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The tornadoes in the Midwest last weekend once again exposed the lack of national building standards. Regulations vary greatly from one locality to another.

In the U.S., tornadoes cause more annual fatalities than hurricanes and earthquakes combined. Yet there isn't a national standard mandating that large warehouses include storm shelters for workers.

The video streaming site Twitch, which is owned by Amazon, is in the limelight after the accused Buffalo shooter used it to livestream the massacre.

The children are recovering at a hospital in Colombia after being found alive in the Amazon — 40 days after the plane they were on crashed. Questions remain over how they managed to survive.

The inauguration of leftist Luis Inacio Lula da Silva happens Jan. 1. The former president's victory marks a sharp shift in Brazil's political trajectory.

President Trump and the first lady welcomed an estimated 40,000 people to the South Lawn of the White House on Monday for its annual Easter egg roll event. The annual tradition dates back to the presidency of Rutherford B. Hayes, and save for war and food shortages, has been a mainstay of Pennsylvania Avenue since 1878.

Nearly 6,000 independent artists submitted to this year's Tiny Desk Contest. Meet the Utah band that rose to the top.

The partially collapsed condo in Surfside has been demolished. The Taliban advance across Afghanistan as U.S. forces leave the country. A look inside the conference for top media and tech moguls.

Apple appears in court Monday to face civil accusations by the Justice Department that it illegally conspired to fix e-book prices with other publishers. The government last year accused Apple of conspiring with five major publishers to raise prices for electronic books — something the government says has cost consumers many millions of dollars.

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