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When a powerful jet stream bringing in cold northern air collided with a large mass of warm, moist air from the south, the conditions were right for the tornadoes that have left at least 45 dead this week.

In Henryville, the big news was that the high school basketball coach was stepping down. That was before a tornado ripped through the small Indiana town.

BENGHAZI, Libya (AP) -- A large map of Libya hangs on the wall in the home of Idris al-Rahel, with a line down the middle dividing the country in half....

NEW YORK (AP) -- BP's settlement deal with thousands of victims of the 2010 Gulf of Mexico oil spill is a major step toward putting the worst oil spill in U.S. history behind it....

WASHINGTON (AP) -- President Barack Obama is casting the contraception controversy as an issue of women's rights, not religious freedom, seizing on what backers see as a political gift from Rush Limbaugh to firm up support from women and young voters, groups essential to his re-election hopes....

WASHINGTON (AP) -- President Barack Obama is casting the contraception controversy as an issue of women's rights, not religious freedom, seizing on what backers see as a political gift from Rush Limbaugh to firm up support from women and young voters, groups essential to his re-election hopes....

KABUL, Afghanistan (AP) -- Afghanistan's neighbors and regional heavyweights met in Kabul on Thursday to do something they rarely do - try to tackle common threats and problems together....

A 17-year-old boy dies after being stabbed in south London following a spate of knife attacks.

GROSSETO, Italy (AP) -- The first hearing of the criminal investigation into the Costa Concordia's shipwreck was held in a theater Saturday instead of a courthouse because of high demand, with angry survivors seeking compensation, justice and the truth....

GROSSETO, Italy (AP) -- The first hearing of the criminal investigation into the Costa Concordia's shipwreck was held in a theater Saturday instead of a courthouse because of high demand, with angry survivors seeking compensation, justice and the truth....

GROSSETO, Italy (AP) -- The first hearing of the criminal investigation into the Costa Concordia's shipwreck was held in a theater Saturday instead of a courthouse because of high demand, with angry survivors seeking compensation, justice and the truth....

GROSSETO, Italy (AP) -- The first hearing of the criminal investigation into the Costa Concordia's shipwreck was held in a theater Saturday instead of a courthouse because of high demand, with angry survivors seeking compensation, justice and the truth....

Mitt Romney won the Republican caucuses in Washington state, giving the former Massachusetts governor a shot in the arm heading into Super Tuesday.

The first refuge of tyrants and buffoons is to blame someone else for the messes they make. On the world stage, that usually means blaming America when things do not go their way.

SANAA, Yemen (AP) -- Two suicide bombers struck an army camp in central Yemen Saturday, killing one soldier while explosions rocked a southern port city and clashes erupted between suspected al-Qaida militants and security forces in the south, officials said....

SANAA, Yemen (AP) -- Two suicide bombers struck an army camp in central Yemen Saturday, killing one soldier while explosions rocked a southern port city and clashes erupted between suspected al-Qaida militants and security forces in the south, officials said....

SANAA, Yemen (AP) -- Two suicide bombers struck an army camp in central Yemen Saturday, killing one soldier while explosions rocked a southern port city and clashes erupted between suspected al-Qaida militants and security forces in the south, officials said....

SANAA, Yemen (AP) -- An al-Qaida attack on a Yemeni army post in the south set off clashes that left 64 people dead on Monday and prompted local civilians to take up arms alongside the military to beat back the militants, said army officials and residents....

LOUISVILLE, Ky. (AP) -- Police say a baby girl found alone in an Indiana field after Friday's massive, tornado-spawning storms has been identified and remains in critical condition at a Kentucky hospital....

CAIRO (AP) -- Egypt has appointed new judges to hear the trial of 43 democracy workers, days after six Americans among those charged left the country with nearly $5 million in bail posted, the state-run news agency reported Saturday....