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Massive Colorado wildfire torches 15,000 acres

    
Powerful storms target mid-Atlantic

    
U.S. Navy to drop all-caps messaging

    
Bracing for more rain, wind

    
Mueller: NSA leak caused ‘significant harm’

    
America’s fast-changing racial landscape

    
Explosion at Louisiana chemical plant

    
Flooding, tornado near DC, and threat of more severe weather on East Coast

A tornado in Maryland and hail and rain along the Eastern seaboard delayed flights and snarled work commutes along the East Coast on Thursday, caused by a massive storm system that tormented the Midwest a day earlier.The storm turned deadly in Virginia, where a large, mature tree uprooted by the storm fell on a school-age child, killing him, police said. A man was also injured in the incident that...    
Cost of 2012 natural disasters one for the record books

By Megan GannonLiveScienceHurricane Sandy and an extensive drought made 2012 the United States' second-costliest year for natural disasters since 1980, federal officials said Thursday.Weather and climate disasters racked up $110 billion in damages across the country last year, according to a report released by the National Climate Data Center (NCDC).There were 11 events in 2012 that each incurred ...    
One dead, scores injured in Louisiana chemical plant explosion

An explosion and fire at a Louisiana chemical plant Thursday morning killed one person and injured 73 more, Gov. Bobby Jindal said.The explosion took place at Williams Olefins chemical plant in Ascension Parish, between Baton Rouge and New Orleans, state police said. A fire after the explosion was contained and then extinguished, and preliminary tests showed the air was safe.Chemicals were being b...