Harper to address Tory caucus amid Senate scandal


Conservatives gathered Monday night to mourn the passing of a key architect in their rise to power — and to brace for the toughest test Prime Minister Stephen Harper's government has faced since taking office on a promise to clean up politics in the national capital.

 
 

Keith Boag: Have you heard about the murderous abortion doctor?


The gruesome trial and murder conviction of Philadelphia abortion provider Dr. Kermit Gosnell is unlikely to change American abortion law, Keith Boag writes. But it has U.S. journalists questioning their priorities and how they cover such a sensitive issue.

 
 

Low risk of tornadoes across Oklahoma for the rest of the day as rescue operations continue – @KFOR

Low risk of tornadoes across Oklahoma for the rest of the day as rescue operations continue - @KFOR
 
 

Huge tornado hits Oklahoma City suburb, kills 51


A monstrous tornado almost a kilometre wide roared through the Oklahoma City suburbs Monday, flattening entire neighbourhoods, destroying an elementary school and killing at least 51 people, with the death toll expected to rise.

 
 

Oklahoma tornado: Harrowing tales emerge from devastating twister

A family of four that included a baby has emerged as casualties of the monster tornado that has claimed at least 91 lives in Oklahoma, a new report has revealed.
 
 

Irish government says it is not to blame for low rate of tax paid by Apple’s Irish subsidiaries – @Reuters

Irish government says it is not to blame for low rate of tax paid by Apple's Irish subsidiaries - @Reuters
 
 

UK inflation falls to 2.4% in the year to April, down from 2.8% in March – @StatisticsONS

UK inflation falls to 2.4% in the year to April, down from 2.8% in March - @StatisticsONS
 
 

Woman told to make funeral plans after contracting rare form of pneumonia defies the doctors to walk down the aisle on prosthetic legs

Debbie Bury, 44, from Gilberdyke, East Yorks, was struck down with a rare form of pneumonia last year, forcing doctors to amputate both her legs and right hand.
 
 

US tornadoes: Yet more heartbreak for Oklahoma as another massive tornado touches down in highly populated suburb

The desperate search continued Monday night and into Tuesday for two dozen Plaza Towers Elementary School children feared dead after yesterday's devastating tornado, which already took the lives of seven of their young classmates.
 
 

Clutching a pink balloon after a trip to McDonald’s and buying sweets, the children ‘murdered by their father’ hours later

CCTV images of the two children alleged to have been murdered by their British father following a bitter custody battle have emerged.
 
 
 
 

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