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Oklahoma

Saad Muhammed and his family escaped harm when the tornado swept through Moore, Oklahoma. (Courtesy NBC New York)

Brooklyn man survives Oklahoma tornado

Shiba Russell, NBC New York
NBC New York - An Oklahoma tornado survivor with New York City roots is thankful he and his family escaped serious harm but now faces the devastating dilemma of whether to abandon the life he has built in Moore for the last 18 years...
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Janae Hornsby

1st little victim of Oklahoma tornado identified

Tracy Connor, Staff Writer, NBC News
NBC NEWS - A 9-year-old girl who was "always smiling" is among the first of the Oklahoma tornado victims to be identified...
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Kevin Durant #35 of the Oklahoma City Thunder in action during Game Three of the Western Conference Semifinals of the 2013 NBA Playoffs against the Memphis Grizzlies at FedExForum on May 11, 2013 in Memphis, Tennessee. (Photo by Jamie Squire/Getty Images)

Durant makes $1M pledge for tornado victims

Associated Press
OKLAHOMA CITY (AP) - Oklahoma City Thunder star Kevin Durant is pledging $1 million for tornado relief through his family foundation...
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President Barack Obama, accompanied by, from left, Vice President Joe Biden, Homeland Security Secretary Janet Napolitano and FEMA Deputy Administrator Richard Serino. talks about the Oklahoma tornado and severe weather, Tuesday, May 21, 2013, in the State Dining Room of the White House in Washington. (AP Photo/Pablo Martinez Monsivais)

Obama pledges urgent aid to Oklahoma town

Associated Press
WASHINGTON (AP) - President Barack Obama pledged urgent government help for Oklahoma Tuesday in the wake of "one of the most destructive" storms in the nation's history...
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Fourth grader Damian Kline tells his story of surviving the tornado while at Plaza Towers Elementary in Moore, Okla. (Courtesy The Today Show)

Tornado survivor saved by teacher

The Today Show
TODAY - Brandi Kline and her two sons, both students at Plaza Towers Elementary in Moore, Okla., which was directly hit by the tornado Monday afternoon, recount their experiences.
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Oklahoma tornado

Obama pledges help after deadly Okla. tornado

Tim Talley, Associated Press
WASHINGTON (AP) — President Barack Obama has called Oklahoma Gov. Mary Fallin to express his concern about a monstrous tornado that wreaked havoc in the Oklahoma City suburbs...
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Sweet Brown and Charles Ramsey.

Sweet Brown gives Ramsey the 'thumbs up'

Chris Witherspoon
theGRIO VIDEO - During an interview with theGrio, internet sensation Sweet Brown, talked about Charles Ramsey and gave the inside scoop on her new reality TV show 'The Sweet Brown's'...
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Ruby and Kate Shasteen (KFOR/CNN)

8-year-old twin girls hear for 1st time

theGrio
SAND SPRINGS, OK (KFOR/NBC) - From an orphanage in Ethiopia to a small town in Oklahoma, two 8-year-old girls faced another life-altering change: They heard words for the first time....
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Civil rights activist Reverend Jesse Jackson speaks during a news conference outside of the apartment building where accused murderer James Holmes lived July 26, 2012 in Aurora, Colorado. (Photo by Joshua Lott/Getty Images)

Jesse Jackson lends support to hoops player accused of assault

Justin Juozapavicius, Associated Press
STILLWATER, Okla. (AP) - After Darrell Williams' brother was shot to death in 2009 in a Chicago neighborhood, his mother and aunt knew what had to be done to spare him the same fate. A promising basketball player...
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Tavares Donnell Colbert, a convicted felon, allegedly shot himself in the groin.

Man shoots himself in genitals, gets arrested

theGrio
An Oklahoma man was arrested after driving himself to the hospital for accidentally shooting himself in the genitals...
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