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Friends and family gather outside of the home which was picked up and carried 20 feet by a tornado while a mother and her son were inside on Monday outside Newbern, Tenn. Both survived the storm.

Tornadoes touched down in several states this week, killing at least 27 people. The majority of those killed lived in a handful of rural counties in northwest Tennessee.

Verizon Executive Tapped to Lead NAACP

The NAACP chooses businessman Bruce Gordon, a former Verizon executive, to replace Kweisi Mfume as president of the NAACP.

Workers at an airstrip in Rumbek, in South Sudan, hack apart the fuselage of an old transport plane with axes. Later the aluminum will be recycled into cooking pots.

Recycling to Survive in Sudan

In Southern Sudan, international aid is being put to full use, and so are the shipping materials. The Sudanese are converting the packaging from international food aid and other supplies into necessities such as ropes, furniture, and kitchen utensils.

Evolution and Intelligent Design in Kansas

Hearings this week in Topeka focused on how the theory of evolution should be taught in Kansas schools. Proponents of intelligent design propose that students and teachers be encouraged to discuss alternate views to the theory of evolution.

Stolen Masterpieces Recovered in Car

Two Impressionist paintings stolen form a Zurich museum on Feb. 10 have been recovered from an abandoned car.

Could Sinclair-Tribune Deal Spawn A Fox News Competitor?

Could Sinclair Broadcast Group's $3.9 billion purchase of the Tribune Media Co. help the Maryland-based media giant launch a competitor to Fox News?

Some Ohio Tea Party Members Write Trump In Support Of 'Freedom Caucus'

Nearly two dozen representatives of Ohio’s tea party have written a letter to President Donald Trump. The letter chides Trump for tweeting out a threat directed at the House Freedom Caucus after the GOP healthcare bill collapsed last week. From Ohio Public Radio station WKSU, M.L. Schultze has more. The letter calls on President Trump “to stand with our conservative heroes,” as personified by Ohio Congressman Jim Jordan and the other House Republicans who make up the Freedom Caucus.

Coroner In Cincinnati Re-opens Investigation Into Student's Suicide

In Cincinnati today a handful of parents and others were demonstrating outside the elementary school attended by an 8-year-old boy who killed himself days after he was knocked unconscious. The school district released video of the incident today. From member station WVXU, Bill Rinehart has more. Attorneys for the mother of an 8-year-old Cincinnati boy say he was bullied and knocked unconscious at school two days before he killed himself. The boy died at home in January.

Pierson says the evolving approach treats fathers as though they're more than a paycheck.

Stark County Approaches Child Support as a Parenting Issue

Stark County is getting a nearly $3 million federal grant to further shift its child-support collection efforts from punishment to training. WKSU’s M.L....

Portman Backs Seven-Year Phase-Down in Federal Funds for Medicaid Expansion

Senator Rob Portman says he supports a reduction over time in federal funds for Medicaid expansion. The Cincinnati-area Republican is taking part in GOP negotiations over an Affordable Care Act replacement. He answered questions about Medicaid during a news conference at MetroHealth Medical Center in Cleveland. Portman said the expansion of Medicaid eligibility under the ACA has helped fund treatment for opioid addiction.

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