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State Fair Reopens With Prayers for Victims of Stage Collapse

The Indiana State Fair reopened as officials investigated how a concert stage collapsed, killing five and injuring dozens.

 

Oklahoma, Texas set heat records in July

Sweltering may have reached a new record last month, as Oklahoma racked up the country's highest monthly average temperature ever.

 

Start of hurricane season has been busy

How's the start of the Atlantic hurricane season compared to past years?

 

'Exceptional drought' for chunk of U.S.

Exceptional drought conditions spread across nearly 12% of the United States last month, a record number that shows the widespread impact of the dry weather conditions, according to a report released Monday.

 

Rains Add Misery to Somalia's Famine Refugees

Rains Add Misery to Somalia's Famine Refugees

Tens of thousands of famine-stricken Somali refugees were cold and drenched after torrential rains pounded their makeshift structures overnight into early Sunday in the capital, leading to appeals for aid.

 

Gulf storm could become cyclone

Oil companies with off-shore platforms in the Gulf of Mexico are taking precautions amid threatening storm forecasts for the area around Mexico's Yucatan Peninsula, including the chance of a tropical cyclone.

 

South Korea landslides leave 17 dead, 3 missing

Heavy rain sent landslides barreling through South Korea, killing 17 and leaving at least three missing, officials said.

 

Report: 78 dead in Morocco military plane crash

Report: 78 dead in Morocco military plane crash

Morocco's state news agency says 78 people were killed when a C-130 military transport plane crashed into a mountain amid rough weather....

 

Calif. wildfire battle intensifies in air, ground

A nearly 20-square-mile California wildfire crackles through bush and brush on a remote American Indian reservation in San Diego County.

 

Extreme heat covers half of U.S.

Extreme heat covers half of U.S.

The dangerous heat wave blamed for as many as 13 deaths spread into the eastern United States on Wednesday, extending its reach across nearly half the U.S. population, officials said.

 

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