http://www.keprtv.com/news/national RSS Feed for KEPR - News - National & World en-us Tue, 21 May 2013 19:09:19 GMT http://www.keprtv.com/news/national/Court-says-government-can-keep-bin-Laden-photos-under-wraps-208308121.html A federal appeals court is backing the U.S. government's decision not to release photos and video taken of Osama bin Laden during and after a raid in which the terrorist leader was killed by U.S. commandos. http://www.keprtv.com/news/national/Boyfriend-killer-tells-jury-what-shell-do-if-allowed-to-live-208354901.html Jodi Arias told a jury Tuesday that she can contribute to society if allowed to live, saying she'd like to start literacy, recycling and other programs in prison. http://www.keprtv.com/news/national/Foster-mom-faces-100-days-in-prison-for-spoon-spanking-208308461.html Jami Littlefield, 51, of Griswold, pleaded guilty Monday in Superior Court in Norwich to third-degree assault. She told authorities she paddled the girl in January because she was acting out, according to an arrest warrant affidavit. http://www.keprtv.com/news/national/FBI-Agents-fell-to-deaths-during-helicopter-training-208313091.html Two FBI agents who died while training off the Virginia Beach coast fell to their deaths when a helicopter had trouble during a "maritime counterterrorism exercise," an agency spokeswoman said Monday night. http://www.keprtv.com/news/national/Mexican-town-under-siege-by-drug-cartel-cheers-arrival-of-soldiers-208312351.html Residents of a western Mexico area who endured months besieged by a drug cartel cheered the arrival of hundreds of Mexican soldiers Monday. http://www.keprtv.com/news/national/Crews-dig-through-night-after-deadly-Okla-twister-208297941.html Emergency crews searched the broken remnants of an Oklahoma City suburb Tuesday for survivors of a massive tornado that flattened homes and demolished an elementary school. At least 24 people were killed. http://www.keprtv.com/news/national/Angry-mob-pelts-man-thought-to-be-sex-attacker-208189751.html Residents angry that police had not warned them about sex assaults of children took matters into their own hands, chasing down a man they thought was the attacker, pelting him with rocks and leaving him with a bloody face in Colorado, authorities said Monday. http://www.keprtv.com/news/national/FBI-agents-killed-in-training-were-from-elite-hostage-rescue-team-208206061.html It will likely be weeks before a cause of death is determined Special Agents Christopher Lorek and Stephen Shaw because the state medical examiner's regional office is waiting for toxicology results. The FBI has declined to say what kind of training the men were doing when they were killed Friday. http://www.keprtv.com/news/national/Lew-taps-government-retiree-pension-fund-to-avert-default-208266421.html Treasury Secretary Jacob Lew said late Monday he will begin tapping into two government employee retirement funds to buy more time before the U.S. Treasury is faced with the prospect of defaulting on the national debt. http://www.keprtv.com/news/national/Former-IRS-commissioner-heads-to-Hill-amid-scandal-208266371.html Lawmakers are getting their first chance to question the former head of the Internal Revenue Service, the man who ran the agency when agents were improperly targeting tea party groups.