• Officials say closures are necessary to improve standards but teachers union president calls it 'a day of mourning' The Chicago board of education voted Wednesday to close 50 schools and programs, an ambitious plan that has sparked protests and lawsuits and could help define — for better or worse ...
  • Attention shifts to clearing the rubble and debris as officials say they are no longer searching for any more missing people Rescue workers were scaling back the search for victims or survivors of the deadly Oklahoma tornado, as stories emerged of the many people who escaped with their lives. Though...
  • The vast tornado that struck an Oklahoma suburb on Monday afternoon dwarfed even the Hiroshima atomic bomb in its destructive power, according to scientists. Related StoriesFBI kills 'friend of Boston bomb suspects' during quest...
  • Kyle Davis, a blond-haired ball of eight year-old energy who loved to sing in his church choir and play football, was killed when a roofing beam struck his neck as he sheltered in a school corridor.    
  • The mayor of the tornado-devastated town of Moore in Oklahoma vows to push for a new law on shelters, after Monday's deadly twister.
  • The search by emergency workers for survivors in the wreckage left by the huge tornado that ripped through an Oklahoma suburb is coming to an end, according to officials. Related StoriesOklahoma tornado: First victim of Moore st...
  • Nasa has released images taken by satellites showing the devastating tornado as it struck the town of Moore in Oklahoma. Related StoriesVideo: Oklahoma tornado survivor reunited with pet dog on live TVOklahoma tornado: First vi...
  • A nine-year-old girl has been identified as the first victim of the F5 tornado that ripped through an Oklahoma suburb and killed at least 24 people. Related Stories'I'm living happily and learning to play the guitar': Miami cann...
  • A nine-year-old girl has been identified as the first victim of the F5 tornado that ripped through an Oklahoma suburb and killed at least 24 people. Related Stories'I learned some tough lessons': Anthony Weiner launches comeback...
  • Stories emerge of the bravery of teachers who saved their students from the Oklahoma tornado, which claimed at least 24 lives.
  • MOORE, Oklahoma (Reuters) - Rescuers went building to building in search of victims and survivors picked through the rubble of their shattered homes on Tuesday, a day after a massive tornado tore through the Oklahoma City suburb o...
  • Forecasters warn that another twister could be coming as rescue teams continue search for missing people as death toll is expected to exceed 90
  • Stock markets rise after Federal Reserve head tells Congress quantitive easing to continue and criticises government cuts Federal Reserve chairman Ben Bernanke denied his $85bn-a-month stimulus programme was creating new financial bubbles as he updated Congress on his views on the US economic recove...
  • US Federal Reserve chairman Ben Bernanke tells Congress that it is too soon to end the central bank's monetary stimulus programme or raise interest rates.
  • Unsealed search warrants show suspect in shooting that killed 12 used iPhone to take pictures of movie-theater door James Holmes received six shipments of ammunition from an online retailer, carried a platinum MasterCard and photographed the door to the movie theater where he allegedly killed 12 peo...
  • Governor Hickenlooper cited doubts about death penalty as one of several causes for granting indefinite reprieve The governor of Colorado on Wednesday indefinitely delayed the execution of a man convicted of killing four people, citing doubts about the death penalty. Governor John Hickenlooper said ...
  • Eyewitnesses in shock as two men hack soldier to death in full public view, then ask for passersby to take photographs of them A meat cleaver is clasped in his blood-smeared left hand; the other – also stained red with human blood – waves manically as he shouts at the camera, ranting his justifi...
  • Exclusive: Senior Israeli government minister attacks British attitudes towards his country as 'disguised anti-Semitism'.    
  • The images of devastation are shocking enough. But they are no preparation for walking the trail of terror and carnage wrought by the tornado that violently churned through this community on Monday afternoon.    
  • The family pictured on newspaper front pages around the world escaping from the wreckage of the Oklahoma tornado have described "holding on for dear life" as the 200mph twister struck.    
  • The names of six more of the 24 people killed in the Oklahoma tornado disaster have been confirmed to Sky News.
  • The family at the centre of an iconic image which captured the devastation caused by the F5 tornado that ripped through an Oklahoma suburb and killed at least 24 people, have been identified. Related StoriesOklahoma tornado late...
  • A nine-year-old girl has been identified as the first victim of the F5 tornado that ripped through an Oklahoma suburb and killed at least 24 people. Related StoriesOklahoma tornado latest: Rescue effort nears an end after Presid...
  • Jack O'Sullivan makes some very important points about the clear difficulty around discussing what men experience and how the post-feminist settlement leaves out matriarchal influences and power relations in the domestic space (A man walks out of a room, 21 May). For men, feminism has been a gift i...
  • Crook, County Durham: I was tempted to relieve it of its burden with a fine brush. But perhaps that would have been a mistake Bumblebees still foraged on the blackcurrant blossom, even though the afterglow of sunset was beginning to fade. One, a queen Bombus pratorum, fell from a truss of flowers an...
  • A slip of the tongue by Google's executive chairman speaks volumes about his perception of the company's tax obligations A week or so ago, Google's chief executive, Larry Page, caused ripples when he suggested at a public event that laws older than 50 years or so shouldn't apply to internet companie...
  • John Roach Jr says Carolyn Compton and Page Price cannot co-habitate because of 'morality clause' in Compton's divorce A Texas judge has banned a lesbian couple from living together under a "morality clause" in one of the women's divorce rulings. District judge John Roach Jr, of Collin County, in no...
  • Joint Terrorism Analysis Centre will convene, in wake of killing and al-Qaida martyrdom video rhetoric heard on London street Counter-terrorism officers and security officials will doubtless fear that Woolwich fits into the category of crime that they can do little to thwart; random, lone-wolf, unso...
  • This famous police force is being used by vicious despots to pursue their political enemies, says Peter Oborne    
  • David Davis says government is failing in its duty to 600 Afghans if too many restrictions are placed on granting of visas The government was accused of taking an overly bureaucratic approach after a series of loopholes were identified in the government scheme to allow about 600 Afghan interpreters ...
  • There are golf clubs across England that still have no members from ethnic-minority backgrounds When Tiger Woods was 14 he was acutely aware of the racist undertones that lingered in country clubs across the US. The world No1's success ever since may have challenged golf's outdated perceptions of ra...
  • BRUSSELS (Reuters) - Serbia and Kosovo agreed in principle on Wednesday on a plan to implement an historic accord to settle their relations, a step that strengthens Serbia's chances of getting the go-ahead next month to start talks on joining the European Union.
  • Jewish liberal, 42, who plays jazz piano in his spare time, beats Wendy Greuel to become youngest LA mayor in a century Los Angeles has elected a Jewish liberal Democrat who writes musicals in his spare time to be its next mayor, delivering a blow to public sector unions who backed his rival. Eric G...
  • By a wide margin, Los Angeles elects its first Jewish mayor, Eric Garcetti, a 42-year-old three-term city councilman.
  • Members of national council will vote on single-sentence adjustment to rules which could grant membership to gay youth The Boy Scouts of America will vote on Thursday on whether to accept gay youth members, partially overturning a long-running ban on allowing gay people to join the organisation. The...
  • Once again political leaders of both parties sell out the gay community. It's not right. Shame on Democrats for conceding It is outrageous. Once again the gay community is reminded of where it stands with the political leadership, both Democrats and Republican. Their rights have been traded away for...

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