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| Deadly tornadoes strike Arkansas, Oklahoma Sunday, Apr 27, 2014 09:18 PM PDT  Twisters leave at least four people dead in central Arkansas, and one in Oklahoma. Full Story | Top |
| Obama blasts Sterling's alleged comments Sunday, Apr 27, 2014 08:39 AM PDT  Black leaders join President Obama in speaking out against the Clippers owner. Full Story | Top |
| Sarah Palin: 'Waterboarding is how we'd baptize terrorists' Sunday, Apr 27, 2014 01:58 PM PDT  The former Alaskan governor told the crowd at the National Rifle Association's annual convention that if she were in charge, waterboarding is how the United States would "baptize terrorists." Full Story | Top |
| 10 Things to Know for Monday Sunday, Apr 27, 2014 09:14 PM PDT  Your daily look at late-breaking news, upcoming events and the stories that will be talked about Monday: Full Story | Top |
| Observers held in Ukraine speak under armed guard Sunday, Apr 27, 2014 04:05 PM PDT  SLOVYANSK, Ukraine (AP) — Pro-Russian militants in camouflage fatigues and black balaclavas paraded captive European military observers before the media on Sunday, hours after three captured Ukrainian security guards were shown bloodied, blindfolded and stripped of their trousers and shoes, their arms bound with packing tape. Full Story | Top |
| Report: 4 in 5 US high school students graduate Sunday, Apr 27, 2014 09:03 PM PDT  WASHINGTON (AP) — U.S. public high schools have reached a milestone, an 80 percent graduation rate. Yet that still means 1 of every 5 students walks away without a diploma. Full Story | Top |
| Silver's 1st crisis as commissioner has arrived Sunday, Apr 27, 2014 08:04 PM PDT  Adam Silver's first crisis of his short tenure as NBA commissioner has arrived, a race-tinged scandal leaving those associated with the game wondering how strongly and swiftly the league will respond. Full Story | Top |
| Bad weather hinders search for ferry dead Sunday, Apr 27, 2014 07:50 PM PDT  JINDO, South Korea (AP) — Divers on Monday renewed their search for more than 100 bodies still trapped in a sunken ferry after weekend efforts were hindered by bad weather, strong currents and floating debris clogging the ship's rooms. Officials said they have narrowed down the likely locations in the ship of most of the remaining missing passengers. Full Story | Top |
| Missing plane's search area to be expanded Sunday, Apr 27, 2014 09:20 PM PDT CANBERRA, Australia (AP) — Australia's prime minister said Monday that the underwater search for the missing Malaysia Airlines jet will be expanded. Full Story | Top |
| In Malaysia, Obama keeps focus on human rights Sunday, Apr 27, 2014 07:20 PM PDT  KUALA LUMPUR, Malaysia (AP) — President Barack Obama on Sunday pressed the Malaysian government to improve its human rights record and appealed to Southeast Asia's teeming youth population to stand up for the rights of minorities and the rule of law. Full Story | Top |
| Francis presides over historic day of 4 popes Sunday, Apr 27, 2014 08:24 AM PDT VATICAN CITY (AP) — Two 20th-century popes who changed the course of the Catholic Church became saints Sunday as Pope Francis honored John XXIII and John Paul II in a delicate balancing act aimed at bringing together the conservative and progressive wings of the church. Full Story | Top |
| Supreme Court takes on privacy in digital age Sunday, Apr 27, 2014 01:02 PM PDT  WASHINGTON (AP) — Two Supreme Court cases about police searches of cellphones without warrants present vastly different views of the ubiquitous device. Full Story | Top |
| Some California cities start water-waste patrols Sunday, Apr 27, 2014 01:05 PM PDT  SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — Steve Upton thinks of himself more as an "Officer Friendly" than a water cop. Full Story | Top |
| Separatists seize control of TV office in Ukraine Sunday, Apr 27, 2014 10:11 AM PDT  Pro-Russian separatists on Sunday seized control of the offices of regional state television in the eastern Ukrainian city of Donetsk and said they would take it off air and broadcast a Kremlin-backed Russian channel instead. A Reuters reporter said four separatists in masks, with truncheons and shields, were standing at the entrance to the building controlling access, while more separatists in camouflage fatigues could be seen inside. About 15 police officers were standing a short distance away but were not trying to resist the separatists. It was the first time the station had been seized by the separatists, though previously a transmission tower in the Donetsk region had briefly been seized and technicians forced to broadcast Russian stations' output. Full Story | Top |
| Pope Francis makes John XXIII, John Paul II saints Sunday, Apr 27, 2014 01:22 AM PDT Pope Francis has declared his two predecessors John XXIII and John Paul II saints in an unprecedented canonization ceremony made even more historic by the presence of retired Pope Benedict XVI. Full Story | Top |
| S. Korean prime minister resigns over ferry sinking Sunday, Apr 27, 2014 03:51 AM PDT JINDO, South Korea (AP) — South Korea's prime minister resigned Sunday over the government's handling of a ferry sinking that has left more than 300 people dead or missing and led to widespread shame, fury and finger-pointing, blaming "deep-rooted evils" in society for the tragedy. Full Story | Top |
| Obama: Reported comments by team owner 'racist' Sunday, Apr 27, 2014 08:50 AM PDT  KUALA LUMPUR, Malaysia (AP) — President Barack Obama said Sunday that comments reportedly made by the owner of a U.S. pro basketball team are "incredibly offensive racist statements," before casting them as part of a continuing legacy of slavery and segregation that Americans must confront. Full Story | Top |
| NBA probing alleged recording of Clippers owner Sunday, Apr 27, 2014 12:14 AM PDT  SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — Anger, frustration and calls for action echoed around the NBA on Saturday after an audio recording surfaced of a man identified as Los Angeles Clippers owner Donald Sterling telling his girlfriend not to bring black people to games. Full Story | Top |
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