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Workers look through tornado damage at the American

Tornadoes rake 2 Oklahoma cities, killing 2

A tornado leveled a motel and tore through a mobile home park near Oklahoma City, killing two people and injuring at least 29 others before a second twister raked a suburb of Tulsa more than 100 miles away, authorities said.

Dan Janison Janison: Trump's hostility to professionalism
Two fresh news reports reflect a familiar theme: President Donald Trump's very special approach to the norms of procedure and discipline.
Motor Racing Pagenaud outduels Rossi to win his first Indy 500
Takuma Sato was third, Josef Newgarden fourth and defending champion Will Power was fifth.
Commentary Opinion: Breast-feeding isn't free. This is what it costs.
Insisting on the "breast is free" mantra is deceiving and unfair.
Nation 20 for 2020: What to know about the Democratic candidates
Read quick snapshots of the Democratic and Republican presidential candidates who have announced so far.
Nation Nobel-winning physicist Murray Gell-Mann dies at 89
The Nobel Prize-winning physicist who brought order to the universe by helping discover and classify subatomic particles died at his home in Santa Fe, New Mexico.
Nation Countries watch as divided Europe chooses parliament
BRUSSELS — As voters in all 28 European Union countries elect a new shared parliament, here are some key races ...
World Magnitude 8 earthquake strikes Amazon jungle in Peru
LIMA, Peru — A powerful magnitude 8.0 earthquake struck a remote part of the Amazon jungle in Peru early Sunday, ...
Nation 6 key excerpts from the Mueller report
Here are a half-dozen noteworthy excerpts from special counsel Robert Mueller's report.
Politics 1600: Trump's new attack dog against Biden: Kim Jong Un
Donald Trump has a new reason besides the "beautiful letters" he receives from Kim Jong Un to shrug off North Korea's recent missile tests.
Celebrities Stan Lee's ex-manager arrested on abuse charges
Keya Morgan, who was taken into custody in Arizona on an outstanding arrest warrant after being charged by Los Angeles County prosecutors earlier this month, appeared in court early Sunday.
Sports Notable sports deaths in 2019
A look at those athletes, coaches and sports personalities we lost in 2019.
Nation Hawaii woman missing for 2 weeks rescued
A Hawaii woman has been found alive in a forest on Maui island after going missing more than two weeks ago.