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Portland, Ore., rejecting water fluoridation

By STEVEN DUBOIS, Associated Press May 21 at 10:53 p.m.

PORTLAND, Ore. — Residents are voting to keep Portland, Ore., as the largest U.S. city without fluoride in the water or any plans to add it.

  • Malcolm X's grandson buried in NY

    The Associated Press | May 21 at 10:33 p.m.

    Malcolm Shabazz, the grandson of slain civil rights activist Malcolm X, has been buried at a cemetery in suburban New York.

  • Mysterious illness kills 2 in southeast Alabama

    The Associated Press | May 21 at 9:08 p.m.

    A mysterious respiratory illness has left five people hospitalized and two dead in southeast Alabama, state health officials said Tuesday.

  • Safety Board: ATF blocking plant blast probe

    The Associated Press | May 21 at 10:01 p.m.

    Federal agents and the state fire marshal have effectively barred a federal safety panel from the site of a Texas fertilizer plant blast that killed 15 people and injured about 200 others, hampering its investigation, the panel's chairman said.

  • 10 Things to Know for Wednesday

    The Associated Press | May 21 at 10:48 p.m.

    Your daily look at late-breaking news, upcoming events and the stories that will be talked about Wednesday:

  • 2 FBI agents who died remembered for valor

    By BROCK VERGAKIS, Associated Press | May 21 at 8:08 p.m.

    FBI Director Robert Mueller on Tuesday praised two agents who died while training off the Virginia Beach coast last weekend for their "true and unerring valor."

  • UN: Poaching threatens central Africa peace

    By EDITH M. LEDERER, Associated Press | May 21 at 6:48 p.m.

    The illegal trade in elephant ivory may constitute an important source of funding for armed groups, including the Lord's Resistance Army, threatening peace and security in central Africa, U.N. Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon said in a report to the Security Council.

  • Police defend officer who shot NY college student

    The Associated Press | May 21 at 7:08 p.m.

    The president of a New York police union defended an officer who accidentally killed a Hofstra University student during a standoff with an armed intruder, saying Tuesday the only person responsible for the woman's death was the gunman who held her hostage.

  • UN urges action to end child soldiers in Myanmar

    Associated Press, The Associated Press | May 21 at 6:28 p.m.

    U.N. Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon said Myanmar's government has made progress in reducing the recruitment of children into the armed forces but still needs to stamp out the practice.

  • Texas judge: Lesbian couple can't cohabitate

    The Associated Press | May 21 at 6:13 p.m.

    A judge has ruled that a North Texas lesbian couple can't live together because of a morality clause in one of the women's divorce papers.

  • Despite tight budgets, aid expected to easily flow to Oklahoma victims

    By Chris Adams, McClatchy Washington Bureau | May 21 at 6:33 p.m.

    The Oklahoma City area is already home to two of the costliest tornados in the last half a century, and Monday’s devastating twister that hit just south of the city is likely to stress federal emergency dollars already under pressure from the recent federal budget cuts.

  • 2 more reports of anti-gay attacks in NYC

    By JENNIFER PELTZ, Associated Press | May 21 at 6:10 p.m.

    Hours after New Yorkers rallied in response to a spate of gay-bashing that's resulted in one death and fueled concern about hate crimes, there were two more reports of possible anti-gay attacks on Manhattan streets, authorities said Tuesday.

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