Doyle Rice

As Birmingham and other cities clean up, weather service rolling out radar upgrades

Global Politics

Tornadoes tore across parts of the United States on Sunday night, killing at least two, in Jefferson County, Ala., and wounding dozens. But many lives were likely saved with timely warnings from the National Weather Service — warning they hope to make more accurate with a new radar system rolling out nationally.

The World

Deadly heat waves expected in the midwest

Environment