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FEMA administrator surveys Oklahoma tornado damage with the state's governor and US senator.

Federal Emergency Management Agency administrator Deanne Criswell says “our heart aches for the loss of life” in tornadoes that left four dead and about 100 injured in Oklahoma.

Supreme Court leaves in place a Texas law requiring pornographic websites to verify users' ages

The Supreme Court has refused to block a Texas law requiring pornographic websites to verify the age of their users.

Oklahoma towns hard hit by tornadoes begin long cleanup after 4 killed in weekend storms

Small towns in Oklahoma are beginning a long cleanup after tornadoes flattened home and buildings and killed at least four people, including an infant.

Oklahoma governor says 4 dead after tornadoes left wide destruction, thousands of people without power

Oklahoma governor says 4 dead after tornadoes left wide destruction, thousands of people without power.

Tornadoes kill 2 in Oklahoma as governor issues state of emergency for 12 counties amid storm damage

Two people are dead in Oklahoma after a tornado swept through Oklahoma.

Wild onion dinners mark the turn of the season in Indian Country

Wild onions are among the first foods to grow at the tail end of winter in the South, and generations of Indigenous people place the alliums at the center of an annual communal event.

Alaska's Indigenous teens emulate ancestors' Arctic survival skills at the Native Youth Olympics

The Native Youth Olympics in Anchorage, Alaska, is a three-day celebration of Indigenous culture in the form of games that mimic hunting and survival techniques that Alaska Natives in the Arctic region have relied on for thousands of years.

Tornadoes collapse buildings and level homes in Nebraska and Iowa

A tornado has plowed through suburban Omaha, Nebraska, demolishing homes and businesses as it moved for miles through farmland and into subdivisions.

Kansas won't have legal medical pot or expand Medicaid for at least another year

Kansas will remain among the handful of states that haven’t legalized the medical use of marijuana or expanded their Medicaid programs for at least another year.

Chasing ‘Twisters’ and collaborating with ‘tornado fanatic’ Steven Spielberg

Growing up in the Midwest, filmmaker Lee Isaac Chung developed both a healthy fear of tornadoes and a reverence for Jan de Bont’s 1996 disaster film “Twister.”.

Oklahoma prosecutors charge fifth member of anti-government group in Kansas women's killings

Oklahoma prosecutors have charged a fifth member of an anti-government group with killing and kidnapping two Kansas women.

How Republican-led states far from the US-Mexico border are rushing to pass tough immigration laws

Oklahoma is poised to become the latest Republican-led state to impose criminal penalties for those who reside in the state illegally.

A conservative quest to limit diversity programs gains momentum in states

An effort to limit diversity, equity and inclusion initiatives is gaining momentum in state capitals and college campuses.

Police say Oklahoma man fatally shot his 3 sons, including 2 children, his wife and himself

Police say a man fatally shot three of his sons, including two children, and his wife then himself in their home in southwest Oklahoma City.

New federal rule bars transgender school bathroom bans, but it likely isn't the final word

A new federal rule seeks to clarify that a law against sex discrimination at schools includes gender identity, too.

Oklahoma police say 5 found dead in home, including 2 children

Oklahoma City police are investigating the deaths of five people, including at least two children, inside a home on the city's southwest side.

Oklahoma bus driver crashes into a building after a passenger punches him, police say

A man is under arrest after being accused of punching an Oklahoma City bus driver and causing the bus they were in to crash into a building.

Oklahoma City bombing still 'heavy in our hearts' on 29th anniversary, federal official says

A Department of Homeland Security official told survivors and loved ones of the 168 people killed in the Oklahoma City bombing that federal officials are resolved to never allow a similar terrorist attack again.

The NBA playoffs are finally here. And as LeBron James says, 'it's a sprint now'

There’s a 64-win team in Boston that ran away with the league’s best record.

Oklahoma man arrested after authorities say he threw a pipe bomb at Satanic Temple in Massachusetts

An Oklahoma man has been arrested after authorities accused him of throwing a pipe bomb at the headquarters of a group in Salem, Massachusetts, called The Satanic Temple.

Bond denied for 4 'God's Misfits' defendants in the killing of 2 Kansas women

An Oklahoma judge has denied bond for the four people charged with kidnapping and killing two Kansas women.