| McConnell: ‘There is a culture of intimidation throughout the administration’ |
 Republican Senators Rand Paul, Mitch McConnell and Rob Portman continued Sunday to press the Obama administration on the Internal Revenue Service scandal that's engulfed the White House.
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| Obama delivers historic Morehouse commencement |
 President Obama took a break from the trifecta of controversies—IRS, Benghazi, Department of Justice—swirling around the White House on Sunday to deliver the commencement at Morehouse College, the historically black, all-male institution in Atlanta.
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| Small Fla. city wonders who won $590.5 million Powerball jackpot |
 Some lucky person walked into a Publix supermarket in suburban Florida over the past few days and bought a ticket now worth an estimated $590.5 million — the highest Powerball jackpot in history.
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| Republicans informed of IRS investigation last year |
 Much has been made of the fact that senior Treasury Department officials were told about the investigation into the treatment of tea party groups in June 2012 — months before last year’s the Presidential election.
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| The good news – and the bad news – for Obama in scandal-tinged polls |
 Given the battering President Obama took this past week on a trio of political scandals, any public opinion survey results that aren’t dreadful probably are viewed with some relief at the White House.
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| Horrible commutes ahead: Conn. train outage expected for days |
 Commuters are bracing for a difficult trip around southwest Connecticut and to New York City beginning Monday as workers repair the Metro-North commuter rail line crippled by a derailment and crash.
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| Hofstra graduates honor student killed by police |
 Students at Hofstra University wore white ribbons at their graduation ceremony to honor a fellow student who was accidentally killed by a police officer tackling an armed intruder.
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| Charlotte remembers historic1963 desegregation 'eat-in' |
 In the spring of 1963, a prominent civil rights leader led dozens of protesters on a four-mile march from a predominantly African-American college campus to the center of Charlotte's downtown.
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| Tea party looks to take advantage of moment |
 Is the tea party getting its groove back? Shouts of vindication from around the country suggest the movement's leaders certainly think so. They say the IRS acknowledgement that it had targeted their groups ...
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| Syrian army, Hezbollah attack rebels in border town: opposition |
 Syrian troops supported by Hezbollah militants launched an offensive to retake a major town near Lebanon from rebels on Sunday, the heaviest fighting yet involving Lebanese armed group, opposition activists said.
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| Report: Yahoo's board approves $1.1 billion Tumblr acquisition |
 Yahoo Inc's board has approved a deal to buy blogging and social networking site Tumblr for $1.1 billion in cash, the Wall Street Journal cited people familiar with the matter as saying on Sunday.
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| North Korea fires projectile into eastern waters |
 South Korea says North Korea has fired a projectile into waters off its eastern coast a day after launching three short-range missiles in the same area.
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