Disaster in Oklahoma

Crews search for survivors in Okla.

A medical examiner revised the death toll down to at least 24 as crews continued a frantic search for survivors after the massive tornado.

Rescue workers dug through the rubble of Plaza Tower Elementary School early Tuesday in Moore, Okla.

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Rescue workers dug through the rubble of Plaza Tower Elementary School.

A mangled car in the parking lot of Warren Theatre as a storm cloud passed over early Tuesday in Moore, Okla.

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A mangled car in the parking lot of Warren Theatre as a storm cloud passed over early Tuesday in Moore, Okla.

A stuffed bear amid the rubble in Moore after a massive tornado leveld parts of the town on Monday.

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A stuffed bear amid the rubble in Moore.

Lightning ripped across the sky in Moore, Okla., on the day after a massive tornado hit the town.

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Lightning ripped across the sky in Moore, Okla., on the day after a massive tornado hit the town.

A child was pulled from the rubble of Plaza Towers Elementary School in Moore, Okla.

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A child was pulled from the rubble of Plaza Towers Elementary School in Moore, Okla.

Rescuers looked for victims amid debris south of Oklahoma City.

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Rescuers looked for victims amid debris south of Oklahoma City.

Briarwood Elementary School in south Oklahoma City was also damaged, and people there were injured.

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Briarwood Elementary School in south Oklahoma City was also damaged, and people there were injured.

A boy was pulled from beneath a collapsed wall at Plaza Towers Elementary School in Moore, Okla.

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A boy was pulled from beneath a collapsed wall at Plaza Towers Elementary School in Moore, Okla.

Police officers in Moore, Okla., dug through the rubble of Plaza Towers Elementary School after a massive tornado struck.

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Police officers in Moore, Okla., dug through the rubble of Plaza Towers Elementary School after a massive tornado struck.

A woman was pulled from the school.

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A woman was pulled from the school.

The tornado was estimated to be at least a half-mile wide with winds up to 200 mph.

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The tornado was estimated to be at least a half-mile wide with winds up to 200 mph.

A woman carried her child through a field near the collapsed Plaza Towers Elementary School.

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A woman carried her child through a field near the collapsed Plaza Towers Elementary School.

President Obama spoke alongside Vice President Joe Biden about the deadly tornadoes that hit Oklahoma.

Obama pledges urgent aid to Oklahoma town

The president said that the town of Moore, Okla., ‘‘needs to get everything it needs right away’’ after it was hit by ‘‘one of the most destructive’’ storms in the nation’s history.

Senate candidate Gabriel Gomez (left) and Senator John McCain (center) greeted veteran Thomas Hudner during a fund-raiser at the Fairmont Copley Hotel Monday.

Gomez blasts Markey on safety

Gabriel Gomez unleashed a frontal attack on Representative Edward Markey’s homeland security credentials.

Marathon bombing victims Brittany Loring (left) and Liza Cherney received their diplomas during the BC commencement.

Marathon victims attend BC commencement

Liza Cherney and Brittany Loring, still with some visible wounds and bandages, were among the 4,395 BC students to receive ­degrees.

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Boston Police arrest dozens of suspected gang members in raid

The targeted raid was meant to crack down on drug dealing and violent crime in Roxbury, police said.

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Clubby atmosphere vanishes as costs escalate in Belmont

What began two years ago as an elaborate $18 million clubhouse reconstruction at Belmont Country Club has grown into a nearly $30 million fiasco.

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The Senate panel voted to begin phasing in a requirement in immigration legislation for foreigners to undergo fingerprinting when they leave the US.

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