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TOP STORIES

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SEVERE-WEATHER — Storms that dropped probably dozens of tornadoes killed at the least 26 folks in small cities and large cities throughout the South and Midwest, tearing a path by means of the Arkansas capital, collapsing the roof of a packed live performance venue in Illinois and beautiful folks all through the area Saturday with the harm’s scope. By Adrian Sainz and Andrew DeMillo. SENT: 1,170 phrases, photographs, video, audio. With SEVERE WEATHER-SURVIVORS — Twister survivors recount flying particles, destroyed buildings (despatched).

EXTREME-WEATHER-EXPLAINER — America is Earth’s punching bag for nasty climate. Blame geography for the U.S. getting hit by stronger, costlier, extra assorted and frequent excessive climate than anyplace on the planet, a number of specialists stated. Two oceans, the Gulf of Mexico, the Rocky Mountains, jutting peninsulas like Florida, clashing storm fronts and the jet stream mix to naturally brew the nastiest of climate. SENT: 1,010 phrases, photographs.

RUSSIA-UKRAINE-PUTIN-COURT QUQNDRY — A world arrest warrant for President Vladimir Putin raises the prospect of the person whose nation invaded Ukraine dealing with justice, however it complicates efforts to finish that conflict in peace talks. By Mike Corder. SENT: 700 phrases, photographs.

TRUMP-INDICTMENT-INVINCIBILITY — When Donald Trump steps earlier than a choose this coming week to be arraigned in a New York courtroom, it won’t solely mark the primary time a former U.S. president has confronted legal costs. It can even be a reckoning for a person lengthy nicknamed “Teflon Don,” who till now has managed to skirt severe authorized jeopardy regardless of 40 years of authorized scrutiny. By Jill Colvin. SENT: 1,11O phrases, photographs.

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RUSSIA-UKRAINE WAR

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RUSSIA-UKRAINE-WAR — A Kyiv courtroom ordered a number one priest to be put beneath home arrest after Ukraine’s prime safety company stated he was suspected of justifying Russian aggression, a legal offense. It was the most recent transfer in a bitter dispute over a famed Orthodox monastery. By Karl Ritter and Elena Becatoros. SENT: 870 phrases, photographs.

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MORE NEWS

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PEOPLE-KALEY-CUOCO — Actor Kaley Cuoco is flying excessive after giving start to her first baby. SENT: 160 phrases, photographs.

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WASHINGTON/POLITICS

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RUSSIA-JOURNALIST — American basketball star Brittney Griner and her spouse are involved in regards to the detainment in Russia of Wall Avenue Journal reporter Evan Gershkovich and stated “we should do all the things in our energy to convey him and all People house.” SENT: 270 phrases, photographs.

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NATIONAL

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FATAL-SHOOTING-LA-SHOPPING-CENTER — One particular person is useless and three others had been injured in a capturing throughout a drug deal outdoors a Los Angeles buying middle, police say. SENT: 270 phrases, photographs.

ARIZONA-EXECUTION — Arizona Gov. Katie Hobbs has been ordered to look in courtroom Thursday in her efforts to halt pending executions. SENT: 270 phrases, photograph.

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INTERNATIONAL

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MOZAMBIQUE-CYCLONE-FREDDY-CHOLERA — Weeks after large Cyclone Freddy hit Mozambique for a second time, the still-flooded nation is dealing with a spiraling cholera outbreak that threatens so as to add to the devastation. There have been over 19,000 confirmed instances of cholera throughout eight of Mozambique’s provinces as of March 27, in line with U.N. Workplace for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs, a determine which had virtually doubled in per week. SENT: 810 phrases, photographs.

FRANCE-PARIS-SCOOTER-VOTE — The wheels could also be about to return off Paris’ experiment with for-hire electrical scooters. Zipping across the Metropolis of Gentle on one among them, wind within the hair, or romantically however naughtily e-scooting à deux on one machine when the gendarmes aren’t trying may quickly be over. That’s if Parisians vote to put off the 15,000 opinion-dividing micro-vehicles. SENT: 720 phrases, photographs, video.

FINLAND-ELECTION — Polling stations have opened in Finland, the place three events had been anticipated to be in a good race as Prime Minister Sanna Marin’s Social Democrats combat to safe a second time period operating the federal government. SENT: 400 phrases, photographs.

ISRAEL-POLITICS — Tens of 1000’s of Israelis are protesting a controversial plan to revamp the nation’s authorized system, regardless of Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s suspension of the modifications earlier within the week. SENT: 300 phrases, photographs. ISRAEL-PALESTINIANS — Israeli police fatally shoot man at Jerusalem’s holiest web site (despatched).

MONTENEGRO-PRESIDENT-ELECTION — Montenegrins are casting ballots on Sunday in a runoff presidential election that could be a battle between a long-serving pro-Western incumbent and a newcomer promising modifications within the small NATO member state in Europe that has been locked in political turmoil. SENT: 370 phrases, photographs.

GUATEMALA-TAIWAN — Taiwanese President Tsai Ing-wen and the Guatemalan President Alejandro Giammattei toured the archaeological web site of Tikal on Saturday throughout a visit by Tsai that goals to shore up the self-governing island’s ties with its remaining allies in Central America. SENT: 360 phrases, photographs.

BULGARIA-ELECTIONS — Bulgarians had been casting their ballots in a basic election — the fifth in two years — hoping to finish political instability and assist overcome the financial woes fueled by a raging conflict in Ukraine. SENT: 350 phrases, photographs.

SYRIA-ISRAEL-STRIKES — Israeli airstrikes hit a number of websites in Syria’s Homs province, wounding 5 troopers, Syrian state media reported. SENT: 270 phrases photograph.

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ENTERTAINMENT

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CMT-MUSIC-AWARDS — This 12 months’s CMT Music Awards will merge nation, rock and blues straight from the guts of Texas, that includes performances together with collaborations with Alanis Morissette, The Black Crowes, Gwen Stefani and Gary Clark Jr. and tributes to Lynyrd Skynyrd and Stevie Ray Vaughn. SENT: 240 phrases, photographs.

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SPORTS

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BKC–NCAA-FAU-SAN DIEGO ST — San Diego State’s vaunted protection staggered nicely into the second half as free-flowing Florida Atlantic breezed to a 14-point lead. The Aztecs discovered their tooth once more to get again into the sport. Then Lamont Butler delivered on the very finish. Butler hit a buzzer-beating jumper for the ages, sending San Diego State to its first nationwide championship sport with a 72-71 win over fellow mid-major Florida Atlantic within the Ultimate 4. SENT: 750 phrases, photographs.

BKC—NCAA-MIAMI-UCONN — UConn doled out one other drama-free basketball beatdown, getting 21 factors and 10 rebounds from Adama Sanogo to dispatch Miami 72-59 and transfer one win from the varsity’s fifth nationwide title. Jordan Hawkins overcame his abdomen bug and scored 13 for the Huskies, who got here into this most sudden Ultimate 4 as the one workforce with any expertise on faculty basketball’s remaining weekend. SENT: 780 phrases, photographs.

BKN-NBA-LABOR — Probably the most financially profitable period in NBA historical past will proceed uninterrupted for at the least six extra years, after the league and its gamers got here to a tentative settlement on a brand new Collective Bargaining Settlement that may kick on this summer season. SENT: 920 phrases, photographs.

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