaust assignment was revised.
- Oregon prison escape: Second in a week
Oregon prison escape: For the second time in one week, a prisoner has escaped from a state detention facility. Police are still looking for the inmate involved in the second Oregon prison escape.
- Why U-2 spy plane shut down LAX air traffic control system
Hundreds of flights bound for the Los Angeles airport were delayed Wednesday due to a software problem caused by a U-2 spy plane on a training mission in the area.
- Stacey Campfield compares Obamacare to Holocaust
Stacey Campfield, a Republican state senator in Tennessee, wrote a blog post comparing Obamacare to the Holocaust. Stacey Campfield says he stands by his comments.
- Cinco de Mayo: Obama uses holiday to push immigration reform
Cinco de Mayo: Obama tells Latino lawmakers and Hispanic advocates that House Republicans need to 'get on board' with immigration reform.
- Pope crackdown on nuns in US continues. Why?
Pope crackdown on nuns: A Vatican official, Cardinal Gerhard Mueller, is pursuing the overhaul of a group of US nuns. The crackdown began under Pope Benedict XVI.
- Dayton hospital shooting: 1 employee hurt, suspect taken into custody
Dayton hospital shooting, between a Veterans Affairs hospital housekeeping employee and a retired worker struggling over a gun in a break room during Monday's lunch hour, causing a lockdown at the hospital as FBI agents searched the complex.
- Oregon prison inmate escapes from Deer Ridge
Oregon prison escape: For the first time an inmate has fled from the 7-year-old Deer Ridge Correctional Institution in Central Oregon, state officials said Monday.
- Oklahoma wildfire kills one, and 150 homes are in fire path
Oklahoma wildfire: 1,000 evacuated from homes near Guthrie, Okla., where a wildfire was spread by high winds on Monday. The fire chief says the wildfire is 75 percent contained.
- Supreme Court OKs prayer in town meetings
The US Supreme Court ruled Monday that prayers at the beginning of a town council meeting do not violate the US Constitution.
- Michelle Knight tells why she forgives her Cleveland captor
Michelle Knight, interviewed Monday on NBC's "Today" show, said Ariel Castro deserves forgiveness because she'd want to be forgiven if she did wrong. Michelle Knight has a book coming out Tuesday.
- Circus accident: What went wrong in hair-hanging stunt?
Circus accident: Eight acrobats hanging from their hair fell on a dancer below. After the accident, the circus manage asked for prayers. Three of the circus performers are listed in critical condition in the hospital.
- Nine circus performers injured in acrobatics accident
Nine circus performers were seriously injured when a platform collapsed mid-stunt during a live Ringling Brothers and Barnum and Bailey Circus' Legends show at the Dunkin' Donuts Center in Providence.