Miraculous stories of survival emerge after one of the strongest tornadoes in history tore through an Oklahoma suburb.
A 25-year-old Saudi woman makes history by reaching the summit of the world's highest mountain.
A gigantic tornado rips through a suburb of Oklahoma City in the Midwestern United States, sparking fires, flattening homes and destroying a school.
The actor Paul Shane, famous for starring in the 1980s BBC sitcom Hi-de-Hi!, has died, his agent has confirmed.
France's president is to sign into law a controversial bill that will make the country the eighth in Europe, and 14th globally, to legalise gay marriage.
An elderly lady, who thought she had lost everything in the Oklahoma City tornado, is reunited with her dog live on air, after the animal emerged from the rubble of her home in Moore.
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Ray Manzarek, keyboardist and founder member of the 1960s rock band The Doors, dies aged 74 in Germany after a long battle with cancer.
As hail thundered down and heavy winds began whipping the area of Moore, a storm warning went off just before 3pm local time, warning the 170,000 residents within the area to seek shelter.
Christopher Sadowski Police take a man into custody following Friday's fatal shooting in Greenwich Village. A brazen gunman shot and killed a 25-year-old man on a Greenwich Village street corner last night, cops said. The victim was blasted in the head around midnight at West 8th Street and Sixth...

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