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Children among the at least 51 dead after massive twister strikes near Oklahoma City

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More than 85,000 veterans treated last year over alleged military sex abuse, report says

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Montana hiker dies in Yosemite rock climbing accident

A Yosemite park spokeswoman says 38-year-old Mason Robison was killed after a rock dislodged and severed his rope as he and a partner were about 2,300 feet above the Yosemite Valley floor.

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AP photographer describes destroyed Okla. school

As soon as I saw the tornado warnings on TV, I had to leave the office right away. I had photographed about a dozen tornados in my decade in Oklahoma and if I didn't get into my car before the f...

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University of Rhode Island student vanishes on way home to Pennsylvania

State police said Monday they haven't ruled out that Royer decided not to come home, but investigators were pursuing all leads.

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WikiLeaks hearing focuses on classified evidence

The Army private who gave more than 700,000 secret U.S. documents to WikiLeaks is returning to Fort Meade for the last scheduled hearing before his military trial next month.

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Arias speaks on own behalf as jury considers death

When Jodi Arias addresses the jury in her murder trial, the big question will be whether she pleads for mercy or repeats what she told a TV reporter minutes after her conviction: She would rather...

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Killing of gay man in NYC draws protesters

Thousands of people have converged on the New York City neighborhood where a gay man was killed after police say he was taunted with homophobic slurs.

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Customs officers seize elephant meat, dead primate in Los Angeles

The agency says in a press release Monday that the illegal items were seized between May 6 and May 10 at an international mail facility and at Los Angeles International Airport.

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51 killed in Okla. tornado; toll expected to rise

The Oklahoma Medical Examiner's Office says the official death toll in the aftermath of a massive tornado that slammed the Oklahoma City area remains at 51 but is expected to rise.

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Medical examiner: 20 children killed in twister

The Oklahoma state medical examiner's office says that 20 children are among the dead in the tornado that ripped through Oklahoma City suburbs.

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Missouri city devastated by 2011 twister aids tornado-ravaged Oklahoma town

Joplin was devastated by a tornado two years ago that killed 158 people and injured hundreds more.

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AP Photos: Images of devastating Oklahoma tornado

The devastating tornado that swept through Oklahoma turned houses into matchsticks and sent parents and teachers running to pull children from the wreckage of an elementary school in the eye of...

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FBI: Agents fell to deaths training off Va. coast

An FBI spokeswoman says two agents who died while training off the Virginia Beach coast fell to their deaths during a "maritime counterterrorism exercise involving helicopters and a ship." The...

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File: Josh Powell had affair before wife vanished

Newly released police files say Josh Powell had an affair with a Utah woman just months before his wife disappeared.

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Small suburban Oklahoma City hospital damaged

Officials say a small hospital in Moore was damaged by Monday afternoon's tornado.

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Lawyers to get Boston bombing suspect prison files

A judge approved a request Monday by Boston Marathon bombing suspect Dzhokhar Tsarnaev's defense attorneys to receive records compiled on him in federal prison.

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