House committee votes to require women to register for draft and other top stories.

• House committee votes to require women to register for draft

  House committee votes to require women to register for draft Richard Lardner, Associated Press April 28, 2016 Updated: April 30, 2016 8:40pm Photo: SPC. NIKAYLA SHODEEN, HO In a handout photo provided by the U.S. Army, Capt. Kristen Griest, center, participates in combatives training during the Ranger Course ..

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• John Kasich holds court in downtown San Jose

  

  By Patrick MaySAN JOSE -- With his campaign teetering at the precipice of irrelevance, GOP presidential hopeful John Kasich held a town hall meeting Saturday morning at the Tech Museum of Innovation, oozing folksiness, painting front-runner Donald Trump as a buffoon, and insisting that when the dust settles in this fall's general election, he'll be the one on top."How do I win?" he asked the overflow crowd of about 300. "We'll, I won't win the primaries, but once we get to an open convention, I ..

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• Families Cling to Hope That iPhone Holds Clues to Florida Teens Lost at Sea

  

  An iPhone found stashed inside a compartment of the boat shared by two teenagers who vanished off the Florida coast last summer could hold clues in a confounding mystery: How did the boys — both skilled boaters — disappear at sea? Data-recovery experts say that while salvaging data from the barnacle-encrusted iPhone 6 — which apparently spent an extended period submerged in saltwater — isn't impossible, the circumstances suggest extracting any information is a long shot. The parents of the..

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• Friend of accused Charleston massacre shooter pleads guilty

  

  CHARLESTON, S.C., April 30 (UPI) -- Joey Meek, a friend of accused Charleston church shooter Dylan Roof, pleaded guilty to lying to federal officials and failing to warn authorities about the massacre that left nine black parishioners at Emanuel AME Church dead. Meek, 21, entered a guilty plea in U.S. District Court on Friday in hopes of lessening his potential eight-year prison sentence by cooperating with police in their investigation of Roof. On Friday, Meek said Roof told him that he had a ..

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• How Maine's members of Congress voted

  

  WASHINGTON — In addition to roll call votes last week, the Senate also passed the National Bison Legacy Act (H.R. 2908), to adopt the bison as the national mammal of the U.S.; passed the Afghanistan Accountability Act (S. 1875), to support enhanced accountability for U.S. assistance to Afghanistan; and passed the Native American Tourism and Improving Visitor Experience Act (S. 1579), to enhance and integrate Native American tourism and empower Native American communities. The House also passed ..

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• First Lady Michelle Obama Glistens in Gold at Final White House Correspondents' Dinner

  

  First Lady Michelle Obama Glistens in Gold at Final White House Correspondents' Dinner by Samantha Schnurr | NICHOLAS KAMM/AFP/Getty Images As America's most stylish political leader, First Lady Michelle Obama has truly outshined herself at her final White House Correspondents' Dinner. Donning a shimmering champagne-colored gown with an attached overlay embellished with crystals, the 52-year-old political figure was the epitome of classic style and grace. To comple..

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• GOP race shifts California's political fault lines

  

  BURLINGAME, Calif. — The Republican Party in California has been riven for decades between those who want to tack to the ideological center to expand its diminishing appeal and those who want it to enforce conservative purity. But the prospect of Donald Trump clinching the nomination in the Golden State has scrambled the party’s political fault lines in advance of its pivotal June primary, forging unexpected alliances that blur those longstanding divisions. Tea party favorite Ted Cruz was endor..

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• Hundreds Of Pounds Of Drugs Taken Back On 'Drug Take Back Day'

  

  By Melissa Garcia GLENDALE, Colo. (CBS4) – Law enforcement officers across the Denver metro area collected hundreds of pounds of prescription drugs on Drug Take Back Day. The day is a nationwide effort to protect children, reduce drug abuse, and keep tap water safe. Hundreds of people across the city cleaned out their medicine cabinets and brought their drugs to the police station. Glendale Police Department volunteers collected 351 pounds of expired, unused, or unwanted prescription drugs in t..

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• Storms Threatens Southeast With Floods As Death Toll Rises in Texas Floods

  

  A sixth person died in flooding brought on by heavy rains that pounded the Texas town of Palestine, officials said Saturday. Giovanni Olivas, 30, was found at around 5:30 p.m, Anderson County Sheriff Greg Taylor said. He was swept under by floodwaters after more than 7 inches of rain fell in an hour, officials said. Earlier Saturday, a grand-mother and her four grand-children died in flooding. Great-grandmother Lenda Asberry, 64, and her great-grandchildren Jamonicka Johnson, 6; Von Anth..

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