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In Iowa, the Greenfield tornado obliterated homes, splintered trees and crumpled cars in the town of 2,000 about 55 miles (89 kilometers) southwest of Des Moines.

As for digital transnational repression, the UN special rapporteur said attempts to intimidate and silence journalists and their sources and promote self-censorship online have increased over the past decade.

The National Weather Service said it received 23 tornado reports on Tuesday, with most in Iowa, and one each in Wisconsin and Minnesota.

Trump and Biden agree on essentially nothing, from taxes and climate change to immigration and regulation. Yet on trade policy, the two presumptive presidential nominees have embraced surprisingly similar approaches.

NASA has held the top spot for 12 years, a fact that the agency touted on its website as the agency’s administrator, Bill Nelson, praised the staff as a “team of wizards.”

Ed Dwight, a former Air Force pilot, now aged 90, got to experience a few minutes of weightlessness with five other passengers aboard the Blue Origin capsule as it skimmed space.

The Dali suffered four blackouts in roughly 10 hours: two the day before the crash and two in the minutes before.

Indian American voters—the second largest immigrant community and fastest-growing in many states—could make up the decisive margin of victory in key races across the country in November's elections.

The maritime route is designed to bolster the amount of aid getting into the Gaza Strip, but it is not considered a substitute for far cheaper land-based deliveries.

Gates said Monday she was leaving the philanthropy mega foundation that she established with her ex-husband, Microsoft co-founder Bill Gates.

Simons came in second behind only Warren Buffett in the Chronicle of Philanthropy’s list of the biggest charitable donations from individuals or their foundations in 2023.

“For whatever reason, they thought he was a bad guy, but he was a good guy. He was a great guy. He was an exceptional guy,” civil rights attorney Ben Crump said. “They took a patriot from us.”

Biden doesn’t hesitate to point out where he splits with Sanders when given the chance. “I like him, but I’m not Bernie Sanders. I’m not a socialist,” Biden said in January 2022. “I’m a mainstream Democrat.”

The presidential race remained in uncertain waters until Friday morning, when Panama's Supreme Court ruled that leading presidential contender José Raúl Mulino was permitted to run.

The panel that serves as the internationally recognised monitor for food crises said in March that northern Gaza was on the brink of famine and likely to experience it in May.

There was no immediate reaction from either the Japanese or Indian governments.

The attorney is seen as a vital building block for the prosecution's case that Trump and his allies schemed to bury unflattering stories in the run-up to the 2016 presidential election.

A large crowd of students, alumni and neighbors gathered on campus steps outside the barricaded area of tents, sitting as they listened and applauded various speakers and joined in pro-Palestinian chants.

Weinstein was convicted in New York in 2020 of the rape and sexual assault of ex-actress Mann in 2013, and of forcibly performing oral sex on former production assistant Mimi Haley in 2006.

The judge's suggestion that he may jail the former president signalled that Trump's already precarious legal standing could further spiral depending on his behaviour during the trial.