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The elusive wind blows where it wishes

The elusive wind blows where it wishes

Faith & Inspiration | It’s Wednesday morning and a bright sunny day again, like yesterday. I hear the lawnmower guys next door, and my son happily went to work. That all might seem as newsworthy as reports on planes that don’t crash at…

Verizon's corporate headquarters

Midday Roundup: The government wants to know when you phone home

Newsworthy |  What privacy? The Obama administration admitted today it has requested massive amounts of phone records from Verizon Communications, one of the nation’s…

Sen. Frank Lautenberg

Midday Roundup: Sen. Frank Lautenberg dies

Newsworthy |  Obituary. A Democratic aide announced today that New Jersey Sen. Frank Lautenberg died after a bout of viral pneumonia. He was 89. Lautenberg served five…

Residents in Union City, Okla., retrieve belonging from a home destroyed by a tornado.

Officials begin to assess damage in Oklahoma

Weather |  UPDATE (12:25 p.m.): Officials now report that nine people have died and more than six dozen people injured in last night's storms in and around Oklahoma…

There’s no place like (our eternal) home

There’s no place like (our eternal) home

Faith & Inspiration |  The day before the Moore, Okla., tornado, we sat huddled in the basement, rain and hail beating on the house we had just moved into 24 hours before. Tornado…

A man is seen sitting atop a car that fell into the Skagit River after the collapse of the Interstate 5 bridge.

Midday Roundup: ‘Miraculous’ survival in Washington bridge collapse

Newsworthy |  Bridge collapse. Washington state officials heaved a big sigh of relief Thursday night after finding no fatalities following the collapse of the Interstate 5…

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,

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…

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