The father of Aimee Copeland, a young Georgia woman fighting a flesh-eating bacteria, says she is now breathing on her own.

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Georgia woman with flesh-eating disease breathing again

Dharun Ravi will be sentenced this morning in the case of using a webcam to show his former Rutgers roommate Tyler Clementi, kiss another ma …

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Ex-Rutgers student to be sentenced in webcam spy case

Good morning from The Oval, on a day when President Obama wraps up the NATO summit and delivers a high school commencement address.

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Obama’s day: Wrapping up the NATO summit

Less than 7% of the money Mitt Romney raised for his campaign in April came from people who had donated to one or more of his rivals.

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Analysis: Ex-rivals’ donors didn’t flock to Romney in April

A French prosecutor opened a preliminary investigation into allegations of rape in a Washington hotel by ex-IMF chief Dominique Strauss-Kahn …

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Dominique Strauss-Kahn faces new rape investigation

Three climbers returning from the summit of Mount Everest have died and two more are missing.

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3 climbers die on Mount Everest, 2 still missing

A Yemeni official says a suicide bomber blew himself up during a military parade rehearsal.

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Suicide bomber kills scores in Yemen

Christian groups in the Philippines plan to protest Lady Gaga’s performances there Monday and Tuesday, just after Muslim protests have cast doubt whether she will be allowed to perform in Indonesia.

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Lady Gaga’s Manila concerts face protests

A prison guard was killed Sunday during a riot at a privately run facility in Mississippi.

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Miss. prison riot leaves guard dead, 8 hurt

The disease jumped from 9% of the adolescent population in 2000 to 23% in 2008 in what could be a grim sign for the future.

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Youth diabetes, pre-diabetes rates soar

A controversial Tyrannosaur sold for $1,052,500 in New York, despite a Texas judge’s order halting its auction.

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Sold! $1,052,500 for Tyrannosaur and lawsuit

A USA TODAY analysis sorts Americans into five groups with distinctive attitudes toward the economy and the 2012 presidential campaign.

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5 groups, 5 views of what ‘the economy’ means in 2012 race

A U.S. senator is calling on Ohio’s top environmental regulator to answer questions about lead contamination around former factory sites.

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Senator asks Ohio EPA for answers on lead contamination

The U.S. has agreed to sell unarmed surveillance drones to Iraq’s navy as part of an effort to help protect that nation’s oil exports.

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Iraq buys U.S. drones to protect oil

Perjury and faulty eyewitness identification are key culprits in miscarriages of justice, university researchers find.

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Wrongful convictions shine spotlight on judicial system

People have been injured or killed in car surfing, a thrill-seeking activity in which people ride on the exterior of a vehicle.

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Teens at high risk in car surfing

Tropical Storm Alberto swirled off the South Carolina coast Sunday.

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Tropical Storm Alberto weakens off S.C. coast

Strong police presence on hand to maintain control as thousands protest two-day NATO summit meeting in Chicago.

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Anti-NATO, war protesters rally in Chicago

A prosecutor has charged three men in the assault and carjacking of Detroit pastor who delivered Whitney Houston’s eulogy.

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Three charged with carjacking gospel singing icon

Two additional suspects face charges in connection with an alleged terror plot in Chicago as world leaders meet at a NATO summit there today.

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New charges in foiled plot as NATO meets

Susan Gubar, 67, is author of the new book Memoir of a Debulked Woman: Enduring Ovarian Cancer.

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Professor writes about painful effects of ovarian cancer

Obama campaign strategist David Axelrod says that the president won’t consider raising questions about Mitt Romney’s Mormonism.

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Axelrod: Romney’s religion off-limits

Police say five people were killed when a small sports plane crashed in Bosnia’s northwest.

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Police: 5 dead after plane crashes in Bosnia

A son says the former Libyan intelligence officer who was the only person ever convicted in the 1988 Lockerbie bombing has died.

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Libyan convicted in Lockerbie bombing dead

Ahead of the start of today’s summit, Mitt Romney blasts President Obama for a lack of American leadership in NATO.

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Romney: Obama is undermining NATO