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The cost of 30 manhole covers that got sucked away: $5,800. A new concession stand at the destroyed high school: $228,600. Shelter and care for more than 1,300 homeless pets: $372,000.

A year ago this week, a monster tornado ripped through Joplin, Missouri, leaving 161 dead and hundreds injured. Most relief efforts have ceased, but hundreds are still homeless, and many people are without income.

WASHINGTON -- The April 27, 2011 tornado outbreak in Alabama was the focus of a briefing today on Capitol Hill where congressional staff heard from two Alabama members about how to be prepared for and respond to a deadly tornado in their...

The state House has already taken away the inspector general's $1.7 million budget. If the senate fails to restore the funding, and shuts down the office, Inspector General Stephen Street said it will be a black eye for Louisiana.

AP: 1st overhaul to rules since 9/11 - and Japan crisis - mandates fewer drills for major emergencies at U.S. nuclear plants

Wireless carriers and the federal government are launching a system to warn people of dangerous weather via texts to cellphones.

I came home from work late one evening, hungry and frustrated, and popped into my mother’s house, which was next door to mine. She was eating a frozen dinner and sipping from a mug of hot water. CNN blared on the TV in the background. She asked...

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Their prospects could be endangered by votes on bills pro-immigrant advocates describe as “mean-spirited” and that spark anger among Hispanics. Read more...

A state committee has recommended buyouts for 99 Vermont homes damaged or destroyed by Tropical Storm Irene and spring flooding last year.