DENVER (Reuters) – Colorado Governor John Hickenlooper granted a reprieve on Wednesday to the state’s longest-serving death row inmate, ordering his execution blocked indefinitely in a move that infuriated prosecutors and victims’ families.

MOORE, Oklahoma (Reuters) – Rescue workers with sniffer dogs picked through the ruins of an Oklahoma town on Wednesday to ensure no survivors remained buried after a deadly tornado left thousands homeless and trying to salvage what was left of their belongings.

ORLANDO, Fla./WASHINGTON (Reuters) – An FBI agent shot and killed a Florida man who turned violent while being questioned about the Boston Marathon bombings early on Wednesday, the bureau said.

LOS ANGELES (Reuters) – Los Angeles Councilman Eric Garcetti has been elected mayor of the United States’ second-largest city after defeating his rival by a margin of 8 points, according to preliminary results.

CHICAGO (Reuters) – The Chicago Board of Education is due to vote on Wednesday on a controversial proposal to close 54 schools in the country’s third-largest public school district in what would be the largest mass school closing in the nation.

May 22 (NEW YORK) – More Americans will take to the road over the Memorial Day holiday weekend this year than in 2012, but overall travel is expected to decline slightly, as high airfares ground would-be flyers, travel group AAA said on Wednesday.