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Sen. Tom Coburn says, despite what some reports say, he agrees with FEMA funding for tornado relief, but if it runs out, he will stick to his policy.

Will Marshall says Tim Cook was grilled about Apple’s tax practices but the real culprit is a dysfunctional tax system.

Barry Blechman has seen the U.S. involved in many wars, some of which have taken very bad turns. He says we must think long and hard before engaging militarily in… Read more »

On Thursday, President Barack Obama is scheduled to deliver a major speech in Washington about his administration’s counterterrorism policies, focusing on the rationale and legal framework for the controversial CIA… Read more »

Three women who were rescued this month after allegedly being held captive in a Cleveland house for close to a decade “are happy and safe,” and overwhelmed by the public’s… Read more »

One lucky hunter catches the longest Burmese python recorded in Florida.

The brutal killing of a British soldier Wednesday near a military barracks in the Woolwich neighborhood of southeast London has shocked the United Kingdom, with Prime Minister David Cameron saying… Read more »

A man suspected of the attack in London’s Woolwich area is caught on camera wielding weapons.

CNN’s Christiane Amanpour and Nic Robertson give their insight on the brutal murder of a man in broad daylight.

The attack on what is believed to be a serving soldier in southeast London has chilling echoes of a 2007 plot to kidnap and kill a British Muslim soldier.

A gruesome cleaver attack killed a British soldier on a London street and set off a frantic hunt to find those behind the attack. FULL STORY

Second-grade teacher Tammy Glasgow walks around what’s left of Briarwood Elementary, struggling to pick out of its wreckage the things that once made a school.

Each day more than 55 million students attend the country’s 130,000 schools.

Two decades ago, Joshua Prager was one of more than 20 people affected by a bus crash; the writer revisits the scene to find out how others have made sense… Read more »

On Tuesday morning, the residents of Moore, Oklahoma, woke again to another nightmare.

When others dismissed Detroit as a falling knife unworthy of investment, David Egner saw something else.

Nathan Gunters says Okies have learned to love the big sky, but also to watch it carefully for signs of trouble. When the sky betrays us, we cope by helping… Read more »