Karen Brooks

CHARLOTTE, North Carolina (Reuters) - A 7-year-old boy was recovering on Sunday after a tornado sheared off the walls of his North Carolina home, snatched him from his bed and threw him 350 feet onto the embankment of a nearby interstate, the boy's grandmother told Reuters.

(Reuters) - An orphaned toddler who was found alone in a field in tornado-ravaged southeastern Indiana remained in critical condition on Sunday, hospital officials said.

(Reuters) - A toddler who was found alone in a field in tornado-ravaged southeast Indiana after her parents and siblings were killed during last week's tornadoes died on Sunday of her injuries, Indiana state police said.

LOUISVILLE, Kentucky (Reuters) - A toddler who was found alive in a field in tornado-ravaged southeastern Indiana after her parents and two siblings were killed when a twister struck their mobile home died on Sunday of her injuries, Indiana state police said.

LOUISVILLE, Kentucky (Reuters) - A toddler who was found alive in a field in tornado-ravaged southeastern Indiana after her parents and two siblings were killed when a twister struck their mobile home died on Sunday of her injuries, her family said.

ANCHORAGE, Alaska (Reuters) - A second-grade teacher and her companion face homicide and abuse charges in the death of the woman's 3-year-old daughter, who authorities say was locked overnight in a freezing room in sub-zero temperatures with the window open, according to state records.

(Reuters) - A toddler girl rescued from a field in tornado-ravaged southeast Indiana remained in critical condition on Saturday in a Kentucky hospital, a spokesman told Reuters.

LOUISVILLE, Kentucky (Reuters) - A toddler girl's entire family was killed by tornadoes in the hours before she was rescued alone from a field miles from her home in ravaged southeast Indiana, officials said on Saturday.

SAN ANTONIO, Texas (Reuters) - A proposed mural of a sleeping, sombrero-topped Mexican man has created a cultural minefield in South Texas, where supporters say it's a tribute to a classic image and opponents say it's offensive.

TEMPE, Arizona (Reuters) - One man is under arrest and two more are being sought in what police said on Saturday appeared to be gang-related shootings that left 14 people wounded at a Tempe, Arizona, nightclub.

SAN ANTONIO, Texas (Reuters) - Capping off a week of wins, an Orthodox Jewish high school basketball team in Texas won its hard-fought semifinals game on Friday afternoon - just hours before the start of the Jewish Sabbath.

SAN ANTONIO, Texas (Reuters) - An Orthodox Jewish high school in Texas has decided to forfeit its playoff game in this weekend's state basketball tournament because it is scheduled to be played Friday night, after the start of the Jewish Sabbath.

SAN ANTONIO (Reuters) - An Orthodox Jewish high school basketball team in Texas will not have to forfeit its playoff game after league officials agreed under legal pressure on Thursday to move up the game time to avoid a conflict with the Jewish Sabbath.

AUSTIN (Reuters) - A Texas man who confessed to being the ringleader of a ruthless band of murderers and rapists was executed on Wednesday, hours after Arizona put another man to death for killing his adoptive mother.

HENRYVILLE, Indiana (Reuters) - Rescue teams and residents combed through storm-wrecked towns to assess damage on Saturday from a chain of tornadoes that cut a 1,000-mile swath of destruction from the Midwest to the Gulf of Mexico, as the death toll crept up to at least 37 people.

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HENRYVILLE, Ind./CRITTENDEN, Ken. (Reuters) - Rescue teams and residents combed through storm-wracked towns

HENRYVILLE, Ind./CRITTENDEN, Kentucky (Reuters) - Rescue teams and residents combed through storm-wracked towns to assess damage on Saturday from a chain of tornadoes that cut a 1,000-mile (1,600-km) swath of destruction from the Midwest to the Gulf of Mexico, as the death toll rose to at least 39 people.

CRITTENDEN, Kentucky (Reuters) - Calm weather gave dazed residents of storm-wracked towns a respite early on Sunday as they dug out from a chain of tornadoes that cut a swath of destruction from the Midwest to the Gulf of Mexico, killing at least 39 people.