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Official: 6 unaccounted for after Oklahoma tornado

Officials say the tornado that hit the Oklahoma City suburb of Moore on Monday killed 24 people, including 10 children.

Okla. mayor wants to require tornado shelters

This week's tornado was the fourth since 1998 to hit Moore, a middle-class community that has been one of the fastest-growing suburbs of Oklahoma City.

Thunder star Kevin Durant makes $1M tornado pledge

"Durant has been in Oklahoma City for five years now, ever since the Seattle SuperSonics moved there in 2008.

Despite tight budgets, aid expected to easily flow to Oklahoma victims

Also in the top 10: A 1999 tornado in Oklahoma City, causing an inflation-adjusted $1.35 billion in damage; and a 2003 tornado in Oklahoma City, causing an inflation-adjusted $435 million in damage.

Big 12 delays baseball tournament after tornado

Conference spokesman Bob Burda says Oklahoma City leaders asked the Big 12 not to cancel the tournament and allow it to show "the strong Oklahoma spirit and to the resiliency of the Oklahoma people.

Oklahoma schools hit by tornado had no safe rooms

An emergency official says Oklahoma has reinforced tornado shelters in hundreds of schools across the state, but the two that were hit by this week's storms in suburban Oklahoma City did not have...

Big 12 baseball tournament postponed until Thursday

(at Chickasaw Bricktown Ballpark, Oklahoma City)TV: Fox College Sports (All games, except championship is on Fox Sports Net); Radio: KTCU/88.7 FM (TCU games only)ThursdayPool OneNo.

Medical examiner: 24 dead in Oklahoma twister

The state medical examiner's office has revised the death toll from a tornado in an Oklahoma City suburb to 24 people, including seven children.

President Obama to speak on Oklahoma disaster

President Barack Obama will be meeting with his disaster response team, including Homeland Security Secretary Janet Napolitano, on Tuesday before delivering a statement on the devastating tornado...

In tornado's wake, worried parents seek out kids

At least 20 children are among the more than 50 reported dead so far in Moore, an Oklahoma City suburb ravaged by a tornado with winds of up to 200 mph and damaged two elementary schools.

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2 infants among 10 kids killed in Oklahoma tornado

Two infants were among the 24 people killed by the tornado that ripped across the Oklahoma City...

Oklahoma tornado damage could top $2 billion

The cost of a massive tornado that battered an Oklahoma City suburb could be more than $2...

California emergency teams head to Oklahoma

California emergency teams head to Oklahoma

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"We debated canceling the tournament in deference to the devastating tragedy in Moore, but were...

Kevin Durant Donates $1 Million to Tornado Victims: 'We're Going to Bounce Back'

Oklahoma City Thunder superstar Kevin Durant pledged to donate $1 million to the victims of the...

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As Oklahoma Suffers, Rescue Teams From Other States Jump Into Action

By early afternoon, he was in Dallas, the first leg of a trip to Oklahoma City and its suburbs.

Shelter Requirements Resisted in Tornado Alley

Larry Graves, a project manager with Downey Consulting, an engineering company in Oklahoma City...