The National News

WASHINGTON , May 24, 2013 - The sound of thousands of motorcycles on Memorial Day in Washington DC can mean only one thing; it's time for Rolling Thunder.

Hilton Head Island resident Major Short was recently inducted into The National Four-String Banjo Hall of Fame.

"American Idol" season 12 champion Candice Glover will pay tribute to fallen servicemen and women at this year's National Memorial Day Concert in Washington, D.C. In her first major gig since her "Idol" win, Candice will perform the National Anthem at the U.S. Capitol, something which has long been a goal of the singer's. In addition to airing live ... (more)

During a hurricane, storm surge is one of the greatest threats to life and land, yet many people don't understand the dire warnings from forecasters to get out of its way.

Marc Austin, a forecaster meteorologist, monitors radar and issues warnings at the National Weather Center in Norman, Okla., on Thursday.

A strong cold front will slowly approach the region into early Friday, bringing additional showers and thunderstorms into this evening, some of which could be strong with gusty winds and heavy downpours.

Jack's Boathouse is dead and gone , and its protracted battle with the National Park Service is now water under the Key Bridge.

U.S. President Barack Obama speaks at the National Defense University May 23, 2013 in Washington, DC.

The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, or NOAA, is predicting a hyperactive hurricane season with between 7 and 11 hurricanes with 3-6 severe storms.

Hurricane season officially begins June 1, and the early forecast predicts an "above normal, and possibly an extremely active" hurricane season, said Kathryn Sullivan, the acting administrator of the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration.

28, 2005 file photo shows a National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration infrared satellite image of Hurricane Katrina in the Gulf of Mexico.

Federal forecasters are predicting yet another busy hurricane season. Thursday's outlook calls for 13 to 20 named storms, 7 to 11 that strengthen into hurricanes and 3 to 6 that become major hurricanes.

Last night, a night after they served as musical guests on Letterman , the National returned to TV, bringing their debonair and sophisticated gloom-rock to The Colbert Report .

Memorial Day 2013-the unofficial kick-off for summer-is Monday, May 27, but concerts, fireworks and other events last all of Memorial Day weekend throughout DC and Northern Virginia.

The charred skeleton of a single-engine plane is seen at the scene of a fatal plane crash at the Aztec Airport on Saturday, May 18, 2013.

We continue where we left off last in episode #640, with a radio adaptation of the remainder of the most recent of Scott Noble's 2012 film, The Power Principle.

We devote the whole show to the first part of a radio adaptation of the 2012 Metanoia film, The Power Principle.

The National Weather Service in Albany has completed a storm survey in Columbia, Dutchess, Litchfield, and Berkshire counties on Wednesday after a reported tornado on Tuesday afternoon in Copake, New York.

A tornado touched down in the same area in 1999. The National Weather Service released a graphic showing the paths of the two storms.

Oklahoma City Mayor Mick Cornett says 12,000 to 13,000 homes were affected by the tornado that tore through a city suburb.