High winds halt Union Pacific trains in Wyoming, set records in Montana. Thursday will bring more of the same, forecasters say.

Associated Press
Tornadoes collapse buildings and level homes in Nebraska and Iowa
Tornadoes wreaked havoc Friday in the Midwest, causing a building to collapse with dozens of people inside and destroying and damaging hundreds of homes, many around Omaha, Nebraska. Tornado warnings continued to be issued into the night in Iowa. Three people were hurt in Nebraska’s Lancaster County when a tornado hit an industrial building, causing it to collapse with 70 people inside.
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Reuters
Philippines denies deal with China over disputed South China Sea shoal
A spokesperson at China's embassy in Manila said on April 18 that the two had agreed early this year to a "new model" in managing tensions at the Second Thomas Shoal, without elaborating. Philippine Defense Secretary Gilberto Teodoro said on Saturday his department was "not aware of, nor is it a party to, any internal agreement with China" since President Ferdinand Marcos Jr took office in 2022. Defence department officials have not spoken to any Chinese officials since last year, Teodoro said in a statement.
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Associated Press
Indiana voters to pick party candidates in competitive, multimillion dollar primaries
In deep red Indiana, where Republicans hold a supermajority in both chambers of the state legislature and most top offices are held by GOP politicians, the May 7 primary will determine the outcome of the general election in many races. The most-watched is the GOP race for governor, a six-way competition of office-seekers who all have cast themselves as outsiders in an appeal to conservative voters. Indiana also will send at least three new representatives to the U.S. House following a series of retirements.
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Associated Press
Moderate Republicans look to stave off challenges from the right at Utah party convention
Moderate Republicans, who often have been successful with Utah voters, will look to stave off farther-right challengers at Saturday's state GOP convention, which typically favors the most conservative contenders. All eyes are on the crowded race to succeed U.S. Sen. Mitt Romney, the state's best-known centrist Republican, who often made waves for opposing former President Donald Trump and other leaders of the party. The pool of nearly a dozen Republicans vying to replace Romney includes a congressman, a former state legislative leader and the lawyer son of Utah’s longest-serving U.S. senator.
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Associated Press
Trump promised big plans to flip Black and Latino voters. Many Republicans are waiting to see them
Donald Trump says he wants to hold a major campaign event at New York's Madison Square Garden featuring Black hip-hop artists and athletes. The Trump campaign removed its point person for coalitions and hasn't announced a replacement. The Republican Party's minority outreach offices across the country have been shuttered and replaced by businesses that include a check-cashing store, an ice cream shop and a sex-toy store.
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AFP
'Everyone sits out': Yangon parks offer heatwave relief
As the sun sets on another scorching Yangon day, the hot and bothered descend on the Myanmar city's parks, the coolest place to spend an evening during yet another power blackout.Mya Aye, 62, said she comes to the park every day when the power goes off at 5:00 pm.
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NBC News
As USC cancels commencement, Columbia students worry theirs could be disrupted
After the University of Southern California canceled its main commencement, students at other campuses with protests wonder if theirs will be next.
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AFP
Migrants eyeing Europe bide their time in Tunisia
Thousands of sub-Saharan migrants have huddled in Tunisian olive groves for months, living in makeshift tents and surviving on meagre rations while keeping their hopes alive of reaching Europe.Sfax is one of Tunisia's main departure points for irregular migration to Europe by boat, and was once a hub for sub-Saharan migrants.
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TODAY
As an Arab woman in my 20s, making warak anab felt like a rite of passage
The labor that warak abab, also known as dolma or stuffed grape leaves, requires is a reflection of Arab culture and how we tend to each other.
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NBC News
Severe spring storms put 21 million under threat of possible tornadoes and hail
Severe spring storms will bring heavy rain and thunder to the Plains and into the Mississippi Valley this weekend — including possible powerful tornadoes, large hail and flooding.
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NBC News
Former Rep. Peter Meijer ends Michigan GOP Senate campaign
Peter Meijer, who lost his House seat after voting to impeach then-President Donald Trump, has dropped out of a crowded Republican Senate primary in Michigan.
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TODAY
Two barbers saw a little girl about to run into traffic. They acted on instinct to save her
Osvaldo Lugo and Rafael Santana of Look Sharp Barbershop in East Hartford are being called heroes for saving a little girl who ran into the street.
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Time
Why Experts Are Worried About Bird Flu in Cows
Health officials have detected fragments of a bird flu virus in milk. What does that mean for the milk supply?
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CNN
Star witness in Harvey Weinstein trial says she’d consider testifying after overturned conviction: ‘This isn’t just about me’
Mimi Haley, a witness in Harvey Weinstein’s historic rape trial, says she would consider testifying in a new trial after the former Hollywood producer’s New York conviction was overturned by the New York Court of Appeals.
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Time
The U.S. Needs to ‘Get It Right’ on Artificial Intelligence
“We can't afford to get this wrong—again,” Shalanda Young, the director of the Office of Management and Budget, tells TIME.
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CNN
Guatemalan prosecutors raid Save the Children’s offices over migrant children complaint
Guatemalan authorities raided the offices of the NGO Save the Children on Thursday citing complaints over the treatment of Guatemalan children in Texas, the country’s Public Prosecutor told CNN.
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CNN
Powerful tornadoes tear across Nebraska and Iowa as weather service warns of ‘catastrophic’ damage
Devastating tornadoes tore across parts of eastern Nebraska and northeast Texas Friday as a multi-day severe thunderstorm event ramped up in the central United States, injuring at least three people.
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Associated Press
Loved ones await recovery of 2 bodies from Baltimore bridge wreckage a month after the collapse
A wooden cross is laden with Miguel Luna’s personal belongings — his construction uniform and work boots, a family photo, the flag of his native El Salvador — but his body remains missing after the collapse of the Francis Scott Key Bridge. Four bodies have been recovered, but Luna and another worker, Jose Mynor Lopez, have not been found. It includes decorated wooden crosses, a painted canvas backdrop, bunches of flowers, candles and a giant modified American flag with six stars — one for each of the men.
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Associated Press
Former sheriff's deputy convicted of misdemeanor in shooting death of Christian Glass
A former Colorado sheriff’s deputy was convicted of a misdemeanor on Friday in the shooting death of a 22-year-old man in distress who had called 911 for help after his car got stuck in a small mountain community. Prosecutors alleged that Buen needlessly escalated a standoff with Glass, who exhibited signs of a mental health crisis. A second officer indicted in Glass’ death previously pleaded guilty to a misdemeanor.
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Dairy farmers are at risk for bird flu. Here's how they can stay safe.
Are cases of bird flu being missed in dairy workers? Experts say it's likely that there are some cases going unreported. Protecting dairy workers should be a top priority.
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