BRITISH GOVT CREATING A NEW TERRORISM TASK FORCE AIMED AT TACKLING RADICAL PREACHERS AND EXTREMISM IN THE WAKE OF A DEADLY ATTACK ON A BRITISH SOLDIER *

GROUP WILL LOOK AT WHETHER NEW LAWS ARE NEEDED TO CLAMP DOWN ON RELIGIOUS LEADERS WHO TARGET POTENTIAL RECRUITS IN PLACES LIKE JAILS AND MOSQUES *

ANNOUNCEMENT COMES JUST DAYS AFTER A 25-YR-OLD BRITISH SOLDIER WAS MURDERED IN LONDON BY TWO ALLEGED RADICAL ISLAMIC ATTACKERS *

PRES OBAMA IN OKLAHOMA SUN TO TOUR DAMAGE FROM MONDAY'S DEADLY TORNADO IN MOORE *

THE PRES MET WITH FAMILIES IMPACTED BY THE TWISTER AND THANKED FIRST RESPONDERS FOR THEIR RESCUE AND RECOVERY EFFORTS *

THE EF-5 TORNADO KILLED 24 PEOPLE AND DAMAGED AN ESTIMATED 13,000 HOMES *

OBAMA URGED THE PUBLIC TO HELP IN REBUILDING EFFORTS AND ASSURED OKLAHOMANS "WE'RE GOING TO BE WITH YOU ALL THE WAY" *

TONY KANAAN WINS THE INDIANAPOLIS 500 *

IT'S THE BRAZILIAN'S FIRST WIN IN 11 STARTS IN THE TRADITIONAL MEMORIAL DAY WEEKEND RACE *

ROCKET FIRED FROM SOUTHERN LEBANON TOWARDS ISRAEL, LEBANON STATE TV SAYS *

NEWS AGENCY SAYS ROCKET WAS FIRED LATE SUN FROM A SOUTHERN TOWN ABOUT SIX MILES NORTH OF THE ISRAELI BORDER *

IT WAS NOT IMMEDIATELY CLEAR WHO FIRED THE ROCKET OR WHETHER IT CAUSED ANY DAMAGE OR CASUALTIES *

ISRAELI MILITARY SAID IT WAS SEARCHING THE AREA AND EVALUATING THE CIRCUMSTANCES BEHIND THE EXPLOSION *

POLICE NOW SAYING THAT THE ANGEL FLIGHT PILOT THEY HAD BEEN SEARCHING FOR IN UPSTATE NY HAS BEEN ID'D AS ONE OF THE TWO CONFIRMED DEAD *

COPS HAD PREVIOUSLY SAID THE FLIGHT'S TWO PASSENGERS HAD BEEN FOUND DEAD FRI SHORTLY AFTER THE CRASH, AND HAD BEEN SEARCHING THE EPHRATAH AREA FOR THE PILOT'S BODY *

AUTHORITIES ARE FOCUSING THEIR SEARCH FOR A MALE PASSENGER WHO WAS WED TO THE SECOND PASSENGER *

PERMANENT REPLACEMENT FOR THE PORTION OF THE I-5 BRIDGE IN WA THAT COLLAPSED INTO THE SKAGIT RIVER LAST WK IS SLATED TO BE IN PLACE BY FALL, WA GOV JAY INSLEE (D) ANNOUNCES *

PLANNERS ARE INSTALLING A PAIR OF TEMPORARY STEEL BRIDGES TO COVER THE COLLAPSED SECTION UNTIL THE PERMANENT STRUCTURE IS INSTALLED *

FED GOVT IS EXPECTED TO COVER 90% OF BOTH THE INTERIM FIX AND THE PERMANENT REPLACEMENT *

AN OVERSIZED TRUCK HIT AN OVERHEAD SPAN THURS, SENDING THE TRUCK AND TWO OTHER VEHICLES INTO THE WATER *

SEARCH CONTINUES FOR A TEEN BOY BELIEVED TO HAVE BEEN SWEPT AWAY DURING FLOODING THAT PROMPTED HUNDREDS OF HIGH-WATER RESCUES IN THE SAN ANTONIO AREA SAT *

18-YR-OLD AVRON ADAMS WAS SWEPT UP IN A CREEK IN SCHERTZ, ABOUT 20 MILES NORTHEAST OF THE CITY *

TWO WOMEN DIED SAT AFTER BEING SWEPT AWAY BY FLOODWATERS *

SAN ANTONIO AIRPORT RECORDED NEARLY 10 INCHES OF RAIN, THE SECOND-HIGHEST IN CITY HISTORY *

NATL WEATHER SERVICE ISSUED MORE FLOOD WARNINGS FOR SUN EVENING *

SOME SYRIAN OPPOSITION LDRS PUSHING FOR PRES BASHAR ASSAD'S OUSTER AS THE MAIN TALKING POINT IN PLANNED PEACE TALKS *

REBELS ARE REPORTEDLY SPLIT ON WHETHER TO ATTEND AN INTL CONFERENCE AIMED AT ENDING THE COUNTRY'S CIVIL WAR *

SYRIA'S FOREIGN MIN CONFIRMED SUN THAT THE ASSAD REGIME IS WILLING TO PARTICIPATE *

MORE THAN 70,000 PEOPLE HAVE BEEN KILLED AND MILLIONS DISPLACED SINCE THE UPRISING AGAINST ASSAD ERUPTED IN MARCH 2011 *

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