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The wreckage of homes litters a playground next to a neighborhood destroyed Monday when a tornado moved through Moore, Okla.

Midday Roundup: Search and rescue efforts end, cleanup begins in Oklahoma

Newsworthy | The cleanup begins. Oklahoma officials say they do not expect to find any more bodies or survivors buried in the rubble left by Monday’s deadly EF5 tornado, which pulverized a mile-wide path through the Oklahoma…

Jimmy Hodges helps Chad Heltcel and his wife Cassidi salvage the wreckage of their family home.

Storm troopers

Disaster relief |  Local churches and other Christian organizations help lead efforts to respond to Oklahoma’s deadly twisters

Rescue workers dig through the rubble of a collapsed wall at the Plaza Tower Elementary School to free trapped students in Moore, Okla.

Search and rescue efforts continue in Oklahoma

Disaster |  UPDATE (10:25 a.m.): Officials now say 24 people are confirmed dead after Monday's massive twister. Seven of those are children. The medical examiner blamed…

Gary Pruitt, the president and CEO of the Associated Press, discusses the leak investigation.

Midday Roundup: Fox News reporter targeted by Justice Department leak probe

Newsworthy |  Another target. The Washington Post reported this morning that the Justice Department targeted another journalist in response to fears about a possible…

A crucifix hangs from a tree at the site of the second Boston Marathon bombing, one month after the bombing in Boston, Wednesday, May 15, 2013.

Midday Roundup: Boston bombs ‘payback’ for Americans killing Muslims

Newsworthy |  Payback. Suspected Boston bomber Dzhokhar Tsarnaev left a message for authorities in the boat where he thought he would spend his last hours on earth: He and…

This handout photo provided by the FSB shows wigs and spying gadgets carried by a man claimed by the FSB to be Ryan Fogle, a third secretary at the U.S. Embassy in Moscow, when he was detained.

Midday Roundup: James Bond would not be impressed

Newsworthy |  More spy games. Russian officials claim they are surprised by the “crude and clumsy recruitment” methods an alleged CIA agent used to attempt to persuade…

AFTERMATH: People pass a destroyed beach house in the Rockaways in New York City.
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Trying to forget Sandy

Superstorm Sandy |  Businesses rebound, homeowners struggle, and churches prove themselves as the recovery from last year’s superstorm wobbles forward

A snow-covered street in Boston's South End neighborhood Saturday.

Learning from Mormons

Disasters |  The Northeast blizzard has left hundreds of thousands without power and left me pondering a letter from Ted Smethers of Arkansas: “I have been reading WORLD…

The Illinois state capitol building in Springfield.

Signs and Wonders: Illinois downgraded, Senate business, Hurricane history, school choice

Newsworthy |  The Illini in the coalmine. Illinois could be tasting what others states might have to swallow soon. On Friday, ratings agency Standard & Poor’s…

 “A REGULAR DISASTER”: A cow walks on a dried-up pond in a drought-ravaged pasture near Eads, Colo.
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Dry counties

Weather |  Crops and cattle hang in the balance as drought in the Great Plains extends into winter

A snowboarder near the Sacre Coeur Basilica in Paris Sunday.

Globe Trot: Snow in Europe, French fashion, standoff in Algeria, Mali, ethnic cleansing in Sudan

International |  In Washington it’s Inauguration Day. In Paris and other European capitals, it’s a snow day. Big headaches for European travelers but a fond view for those…

Farm worker Javier Hernandez harvesting oranges in a grove to get ahead of the expected hard freeze.

California citrus farmers battle record cold

Weather |  Californians used to wearing short sleeves and flip flops through the winter months struggled to adapt this week to record cold that threatens to upset more…

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