A series of heavy rainfalls combined with the spring snowmelt pushed some Midwest rivers to record levels Sunday and forced evacuations.
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Facebook removed 1.5 million videos of New Zealand attack within 24 hours
Facebook said it removed or blocked 1.5 million videos of a gunman’s rampage on two New Zealand mosques thatkilled 50 people and wounded dozens more.
Gillibrand formally joins crowded field of Democratic presidential candidates
New York Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand formally joined the crowded Democratic field of candidates for president in 2020.
Boeing 737 Max 8 black boxes from Ethiopian Airlines flight crash sent to France for examination
The flight data and cockpit voice recorders from doomed Ethiopian Airlines Flight 302 arrived in Paris on Thursday.
Flight path data of two crashed Boeing 737 Max 8 planes ‘very close,’ FAA says
The United States followed nations around the globe in grounding Boeing 737 MAX 8 jets.
Man, dog survive 5 days in Oregon snow: ‘Taco Bell fire sauce saves lives!’
A manstranded for five days with his dog when their carbecame stuck in Oregon’s deep snow survived by eating taco sauce packets.
March madness: Heavy snow, bitter cold roll across nation as winter storm descends
A wave of harsh weather was driving heavy snow from California’s Sierra Nevada to New England and creatingdeadly tornadoes in the Southeast.
‘Hear the cry of the little ones’: Pope Francis demands action from bishops as sex abuse summit opens
Pope Francis urged high-ranking church officials gathered at the Vatican to “hear the cry of the little ones” who are victims of sexual abuse.
The stakes are high for Pope Francis, Catholics worldwide in unprecedented sex abuse summit
Pope Francis’ summit on clergy sexual abuse, which opens Thursday at the Vatican, drawschurch leaders from around the world.
Japan’s Abe won’t deny nominating President Donald Trump for Nobel Prize
Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe would not say whether he nominated President Donald Trump but lauded his efforts to defuse the Korean crisis.