SHIRLEY, Ark. (AP) — Tonya Selken’s home sat in a dip along a ridge on Dog Mountain, where they had a sweeping view of rolling horse pasture and the misty Ozark foothills in the distance. But she didn’t choose these two of her grandfather’s 210 acres just for the scenery….

JACKSON, Tenn. (AP) — Danny Song bolted for cover as a tornado tore through the dormitory complex at Union University - then the ceiling came crashing down on top of a couch that was wedged against him….

FINDLAY, Ohio (AP) — Shandale Collins spent the past five months renovating his home after floodwaters destroyed nearly everything. Now he’s wondering whether he’ll have to do it all over again….

CHARLESTON, W.Va. (AP) — One of several white people charged in the suspected kidnapping, torture and sexual assault of a black woman has been indicted on a hate crime count, and two others have entered guilty pleas in the case….

DEL MAR, Calif. (AP) — Two of Californians’ favorite pastimes - surfing and driving - are on a collision course as state officials consider building a toll road to one of the world’s best surf breaks….

NEW ORLEANS (AP) — A day after the Zulu parade rolled down his street - and more than two years after Hurricane Katrina flooded it - Eddie Handy was beginning to feel at home again….

TAMPA, Fla. (AP) — Harry Richard Landis, who enlisted in the Army in 1918 and was one of only two known surviving U.S. veterans of World War I, has died. He was 108….

NEW YORK (AP) — Each of Super Tuesday’s main survivors pledges, if elected, to reach across party lines and bring the nation together. It’s a familiar but often futile promise, leaving Americans to wonder if divisiveness will again prevail or if - just maybe - a window is open for a more civil, constructive era….

State-by-state look at deaths and damage caused by the string of tornadoes that tore across the South:…

WASHINGTON (AP) — The nation’s capital and its suburbs have a rare opportunity to help decide a presidential election rather than just obsess about it, as next Tuesday’s three-jurisdiction contest centers on Washington and its two neighbors….