iStockphoto/Thinkstock(MOORE, Okla.) -- First responders are in a race against time in the search for any survivors of a devastating tornado that ripped through Moore, Okla., while the medical examiner's office has revised the death toll from 51 to 24, including seven children.

Two elementary schools were in the path of Monday's tornado, which the National Weather Service gave a preliminary rating of at least EF-4, meaning churning wind speeds of up to 200 mph.

Oklahoma City police spokesman Sgt. Gary Knight said some of the victims were from Plaza Towers Elementary...

iStockphoto/Thinkstock(MOORE, Okla.) -- At least seven children killed in the devastating tornado that tore through Moore, Okla., were from Plaza Towers Elementary School, officials said.

The school was destroyed by Monday's tornado, which tore a 12-mile path of destruction that left at least 24 people dead.

The deadly twister touched down just as students were about to be released for their last week of school before summer vacation.  Many of the students hunkered down in closets, classrooms and bathrooms, clinging to their classmates and teachers.

Oklahoma County Commissioner Brian Maughan confirmed to...

iStockphoto/Thinkstock(MIAMI) -- After a fierce battle near the Everglades, a Florida man bagged a record 18-foot, 8-inch python, according to the Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission (FFWCC).

Jason Leon, an amateur python collector, said he was driving in the northwestern part of Miami-Dade County -- where the invasive species are known to seek the warm asphalt of the Everglades’ levies at night -- when he came upon a three-foot section of snake.  He began to tug, he told the FFWCC.

“Jason Leon’s nighttime sighting and capture of a Burmese python of more...

Arista NashvilleBrad Paisley has become one of Nashville's biggest cheerleaders. He gave a surprise performance of "Southern Comfort Zone" at Nashville mayor Karl Dean's citywide address Monday, and Brad will appear as himself on the season finale of Nashville Wednesday night on ABC.

As a longtime resident of Music City, Brad is excited to spread the word of how cool his adopted hometown has become in the past few years. Nothing illustrates that change like the section of Nashville called the Gulch, home to the world's most famous bluegrass club,...

Comstock/ThinkstockWhat is the first song on Taylor Swift's album, Speak Now? ANSWER: "Mine."

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Capitol NashvilleDarius Rucker is back with his new album, True Believers, in stores this week featuring his monster hit, "Wagon Wheel." That song has been a staple on college campuses and in honky tonks since Old Crow Medicine Show released their version a few years back, but Darius had no clue "Wagon Wheel" had such a cult following when he cut it.

"I just think recording that song for me was such an organic thing," Darius tells ABC News Radio. "I mean, I'm old and out of touch with today's popular...