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A monstrous tornado at least a half-mile wide roared through the Oklahoma City suburbs Monday, flattening entire neighborhoods and destroying an elementary school with a direct blow as children and teachers huddled against winds up to 200 mph.

Police have identified three people suspected in a bank robbery and chase Monday in East Charlotte. Police arrested Antonio Clendenning, Kenneth Lamont Moore, and Kamara McBrayer after their car crashed off Lawyers Road.

The Billy Graham Rapid Response team is sending chaplains to Moore, Okla., to help in whatever way they can.

The massive Powerball jackpot will go to a winner in Florida, but a Fort Mill store sold a $2 million winning ticket.

Tea party activists want to show their unhappiness over extra IRS scrutiny with protest rallies. Members of the Cincinnati tea party will gather at noon Tuesday at the city's Fountain Square, then march to the nearby federal building to continue the rally.

Two endangered sea turtles that are shells of their former selves after getting stranded on Cape Cod during a cold spell are getting some help easing back into the wild — from an acupuncturist.

Edna Johnson, 65, now realizes that her life could've been taken early Sunday morning at a McDonald's drive thru.

Drunken driving charges against former North Carolina state Rep. Nick Mackey have been dismissed. Mackey exclusively told Channel 9 he is planning to ask federal agents to investigate the Concord Police Department.