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By Elizabeth Chuck and Gabe Gutierrez, NBC NewsA mother who sought shelter in a 7-Eleven that collapsed under the force of tornado winds, killing both her and her four-month-old son, are among the victims whose names were released by Oklahoma's chief medical examiner Wednesday.Megan Futrell, 29, had just picked her son Case up from his babysitter on Monday in Moore, Okla., when she saw the tornado...
MOORE, Okla. – On a soggy, miserable afternoon in Oklahoma, the search for survivors hit home.Sgt. Jennifer Wehr has lived in the state for the last 10 years.“Words can't describe everything we've been seeing right now,” she said.The Army Reservist was one of about 200 soldiers and airmen from the Oklahoma National Guard that helped sift through the rubble Tuesday in the aftermath of the EF5 torna...
The earth itself was at least partially to blame for why desperate schoolchildren in Moore, Okla., had nowhere to hide from Monday’s devastating tornado.Much of the soil in Oklahoma, including Moore, is red clay -- a porous substance that makes foundations settle and basements and underground tornado shelters leak. “That’s the reason we don’t have basements,” said Tom Bennett of Tulsa, past presid...
The fight over President Obama’s five nominees to the National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) is headed to the U.S. Senate floor after the Health, Education, Labor and Pension Committee voted today to send the five to the full Senate. Now the question is, will Senate Republicans filibuster?
