Posted: 6:48 AM A House panel is poised to approve a series of revisions to military law in an effort to stem the growing epidemic of sexual assaults in the armed forces.

Posted: 3:25 AM A far-reaching bill to remake the nation's troubled immigration system is headed to the full Senate after approval by the Senate Judiciary Committee. Floor debate is expected to start early next month, with the outcome uncertain.

Posted: 2:22 AM Growing consumer demand for cars and trucks has automakers changing their usual summer vacation plans. Ford says the traditional two-week summer break is being cut to a single week and General Motors isn't doing any shutdowns.

Posted: 12:43 AM The Highway Patrol says up to 30 people have suffered injuries in the collision of a commercial bus and a car on Interstate 75 in northwest Ohio. A state police spokeswoman told The Associated Press early Wednesday that 1-75 south of Bowling Green has been closed following the crash.

Updated: 9:33 PM The Pentagon wants more than $450 million for maintaining and upgrading the Guantanamo Bay prison that President Barack Obama wants to close. New details on the administration's budget request for next year and other expenses emerged on Tuesday.

Updated: 5:38 AM As the death toll rises for the massive tornado that hit Moore, Okla., Monday afternoon, some well-known relief agencies are jumping into action. There are many ways for those in Oklahoma and all over the country to help.

Posted: 4:56 AM Apple executives will be on the hot seat today when they testify before a Senate subcommittee on the tax strategy of the world's most valuable company.

Updated: 9:27 PM Rescue crews are working to find survivors after a monstrous tornado barreled through the Oklahoma City suburbs. About 80 members of the Nebraska Task Force One Urban Search and Rescue Team left Monday to help with rescue efforts.

Posted: 3:34 AM The Army private who gave more than 700,000 secret U.S. documents to WikiLeaks is returning to Fort Meade for the last scheduled hearing before his military trial next month. The pretrial hearing Tuesday for Pfc. Bradley Manning concerns classified material that would be used as evidence during the trial starting June 3.

Updated: 6:04 AM The Senate is debating cuts to the federal crop insurance program as it considers a massive farm bill this week. The Obama administration said Monday it wants to see more cuts to agriculture subsidies and crop insurance in the legislation, which would cost almost $100 billion a year over five years and would set policy for farm programs and food aid.

Posted: 1:00 AM New consumer credit data show that Americans were more diligent about making their card payments on time in the first three months of the year. Credit reporting agency TransUnion says the rate of credit card payments at least 90 days overdue fell to 0.69 percent in the first quarter.

Posted: 2:09 PM The White House says White House Counsel Kathryn Ruemmler was first informed about an audit of the IRS' inappropriate targeting of conservative groups on April 24

Posted: 2:27 AM Authorities say a tornado that severely damaged a mobile home park southeast of Oklahoma City killed a 79-year-old man whose body was found in an open area of the neighborhood. Pottawatomie County Sheriff Mike Booth also said that six people who lived in the mobile home park were injured. Between 30 and 35 homes had significant damage, and number of frame homes in the neighborhood also sustained damage.

Posted: 12:56 AM Sunbathers this summer will find new sunscreen labels that are designed to make the products more effective and easier to use. But despite those long-awaited changes, many sunscreens continue to carry SPF ratings that some experts consider misleading and potentially dangerous, a consumer watchdog group says.

Posted: 5:15 AM Officials say a New York college student was accidentally killed by a police officer as she was held in a headlock by an intruder pointing a gun at her head during a break-in at an off-campus home. Nassau County police said Hofstra University junior Andrea Rebello was killed after being shot in the head when police responded to a break-in early Friday.

Posted: 7:49 AM Police are investigating after a New York college student was killed in an off-campus house during an early morning break-in, casting a pall over the campus and commencement ceremonies.

Posted: 7:46 AM Connecticut Gov. Dannel P. Malloy says a total of 60 people have been taken to hospitals with injuries from a collision between two New York-area commuter trains.

Posted: 7:42 AM The remains of 11 Native Americans, including two sets that were housed at the University of Nebraska State Museum, have been buried in a Michigan cemetery.

Posted: 7:23 AM President Barack Obama is vowing to eliminate what he calls the "scourge" of sexual assault in the military while cautioning that it will take a long and sustained effort by all military members.

Posted: 7:18 AM Lawmakers are ready to question the ousted head of the Internal Revenue Service as Congress holds its first hearing on the extra scrutiny the IRS gave tea party and other conservative groups that applied for tax-exempt status.

Updated: 11:35 AM A string of drawings without a jackpot winner have grown the estimated Powerball jackpot to $600 million, the biggest jackpot ever offered by the game.

Posted: 7:06 AM Don't look for the outcry over the Internal Revenue Service's improper targeting of tea party groups to subside with the ouster of the agency's acting commissioner.

Posted: 7:00 AM The Powerball jackpot has climbed to $475 million after no tickets matched the winning numbers in the latest drawing.

Posted: 6:57 AM Officials awaited daybreak to fully assess the scope of the destruction left in the wake of a deadly tornado in Granbury.

Posted: 2:56 AM The House Agriculture Committee is set to consider small cuts to the $80 billion-a-year food stamp program in an effort to appease conservatives who say the food aid has become too expensive. The cuts are part of a massive five-year farm bill that costs almost $100 billion annually and would set policy for farm subsidies, rural programs and the food aid.