MOORE, Okla. (AP) — The Oklahoma Medical Examiner's Office says the official death toll in the aftermath of a massive tornado that slammed the Oklahoma City area remains at 51 but is expected to rise.

As night fell in Oklahoma, a massive search and rescue operation was taking place to locate survivors from the mile-wide tornado that ripped through the Oklahoma City suburb of Moore on Monday afternoon, killing at least 51 people and injuring many others.

Oklahoma Gov. Mary Fallin spoke directly to citizens in her devastated state Monday night, saying, ‘We are looking under every single piece of debris” for the missing after a massive tornado ripped apart the Oklahoma City suburb of Moore.

LOS ANGELES — When the Doors were still a fledgling quartet, and the band members were honing their chops playing five sets a night at the London Fog club in Hollywood, it wasn’t rock stardom on keyboardist Ray Manzarek’s mind as he and his three band mates laid down an extended jam for their debut album that ran more than seven minutes.

LOS ANGELES — Five days before he died, Michael Jackson was in such a sorry mental state that the director of his ill-fated “This Is It” concert series said he needed a psychiatric evaluation.

AKRON, Ohio — The University of Akron police officer who shot and killed a motorist last week sued the college two years ago when he was ordered to undergo a psychological exam following an investigation into use of excessive force.

MOORE, Okla. (AP) — State medical examiner's office: death toll of 51 in Okla. tornado is again expected to rise.

MOORE, Okla. (AP) — State medical examiner's office: 51 killed in Oklahoma tornado, with children among the dead.

WICHITA, Kan. — Kansas agencies and volunteers were preparing for what they anticipate will be a request for help from Oklahoma after a tornado swept through Moore, Okla., on Monday afternoon.