Nearly 400,000 without power in Missouri, Arkansas, Kentucky as storms batter central U.S.

Nearly 400,000 people in Missouri, Arkansas and Kentucky have no power after severe storms and tornadoes swept through the region Saturday and continued into Sunday. Additionally, more than 53,000 people are without power in Texas as well as more than 31,000 in Tennessee, while over 16,000 customers have outages in Kansas and over 12,000 in … Read more

Tornado warnings issued in parts of Texas, Oklahoma; heat hits the South over Memorial Day weekend

Dangerous severe storms with possible tornadoes swept across parts of the U.S., including in Texas and Oklahoma, on Saturday night. Federal forecasters issued tornado watches and warnings for parts of Texas, Oklahoma, Arkansas, Missouri and Kansas, with the National Weather Service office for Fort Worth, Texas, urging residents in the path of unstable thunderstorm cells … Read more

Birmingham-Southern College folds, but baseball team very much alive and headed to College World Series

The Birmingham-Southern College Panthers advanced to the Division III College World Series next week — and will play for a school that no longer exists. Jakob Zito’s two-run triple keyed an early three-run outburst as the Panthers beat Denison University in Granville, Ohio, 7-6, on Saturday. Birmingham Southern won Game 1 of best-of-3 series, 10-1, … Read more

Dow slides 500 points, S&P 500 retreats from record while Nasdaq hits new heights

The Nasdaq Composite rose to a new record Thursday on better-than-expected quarterly results from Nvidia. The broader market, however, struggled to stay in positive territory. The tech-heavy Nasdaq gained 0.3% to an all-time high. The S&P 500 declined 0.3%, pulling back from its all-time high reached earlier in the session. The Dow Jones Industrial Average lagged, losing 472 points, or 1.2%. The 30-stock index … Read more

At least 5 dead as strong winds topple stage at a campaign rally in northern Mexico

SAN PEDRO GARZA GARCIA, Mexico — A high gust of wind toppled the stage at a campaign rally Wednesday evening in the northern Mexican state of Nuevo Leon, killing at least five people, injuring 50 and trapping others, the state’s governor said. The collapse occurred during an event attended by presidential long-shot candidate Jorge Álvarez … Read more

Here’s what top Trump VP picks say about the 2020 election results — and whether they’ll accept the 2024 outcome

No matter how much closer the country gets to the 2024 election, Donald Trump can’t stop looking back to the one four years ago.  On the campaign trail, the former president consistently brings up his unfounded claims that the 2020 election was stolen from him by Democrats. This past weekend in Minnesota, he falsely told … Read more

Zhang Zhan is freed from prison in China after 4 years for reporting on Covid-19

BANGKOK — Chinese citizen journalist Zhang Zhan has been released from prison after serving four years for charges related to reporting on the Covid-19 outbreak in Wuhan, according to a video statement she released Tuesday, eight days after her sentence ended, though there are concerns about how much freedom of movement she has. Zhang was … Read more