Tornado Emergency Declared In Oklahoma City

Credit Sue Ogrocki / AP
A woman carries her child through a field near the collapsed Plaza Towers Elementary School in Moore, Okla., on Monday A tornado as much as a mile wide with winds up to 200 mph roared through the Oklahoma City suburbs flattening entire neighborhoods, setting buildings on fire and landing a direct blow on an elementary school.
(This post was last updated at 11:45 p.m. ET.)

A massive tornado ripped through the southern suburbs of Oklahoma City, Monday afternoon, killing at least 51 people, according to the state medical examiner's office.

The death toll was expected to rise.

Helicopter images showed large tracts of Moore, Okla., completely leveled by what the National Weather Service says was at least an EF-4 tornado with winds in excess of 166 mph. The tornado stayed on the ground for 40 minutes and traveled 20 miles.

Read more
The Salt
10:24 am
Fri March 8, 2013

Nation's Biggest Honey Packer Admits 'Laundering' Chinese Honey

Credit AFP / AFP/Getty Images
A Chinese farmer tends to bees producing honey to supplement her income at a farm in China's Anhui province.

Originally published on Fri March 8, 2013 10:59 am

There was bombshell news from the world of honey two weeks ago, and somehow we missed it. Two big honey packers, including one of the largest in the country — Groeb Farms of Onsted, Mich. — admitted buying millions of dollars worth of honey that was falsely labeled.

Read more
Courts
10:20 am
Fri March 8, 2013

Judge Rejects Police Argument in Fatal Shooting

OKLAHOMA CITY (AP) A judge has rejected a request to dismiss manslaughter charges against a white Del City police captain accused in the shooting death of a black teenager.  Attorneys for Randy Harrison sought to have the charges dismissed, but a judge denied that request Friday. Trial is set for April 8.  

Read more
Barbershop
10:19 am
Fri March 8, 2013

13 Hours Later, Did Rand Paul Have A Point?

Was Senator Rand Paul's 13-hour filibuster a smart political move or a total disaster? The Barbershop guys weigh in on that — and how Major League Baseball could be affected by Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez's death. Host Michel Martin checks in with writer Jimi Izrael, civil rights attorney Arsalan Iftikhar, sports writer Dave Zirin and columnist Mario Loyola.

World
10:19 am
Fri March 8, 2013

A Decade After Invasion, Are Iraqi Women 'Lucky'?

It's been 10 years since the U.S.-led invasion of Iraq. That conflict drastically changed the lives of Iraqi women. On International Women's Day, host Michel Martin talks with Iqbal al-Juboori, about how the war affected her personally, and what it's like for women to live in a conflict zone. al-Juboori works to provide job training and life skills to women and their families in rural parts of Iraq.

Krulwich Wonders...
10:16 am
Fri March 8, 2013

What Happened When Humans Met An Alien Intelligence? Sex Happened

Originally published on Mon March 25, 2013 1:50 pm

Shots - Health News
10:05 am
Fri March 8, 2013

A Man's Journey From Nepal To Texas Triggers Global TB Scramble

Credit NIAID/Flickr.com
Although tuberculosis is declining around the world, drug-resistant strains of Mycobacterium tuberculosis are on the rise.

Originally published on Fri March 8, 2013 11:47 am

We don't know too much about a Nepalese man who's in medical isolation in Texas while being treated for extensively drug-resistant tuberculosis, or XDR-TB, the most difficult-to-treat kind. Health authorities are keen to protect his privacy.

But we do know that he traveled through 13 countries — from South Asia to somewhere in the Persian Gulf to Latin America — before he entered the U.S. illegally from Mexico in late November. He traveled by plane, bus, boat, car and on foot.

Read more
The Two-Way
9:38 am
Fri March 8, 2013

Bill Clinton: Defense Of Marriage Act That I Signed Is Unconstitutional

Credit Stephen Jaffe / Reuters /Landov
Former President Bill Clinton (and then-Vice President Al Gore) in 1996, the year Clinton signed the Defense of Marriage Act.

Times were different in 1996 when he signed the Defense of Marriage Act into law, former President Bill Clinton writes in today's Washington Post.

Read more
The Two-Way
9:06 am
Fri March 8, 2013

Coroner: Zoo Intern May Have Been Killed After Lion Lifted Cage Handle

Credit Paul Hanson / Associated Press
An undated photo of Dianna Hanson provided by her brother, Paul Hanson.

Originally published on Fri March 8, 2013 11:19 am

A woman killed by a 550-pound male lion at a conservancy near Fresno, Calif., earlier this week may have been caught by surprise after the animal escaped its cage, investigators say.

According to a preliminary autopsy, Dianna Hanson, a 24-year-old intern for Cat Haven, was killed Wednesday when the lion snapped her neck.

Read more
NPR Story
9:01 am
Fri March 8, 2013

Peering Into Space

Credit TED
In this episode, TED speakers look up to the night sky and consider our relationship with what might out there.

Originally published on Fri April 5, 2013 8:59 am

"When I go outside and it's clear? Yeah, I look up. It's a habit. It's something I wish more people did. You may seem something that will profoundly affect you." — Phil Plait

Gazing up at the night sky is simultaneously humbling and utterly thrilling. This hour, we'll hear from TED speakers who share an infectious sense of wonder and curiosity about our place in the universe and what lies beyond our skies.

Read more
TED Radio Hour
9:00 am
Fri March 8, 2013

Is Our Universe The Only Universe?

Credit James Duncan Davidson/TED
"All these possibilities are out there. And we live in the one that is hospital to our form of life." — Brian Greene

Originally published on Fri April 12, 2013 2:34 pm

Part 4 of the TED Radio Hour episode Peering Into Space.

About Brian Greene's TED Talk

Is there more than one universe? Physicist Brian Greene shows how the unanswered questions of physics (starting with a big one: What caused the Big Bang?) have led to the theory that our own universe is just one of many in the "multiverse."

About Brian Greene

Read more

Pages