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This image taken from video provided by KOCO shows a crew working on clearing debris caused by a tornado in Sulphur, Okla., Sunday, April 28, 2024.

Oklahoma towns hard hit by tornadoes begin long cleanup after 4 killed in weekend storms

This image taken from video provided by KOCO shows a crew working on clearing debris caused by a tornado in Sulphur, Okla., Sunday, April 28, 2024.

April 29, 2024, 8:32am Nation & World

Small towns in Oklahoma began a long cleanup Monday after tornadoes flattened homes and buildings and killed four people, including an infant, widening a destructive outbreak of severe weather across the middle of the U.S. Read story

This photo released by the San Diego Zoo shows giant panda Yun Chuan on Thursday, April 25, 2024, in the Sichuan province of China. A pair of giant pandas will soon make the journey from China to the U.S., where they will be cared for at the San Diego Zoo as part of an ongoing conservation partnership between the two nations, officials said Monday, April 29.

Pair of giant pandas set to travel from China to San Diego Zoo under conservation partnership

This photo released by the San Diego Zoo shows giant panda Yun Chuan on Thursday, April 25, 2024, in the Sichuan province of China. A pair of giant pandas will soon make the journey from China to the U.S., where they will be cared for at the San Diego Zoo as part of an ongoing conservation partnership between the two nations, officials said Monday, April 29.

April 29, 2024, 8:32am Life

A pair of giant pandas will soon make the journey from China to the U.S., where they will be cared for at the San Diego Zoo as part of an ongoing conservation partnership between the two nations, officials said Monday. Read story

Karen Read sits in court during jury selection at Norfolk County Superior Court, Wednesday, April 17, 2024, in Dedham, Mass. Read, 44, is accused of running into her Boston police officer boyfriend with her SUV in the middle of a nor&rsquo;easter and leaving him for dead after a night of heavy drinking.

Trial starts in conspiracy-fueled case of girlfriend charged in Boston police officer’s death

Karen Read sits in court during jury selection at Norfolk County Superior Court, Wednesday, April 17, 2024, in Dedham, Mass. Read, 44, is accused of running into her Boston police officer boyfriend with her SUV in the middle of a nor&rsquo;easter and leaving him for dead after a night of heavy drinking.

April 29, 2024, 8:15am Nation & World

The trial of a Massachusetts woman who prosecutors say killed her Boston police officer boyfriend by intentionally driving her SUV into him begins Monday amid allegations of a vast police coverup. Read story

Suspect killed after 3 police officers wounded by gunfire in standoff near New Orleans

April 29, 2024, 8:15am Nation & World

Three Louisiana police officers were wounded by gunfire Sunday in a standoff with a man who was later killed by a police sharpshooter, authorities and news reports said. Read story

Palestinians look at the destruction after an Israeli airstrike in Rafah, Gaza Strip. Monday, April 29, 2024.

Ahead of visit to Israel, US’s Blinken presses Hamas to accept new proposal for Gaza cease-fire

Palestinians look at the destruction after an Israeli airstrike in Rafah, Gaza Strip. Monday, April 29, 2024.

April 29, 2024, 7:50am Latest News

The United States stepped up pressure for a cease-fire deal in Gaza on Monday as the secretary of state said a new proposal had been put to Hamas, whose officials were in Cairo talking to Egyptian mediators. Israeli airstrikes killed 26 people in the Gaza’s southern town of Rafah, according to hospital… Read story

People try to clear the area after a dam burst, in Kamuchiri Village Mai Mahiu, Nakuru County, Kenya, Monday, April 29, 2024. Police in Kenya say at least 40 people have died after a dam collapsed in the country&rsquo;s west.

At least 40 people die in western Kenya after a dam collapses following heavy rains

People try to clear the area after a dam burst, in Kamuchiri Village Mai Mahiu, Nakuru County, Kenya, Monday, April 29, 2024. Police in Kenya say at least 40 people have died after a dam collapsed in the country&rsquo;s west.

April 29, 2024, 7:48am Nation & World

A dam collapsed in western Kenya early Monday, killing at least 40 people after a wall of water swept through houses and cut off a major road, police said. Read story

Top French diplomat arrives in Lebanon in attempt to broker a halt to Hezbollah-Israel clashes

April 29, 2024, 7:47am Nation & World

French Foreign Minister Stéphane Séjourné arrived in Lebanon on Sunday as part of diplomatic attempts to broker a de-escalation in the conflict on the Lebanon-Israel border. Read story

Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis speaks during a news conference at the Cox Science Center and Aquarium, Monday April 22, 2024, in West Palm Beach. He announced additional funding for environmental projects including the Florida Everglades.

Florida plans $850 million in Everglades restoration projects in next year

Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis speaks during a news conference at the Cox Science Center and Aquarium, Monday April 22, 2024, in West Palm Beach. He announced additional funding for environmental projects including the Florida Everglades.

April 29, 2024, 6:00am Nation & World

Florida officials and environmental advocates on Monday touted major progress toward Everglades restoration, which has been advanced by dozens of state-funded projects. Read story

Study: It’s likely a warmer world worsened deadly Dubai downpour

April 29, 2024, 5:57am Nation & World

Circumstantial evidence points to climate change as worsening the deadly deluge that just flooded Dubai and other parts of the Persian Gulf, but scientists didn’t discover the definitive fingerprints of greenhouse gas-triggered warming that they have seen in other extreme weather events, a new report found. Read story

Pope visits Venice to speak to artists, inmates behind Biennale’s must-see prison show

April 28, 2024, 5:36pm Nation & World

Venice has always been a place of contrasts, of breathtaking beauty and devastating fragility, where history, religion, art and nature have collided over the centuries to produce an otherworldly gem of a city. But even for a place that prides itself on its culture of unusual encounters, Pope Francis’ visit… Read story