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By Elizabeth Chuck and Gabe Gutierrez, NBC NewsA mother who sought shelter in a 7-Eleven that collapsed under the force of tornado winds, killing both her and her four-month-old son, are among the victims whose names were released by Oklahoma's chief medical examiner Wednesday.Megan Futrell, 29, had just picked her son Case up from his babysitter on Monday in Moore, Okla., when she saw the tornado...    

A man, reported to be a British soldier, was attacked and killed by knife-wielding assailants on a London street in broad daylight Wednesday in what is being investigated as an ideologically motivated terror attack.Eyewitnesses told ITV News that two attackers were later shot by officers.A witness identified as James told local radio station LBC that he saw two suspects attack the young victim wit...    

Cub Scout Pack 215 in rural Arkansas is waiting for a vote that could mean big changes for their tiny outfit.That’s because of a decision being made Thursday at the national Boy Scouts of America annual meeting that will have ramifications for their pack and other Scout units across the country: whether or not to end its controversial policy banning gay Scouts.The 1,400 delegates of the National C...    

At today's White House press briefing, Press Secretary Jay Carney announced that President Obama will travel to Oklahoma on Sunday, May 26 to inspect the damage from the tornado that hit the state on Monday. Carney added that the president will visit with affected families and thank first responders.    

A man, reported to be a British soldier, was attacked and killed by knife-wielding assailants on a London street in broad daylight Wednesday in what is being investigated as a terror attack or politically motivated killing.Eyewitnesses told ITV News that two attackers were later shot by officers.A witness identified as James told local radio station LBC that he saw two suspects attack the young vi...    

As the search for survivors in the grief-stricken suburbs of Oklahoma City ended Wednesday, the state's chief medical examiner began releasing the names and ages of those who died in Monday's devastating tornado, including two infants.A four-month-old and a seven-month-old were the youngest victims, Oklahoma chief medical examiner Ron Craun said Wednesday. The oldest was a 65-year-old man.Case Fut...    

The earth itself was at least partially to blame for why desperate schoolchildren in Moore, Okla., had nowhere to hide from Monday’s devastating tornado.Much of the soil in Oklahoma, including Moore, is red clay -- a porous substance that makes foundations settle and basements and underground tornado shelters leak. “That’s the reason we don’t have basements,” said Tom Bennett of Tulsa, past presid...    

The "Scrubs" theme song, "I'm no Superman," has a line that goes, "You gotta work to feed the soul but I can't do this all on my own." The show's former star, Zach Braff, apparently has taken that to heart and in so doing has sparked one of the biggest Hollywood controversies of the year.Four years after the show that made him a star went off the air, the actor-writer-director is part of the cultu...    

Lawmakers expressed both anger and bewilderment that IRS leaders had not told Congress sooner about indications that the tax agency had improperly singled out conservatives and Tea Party groups seeking tax-exempt status.A highly anticipated hearing by the top investigative committee in the Republican-controlled House delivered on the drama that was expected. Lois Lerner, the IRS official in charge...    

Jerrie Bhonde remembers heading to the bathroom to ride out the tornado with her husband, Hemant. The couple clung to each other inside the shower and waited. Suddenly, the bathroom, and the rest of their house, vanished.“The house totally disappeared,” Jerrie Bhonde recalled a day later for TODAY’s Matt Lauer from her hospital bed. Just moments earlier, the storm’s fierce winds and debris left he...    

Los Angeles will make history when voters elect a new mayor on Tuesday but the runoff race between two Democratic candidates isn’t drawing much interest as turnout could reach a record low despite the more than $33 million that’s been spent on the nearly two year-long contest to succeed outgoing Mayor Anthony Villagarosa. The race pits City Controller Wendy Greuel, who would be the city’s first wo...    

A man with ties to the Boston Marathon bombing suspect Tamerlan Tsarnaev was shot and killed after attacking an FBI agent during questioning in Florida, law enforcement officials said on Wednesday.The man who was shot, Ibragim Todashev, 27, allegedly attacked an agent with a knife. He was not suspected of having played any role in the bombing that killed three people and injured scores more in Apr...    

A House committee dismissed the IRS official in charge of overseeing the division that took action to single out conservative groups seeking tax exempt status after she invoked her Fifth Amendment rights on Wednesday and refused to testify. Lois Lerner, the IRS director of exempt organizations who has become a center of controversy in the revelations that the tax agency had singled out conservativ...    

TODAY’s Matt Lauer toured the wreckage Tuesday with authorities who described the heartbreaking initial moments first responders faced when they reported to the Plaza Towers Elementary School.A basketball covered by branches and splintered wood. A crumpled and torn-up map of the United States. And a paperback book, its cover curled by a tornado’s rain.The school took a direct hit from the tornad...    

As an Arizona jury resumes deliberating on Wednesday about whether she deserves the death penalty for the murder of her ex-boyfriend, Jodi Arias is now begging for her life after initially saying she preferred to die. “What I receive will be what I deserve, I believe,’’ she told NBC’s Diana Alvear only hours after she begged the jury to spare her life on Tuesday. Earlier this month, she was convic...    

A man with ties to the Boston Marathon bombing suspects was shot and killed while being questioned by the FBI in Florida, sources told NBC News.The man who was shot, Ibragim Todashev, had been interviewed about his connections to the bombing suspects before by the FBI and started out cooperative, sources told NBC News.The suspect then went to attack the agent and was shot, the sources said.The sus...