Don’t worry about having to change your tax policies too much, Tim Cook—you’re not a Tea Party group seeking tax exemptions. Apple CEO Tim Cook insisted in his testimony before the Senate Permanent Subcommittee Investigations that his company does not avoid paying billions of dollars in U.S. taxes by building tax havens overseas. “We pay all the taxes we owe—every single dollar,” Cook said. “We don’t depend on tax gimmicks.” Cook said he advocates a change to the tax code, and he made sure to note that Apple is the nation’s largest corporate taxpayer. Might want to stay away from that one—the other corporate taxpayers are not exactly what you want to aspire to.

A day after the tornado that devastated Moore, Oklahoma, was classified as an EF4, the National Weather Service upgraded its status to a scale-topping EF5, which the tornado achieved with winds over 200 miles per hour. The Weather Service said the storm's path was 17 miles long and 1.3 miles wide. Of 1,000 tornadoes to hit the U.S. each year, only about one achieves EF5 status. As the storm's power rose on the scales, its human toll was lowered: after having reported as many as 91 dead Monday night, officials revised the death count to 24. 

The U.S. government doesn’t have to release more than 50 photos taken of Osama bin Laden after his death, following a decision by the U.S. Court of Appeals. The three-member panel ruled unanimously that the photos were properly classified as top secret, essentially agreeing with the Obama administration that the images were too inflammatory to release. Judicial Watch, a conservative nonprofit, filed a Freedom of Information Act request for the photos and video associated with the May 2011 raid. The CIA used the images, some of which were taken at bin Laden’s Abbottabad compound in Pakistan, for facial-recognition analysis to confirm it was bin Laden.

There’s a reason Jamie Dimon is the nation’s most powerful banker: he’s ruthless. The chairman of JPMorgan Chase and his shareholders successfully killed an investors’ proposal to strip him of his title and split the job between two people, sources said Tuesday. While the final tally of the vote has yet to be released, several shareholders who have seen the total confirmed that Dimon did in fact defeat the campaign. It’s not the first time investor groups have tried to oust the silver-haired chief executive officer. A similar proposal was brought to the table in 2011, but failed to pass, garnering only 40 percent of the vote.

Right-wing historian Dominique Venner shocked visitors Tuesday when he shot himself in the head at the Notre Dame Cathedral in Paris. In a blog posted before his suicide, Venner denounced France's new law legalizing gay marriage and warned that his country was "falling into the power of Islamists." He said "new, spectacular, and symbolic gestures" would be needed to "reawaken" France's racial and cultural origins. Venner fought in France's colonial war in Algeria in the 1960s and was a member of the Organisation de l’Armée Secrète (OAS), a far-right terror group that attempted to overthrow the French government and assassinate President Charles de Gaulle after he agreed to give Algeria independence. Later in life Venner devoted himself to a career as a historian, winning a few prestigious prizes for his books. Members of the French far right, including Front National leader Marine Le Pen, praised Venner's suicide as "eminently political" and "Promethean."

Ignorance really is bliss. Douglas Shulman, the man in charge of the IRS when it was targeting the Tea Party and conservative groups, says that he didn’t know anything about what was going on. Shulman, who left in November, found out about the scandal like everyone else did—in the news. The testimony at the congressional hearing was the ex-chief’s first comment on the matter. "I agree this is an issue that when someone spotted it, they should have brought it up the chain,” he said. “And they didn't. I don't know why."

Arizona’s abortion law is unconstitutional, according to a federal appeals court. About a year ago, the state banned abortions after 20 weeks of pregnancy except in medical emergencies. But a circuit court now ruled that the government has no right to ban an abortion before a fetus “is viable.” The judge said the state “may not proscribe a woman from electing abortion, nor may it impose an undue burden on her choice through regulation.” Time will tell what this ruling means—particularly in other states with tough abortion restrictions such as North Dakota, which has banned abortions after six weeks of pregnancy.

New York–area fans already have a bunch of sports franchises to root for, but soon they'll have another professional team to get behind. In 2015 the Big Apple will add a Major League Soccer squad to the roster. The New York City Football Club will be a joint venture between Manchester City, which is fronting about $100 million for the expansion team, and the Yankees, which will own about 25 percent of the squad. The team is still looking for a home and will likely play its first season at Yankee Stadium. Manchester officials are hoping to build an arena in Flushing Meadows in Queens.

After misidentifying a potential suspect in the Boston Marathon bombing, Reddit is on the road to redemption. The social news website has created a “subreddit” to help relocate missing pets in Moore, Oklahoma, in the wake of yesterday’s devastating tornado. “Found older chihuahua near plaza towers elementary!” one post reads. “Please let me know if you recognize this sweet guy!” Other pictures and descriptions of both lost and found animals are pouring into the site. Nothing warms people’s hearts quite like the discovery of lost pets. To wit: the elderly woman who found her dog buried alive in the rubble. “God answered not one of my prayers, but both,” she said through tears on CBS News.  

Looks like Judd Apatow has gotten too used to dancing on his own. While accepting a Peabody Award at the Waldorf Astoria on Monday, the Girls executive producer admitted that he'd forgotten Lena Dunham’s 27th birthday. “I found out from [my daughter] Maude, who saw it on Entertainment Tonight,” he confessed to reporters. Apatow blamed his mistake on the fact that he wasn’t invited to a party. “Maybe there was a party, and I didn’t get to go?” he joked. The 45-year-old is currently working with Dunham on Season 3 of Girls, which won a Golden Globe this year for best comedy or musical TV series.

Has Apple been gaming the tax system? A bipartisan Senate panel filed a report Monday claiming the company avoided paying U.S. taxes on $44 billion in offshore, taxable income between 2009 and 2012. The report claims Apple has used offshore subsidiaries to cut some of its tax rates to .05 percent, one of which reportedly netted $30 billion from 2009 to 2012 but paid no income taxes to the U.S. or any other government. Another affiliate reportedly received $74 billion in sales income for four years but paid taxes “on only a tiny fraction of that income,” the report reads. Apple said it paid $6 billion in federal corporate income taxes during its 2012 fiscal year and expects to pay $7 billion in 2013, which would make it “likely the largest corporate income tax payer in the U.S.” CEO Tim Cook will testify in tomorrow’s hearing.  

Before he created Tumblr—a micro-blogging platform acquired by Yahoo for $1.1 billion—David Karp was a high-school dropout. Bored with his classes at Bronx High School of Science, the bright teenager decided to opt for homeschooling. His mom, Barbara Ackerman, says it was the best decision he ever made. “It became very clear that David needed the space to live his passion. Which was computers,” Ackerman says. Now 26, with neither a high-school diploma or a college degree, Karp is a newly made billionaire. Currently living with his girlfriend in a $1.6 million loft in Brooklyn, the tall, slight brunet still entertains the thought of going to college one day. “At least I should be able to afford it,” he quips.

Keyboardist and founding member of the Doors Ray Manzarek died Monday night—at the age of 74— after losing a battle with bile-duct cancer. Manzarek founded the band after meeting Jim Morrison, whose writing he admired, at UCLA in 1967. Largely influenced by jazz phenomenon John Coltrane, Manzarek is also responsible for the song that became the Doors’ anthem: “Light My Fire.” Speaking through a spokeswoman Monday, the band’s drummer John Densmore captured both Manzarek’s skill and mission. "There was no keyboard player on the planet more appropriate to support Jim Morrison's words," he said.

President Obama delivered a solemn message of condolence to the people of Oklahoma, assuring that the country will do all it can to help the continuing search for survivors of Monday's deadly tornadoes. “Our focus as a nation is on the urgent work of rescue and rebuilding that lies ahead,” he said from the White House. The president has been in touch with Gov. Mary Fallin to assure her that Oklahoma will get everything it needs. FEMA’s director is on his way to the state, where his first responders have been since Sunday. “We still don’t know the human and economic losses that may have occurred,” Obama said, pointing out that Oklahomans are better prepared for this type of storm than most.

According to a new study by the medical journal Pediatrics, men who were diagnosed with Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder in elementary school are more likely to be obese as adults. The study followed 207 boys, ages 6 to 12, who had been diagnosed with ADHD into adulthood. Scientists then compared that data with a different set of 178 boys, all without ADHD. The results showed the boys with ADHD were twice as likely to be obese by middle age. Some researchers theorize that medicines used to treat the disease, such as Ritalin and Adderall, suppress the boys’ appetites and stunt growth. Others suggest there are “biological underpinnings” of both obesity and ADHD.

A 21-year-old student from the University of Rhode Island went missing this week on his way home to Skippack Township, Pa.—where he planned to spend his summer vacation with his family. Matthew Royer was reportedly last seen on campus May 16, the day he left. He sent a text message to his mom before leaving telling her that he had overslept. According to surveillance footage found on his route, he stopped for gas twice on the way. The college junior was planning to work at a golf course near his home. When he didn’t show, his parents called the police.

Despite the 7 percent budget cuts imposed on the National Weather Service—a result of the sequester—the agency says it was still able to provide “ample warning” to residents of Oklahoma. In a statement from the group's parent agency, the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, officials said that the NWS issued tornado warnings 16 minutes before the storm hit. Just one month ago on its website, the service assured the nation that its diminished staff would not hinder its ability to provide the public with “life- and property-saving forecasts, watches, and warnings.”

As the nation watches the town of Moore, Okla., desperately search for survivors, meteorologists warn that the severe weather may not be over. Officials say that 9.5 million people—from Texas to Arkansas—remain under the threat of potentially catastrophic tornadoes. In an announcement Tuesday morning, Weather Channel meteorologist Kevin Roth delivered a warning to residents of central/east Texas and central Arkansas, where the storm is heading. “Another day of large and devastating tornadoes is possible,” he said. By Tuesday morning, thunderstorms were already wreaking havoc in Arkansas, with winds up to 60 miles per hour.

An FBI official shed additional light Monday night on the deaths of two FBI agents who were killed while training Friday. The spokeswoman says Christopher Lorek and Stephen Shaw fell to their death during a counterterrorism exercise, when the helicopter from which they were “fast-roping” ran into difficulty, dropping them a “significant distance” from the ship below. A formal cause of death for the two will likely not be announced for weeks. The two men were members of the bureau’s elite rescue team—the same one that saved the 5-year-old boy who was trapped for days inside an Alabama bunker. "They're really the best of the best as far as civilians,” said Clint Van Zandt, a former FBI hostage negotiator.

While reliving the moment a tornado ripped through her neighborhood in Moore, Oklahoma, Barbara Garcia made a heartwarming discovery—her dog, alive, buried in the rubble. The elderly woman wept with joy as she reached down to free her dog from the wreckage of her home, which was leveled by the F4 tornado that ripped through her town Monday night. “God answered not one of my prayers, but both,” Garcia said tearfully. At least 91 are feared dead as rescuers continue the search for survivors.

One of the head military physicians at the Guantánamo Bay detention center is denying claims that the force-feeding of prisoners—who have been on a hunger strike since February—is unethical. “It's very easy for folks outside of this place to make policies and decisions they think they would implement," the doctor told Al Jazeera. “When faced with people who are to the point of needing medical intervention to protect their life … suddenly it's not a very abstract decision.” The practice, which consists of threading a tube through the prisoner’s nose and injecting supplements into their stomach, was condemned by the American Medical Association in April.

A spokeswoman for the Oklahoma City medical examiner has confirmed 24 deaths, including nine children, relating to the tornado that ripped through the suburb of Moore on Monday, lowering earlier assessments. The office had reported as many as 91 deaths earlier, but the spokeswoman said that bodies had been counted twice in the chaos of the storm's aftermath. Area hospitals report at least 240 injured. Experts have classified the storm, which decimated several neighborhoods and two elementary schools, as an F4 (out of 5) on the Enhanced Fujita scale.

If you can’t beat ’em, join them. One day after Eva Longoria accidentally flashed photographers sans underwear at the Cannes Film Festival, the actress made light of the flub with a picture on Twitter. “Here’s my dress for tonight! No wardrobe malfunctions tonight!!!” she wrote Sunday, including a picture of her donning a very-sheer black dress—underwear included. It’s not the first time the Desperate Housewives’ Gabrielle Solis has shown too much skin, accidentally flashing her nipple at last year’s Oscars.