Alfred P. Murrah Federal Building

Chaos after tornado led to double reporting in death toll

2013-05-21 13:02:00

After night fell in Oklahoma, amid the chaos in the hours after a devastating tornado left a 20-mile path of destruction, the death toll stood at 51, and officials believed it would only increase. But by Tuesday morning officials and locals found...

Three friends of Boston bombing suspect charged

2013-05-01 19:48:00

WASHINGTON — Shortly after the FBI released photos of two Boston bombing suspects on April 18, several college friends texted Dzhokhar Tsarnaev on their cellphones. One said Tsarnaev looked like suspect No. 2, who wore a white cap backward over...

Boston attack a reminder for man who arrested Timothy McVeigh

2013-04-17 06:00:00

Charlie Hanger, the man who arrested Oklahoma City bomber Timothy McVeigh, had already planned to speak to middle school students Friday on the 18th anniversary of the bombing. Now he anticipates questions from the young people about Monday's deadly...

Boston bombings: Muslims fear another 'hysteria'

2013-04-16 07:47:00

We will know soon enough who unleashed Monday’s grotesque violence on Boston. But it is fair to say that many Muslims who heard that explosions had marred the end of the Boston Marathon had a simple, poignant thought: Please don’t let it be...

Civil rights group warns of rising danger from extreme right

2013-03-05 14:45:00

Efforts to limit gun violence and to bring about immigration reform have led to a growing backlash from the extreme right, including the so-called patriot and militia groups, a civil-rights group said Tuesday. In its latest report, the Southern Poverty...

UCI professor searched for explosives, weapons online, D.A. says

2012-08-08 17:54:09

Seditious revolutionaries or all talk? Michigan jury will decide

2012-02-13 16:38:59

Luc Tuymans: Don't take his images at face value

2010-03-14 00:00:00

Last year, when President and Mrs. Obama were selecting art for temporary White House display, I felt a twinge of regret that they were limited to work by American artists. At least two pictures by 51-year-old Belgian painter Luc Tuymans would offer a lot...

Letting the Anger Seep Out

2001-12-03 00:00:00

The wide eyes and swollen features, the twitching around the mouth: Anger may be the most frightening of our elemental emotions. Yet many Americans have felt it deeply since Sept. 11 and say the sensation has intruded on their thoughts, affected their...

Tape Stirs Widespread Doubt in Already Skeptical Arab World

2001-12-14 00:00:00

The videotape billed as proof of Osama bin Laden's responsibility for the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks was still playing when the Arab satellite news station Al Jazeera broadcast a telephone interview: "This tape is fabricated evidence," declared Hani...

Art Callaham: No petition necessary to see death-penalty reality

2013-06-16 00:00:00

Well, (that’s how Ronald Reagan opened a lot of his remarks) I’m no Ronald Reagan but I’m interested in what’s going on in our nation and in particular our state.� First, let me clearly say I’m no fan of Del. Neil Parrott....

Memorial a testament to Oklahoma's resolve

2013-05-28 17:00:00

OKLAHOMA CITY — The office clock displayed in the Oklahoma City National Memorial & Museum is frozen at 9:02 and 37 seconds. It marks a passage in history, the day Oklahoma City — and the whole country — changed forever. At that moment...

Investigators examine the wreckage of the Alfred P. Murrah Federal Building in 1995.

2013-04-16 22:57:00

Rescue workers stand in front of the Alfred P. Murrah Federal Building following an explosion in downtown Oklahoma City.

1995-04-19 00:00:00

Rescue workers stand before the devastated Alfred P. Murrah Federal Building on April 19, 1995,following the deadly explosion in downtown Oklahoma City. The terrorist bomb blast that day killed 168 people including 19 children under the age of 6.

1995-04-18 00:00:00