New Zealand house prices have been identified as highly unaffordable in an international study, with Auckland's market only slightly better than London but less affordable than those in Los Angeles and New York.

Mary Jo Deisler Barrett and her husband Dan Barrett managed to just avoid the tornado that killed at least 89 people this weekend in Joplin, Mo.

There is a glimmer of hope for an old, round barn on Saginaw Road that was severely damaged in a snowstorm last month.

Globe/Roger Nomer The area-famous round barn flanks Dalton Kolkmeyer this week as he plays with his dog, Sidney, at the familyA's farm near Saginaw.