Local Red Cross fund drive to help Oklahoma tornado victims

Local media outlets, including News 8, are teaming up with the American Red Cross to host a fund drive on Thursday.
2 years later: La Crosse still recovering from Tornado

Two years ago Wednesday, La Crosse's tornado in about 50 years ripped through the city.
Safe-Cam project nearly halfway to fundraising goal

An effort to install security cameras all over downtown La Crosse is about halfway to its fundraising goal thanks to some recent big donations.

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Rescuers dig through tornado rubble, Moore, Okla — Gene Blevins/Reuters

Tornado victims may face long haul with insurers

The tornado that struck the Moore, Okla., area Monday afternoon left an almost 2-mile wide path of destruction, flattening homes and businesses and taking at least 24 lives.

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Boy Scouts of America

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Bradley Cooper through the years

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On this day: May 22

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Monster twister hits Moore, Okla.

Moore, Okla, tornado damage — Madi Alexander

10 costliest tornadoes since 1950

Tornado file — Deadliest tornadoes in U.S. history

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Companies that owe workers a raise

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On this day: May 21

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Bald and beautiful celebrities

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Notable deaths of 2013

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Notable online startup sales

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Blue jeans turn 140

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Celebrity breakups of 2013

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States with the highest graduation rates

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On this day: May 20

Severe storms wreak destruction across Oklahoma

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History of abortion in America

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Girls tossed from mall over cancer hats

Three sisters say they were kicked out of a Pennsylvania mall because they refused to remove profanity-laden hats expressing their hatred of cancer.

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Antonio Banderas signs on for Chilean miners movie

The movie version of the 2010 Chilean mine collapse that trapped 33 workers for weeks has found a leading man.

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Canseco accused of sexual assault in Las Vegas

Las Vegas police are investigating a woman's allegation that former major league player Jose Canseco sexually assaulted her.

Politics

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4 Americans killed in drone strikes since '09

Counterterrorism drone strikes have killed four Americans overseas since 2009, the U.S. government acknowledged for the first time on Wednesday, one day before…

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'Grandparent scams' steal thousands from seniors

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Bernanke warns against hitting the brakes too soon

The U.S. economy is on stronger footing than a year ago, but Ben Bernanke wants to be careful not to squelch the recovery now.
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Chicago board votes to close 50 schools

The Chicago Board of Education voted Wednesday to close 50 schools, a controversial move that drew sharp criticism from the city's teachers union.
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Couple charged in death of ill infant son

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Rescue switches to recovery in Oklahoma

With everyone missing now accounted for from this week's deadly tornado, the long and difficult work of recovery can begin.
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Facebook helps repatriate storm-tossed items

On Sunday, a mystery photograph fluttered from the sky and landed near Leslie Hagelberg's mailbox in West Tulsa, Okla. She soon discovered it had been blown fr…