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☆ Alabama, Kentucky Shootings Leave Multiple People Dead
▼ + stars: | 2023-04-16 | by ( Ginger Adams Otis | ) www.wsj.com time to read: 1 min

Community members watched Sunday as crime-scene investigators worked the scene of a shooting in Dadeville, Ala.At least four people were killed and several others were wounded in a mass shooting Saturday night at a birthday party in Dadeville, Ala., state officials said. The shooting happened just after 10:30 p.m. local time on Saturday, according to the Alabama Law Enforcement Agency.

☆ At Least Four Killed, 28 Wounded in Alabama Birthday Party Shooting
▼ + stars: | 2023-04-16 | by ( Ginger Adams Otis | ) www.wsj.com time to read: 1 min

Law enforcement officers on Sunday canvassing the site of a shooting at a teenager’s birthday party in Dadeville, Ala.At least four people were killed and 28 others were injured in a mass shooting at a birthday party in Dadeville, Ala., state officials said. The shooting happened just after 10:30 p.m. local time on Saturday in Dadeville, a city of about 3,000 located roughly 60 miles northeast of Montgomery, according to the Alabama Law Enforcement Agency.

DIGHTON, Mass.—The house on Maple Street where Airman First Class Jack Teixeira was arrested Thursday sits on a thickly wooded lot set far back from the road. By Friday, after law-enforcement agents and media descended on this small town, a loader backhoe blocked the driveway entrance near an empty flower cart. A 2020 graduate of Dighton-Rehoboth Regional High School in southeastern Massachusetts, Airman Teixeira, 21 years old, was viewed by those who know him as a military enthusiast from a family who supports the military and its causes.

☆ Tennessee’s Political Divisions Deepen Between State and Its Cities
▼ + stars: | 2023-04-10 | by ( Ginger Adams Otis | ) www.wsj.com time to read: 1 min

The contentious ouster of Tennessee state lawmakers Justin Jones of Nashville and Justin Pearson of Memphis is the latest skirmish in a longstanding power struggle between Republicans who control the state’s politics and Democrats in charge of its fast-growing cities. Now, after GOP legislators used their majority power to expel the two representatives last week, Democrats in the metro areas plan to use their authority to send them straight back, with Nashville-area politicians vowing to act on Monday.

☆ ‘The Super Mario Bros. Movie’ Has Biggest Opening Weekend of 2023
▼ + stars: | 2023-04-10 | by ( Ginger Adams Otis | ) www.wsj.com time to read: 1 min

‘The Super Mario Bros. Movie’ offered something for children and adults. “The Super Mario Bros. Movie” had a blockbuster opening weekend, racking up $146 million over three days and stomping the competition at the domestic box office, according to studio estimates Sunday. The animated movie, a collaboration between Illumination, Nintendo and Universal, officially arrived in theaters Wednesday. It took in $204 million domestically over its first five days, and added $173 million internationally. That pushed its five-day tally to $377 million, the biggest opening weekend ever for an animated title globally.

Tennessee’s Republican-led House of Representatives expelled two Democratic lawmakers Thursday, a rare punishment for speaking out of turn on the House floor following last week’s mass shooting at a Nashville school. The House voted Thursday afternoon to force out Justin Jones and Justin Pearson , two of three lawmakers who spoke about gun control. But lawmakers failed to get the two-thirds majority needed to expel their colleague Rep. Gloria Johnson .

☆ Arkansas City Surveys Tornado’s Wreckage After Direct Hit
▼ + stars: | 2023-04-02 | by ( Adolfo Flores | Ginger Adams Otis | ) www.wsj.com time to read: 1 min

WYNNE, Ark.—Mike Ellis saw one tornado in Little Rock from his father’s ninth-floor hospital room and worried about his mom, who uses a walker and was home alone in Wynne, so he rushed to her house Friday in time for a second tornado. He and his 18-year-old son had barely pulled into the driveway when the sirens started to go off. Mr. Ellis helped his mother into a bathroom closet before grabbing a mattress to shield his son and himself as they took cover in a hallway. In a few minutes the tornado was over them.

☆ Arkansas Town Surveys Tornado’s Wreckage After Direct Hit
▼ + stars: | 2023-04-02 | by ( Adolfo Flores | Ginger Adams Otis | ) www.wsj.com time to read: 1 min

WYNNE, Ark.—As Danielle Russell drove back into her neighborhood Friday night after a tornado tore through this small city, she said she saw a white shape in the dark and hoped it wasn’t the roof of her house. Moments later she pulled up and saw that powerful winds had peeled off much of a metal layer of her roof, which now hung down, covering the house’s front. The damage forced Ms. Russell, 38 years old, to spend Friday night with her two children in their car, worried that the house wasn’t safe.

☆ Storm System Kills at Least 10 People Across Central U.S.
▼ + stars: | 2023-04-01 | by ( Ginger Adams Otis | ) www.wsj.com time to read: 1 min

One person was killed in Belvidere, Ill., when the roof of a theater collapsed in a suspected tornado. A powerful storm system barreled across the central U.S. Friday, killing at least 10 people and unleashing reports of at least 60 tornadoes recorded across six states. Powered by a series of so-called supercells, the rotating thunderstorms that can spawn tornadoes, the system battered homes, downed trees and power lines and flipped cars and RV campers, with some landing in the Mississippi River.

☆ Storm System Kills at Least 12 People Across Central U.S.
▼ + stars: | 2023-04-01 | by ( Ginger Adams Otis | ) www.wsj.com time to read: 1 min

At least four people were killed in Wynne, Ark., when a suspected tornado spawned by a supercell hit the cityA powerful storm system barreled across the central U.S. Friday, killing at least 12 people and unleashing reports of at least 60 tornadoes recorded across six states. Powered by a series of so-called supercells, the rotating thunderstorms that can spawn tornadoes, the system battered homes, downed trees and power lines and flipped cars and RV campers, with some landing in the Mississippi River.

☆ Storm System Kills at Least 22 People Across Central U.S.
▼ + stars: | 2023-04-01 | by ( Ginger Adams Otis | Adolfo Flores | ) www.wsj.com time to read: 1 min

LITTLE ROCK, Ark.—A powerful storm system barreled across the central U.S. Friday, killing at least 22 people and unleashing reports of at least 69 tornadoes recorded across at least eight states. Fueled by a series of so-called supercells, the rotating thunderstorms that can spawn tornadoes, the system battered homes, downed trees and power lines and flipped cars and RV campers, with some landing in the Mississippi River.

☆ Large Tornado Hits Little Rock, Ark., as Central U.S. Braces for Severe Weather
▼ + stars: | 2023-03-31 | by ( Talal Ansari | Ginger Adams Otis | ) www.wsj.com time to read: 1 min

Arkansas’ governor said the damage in the central part of the state was significant. A large tornado touched down Friday in Little Rock, Ark., part of a major storm system forecast to bring severe weather across the central U.S. The National Weather Service said it had received reports of downed trees and power lines as well as damaged homes around the city. There were no immediate reports of fatalities, the agency said.

☆ Pennsylvania Chocolate-Factory Explosion Death Toll Rises to Seven
▼ + stars: | 2023-03-27 | by ( Ginger Adams Otis | ) www.wsj.com time to read: 1 min

Authorities were investigating the cause of a large explosion at a chocolate factory in Pennsylvania that killed at least seven people, officials said. Two victims were discovered late Sunday in the rubble, bringing the death toll to seven, West Reading Mayor Samantha Kaag said in a statement Monday.

ROLLING FORK, Miss.—Several hard-hit Mississippi towns continued to dig out after a powerful tornado cut a path of destruction through parts of the state Friday night, as residents balanced grief with a hope that the disaster could eventually spur renewal in their rural communities. Driving down Highway 61 into the Delta town of Rolling Fork, population 1,800, on Sunday, the smell of barbecued meat and wood smoke was overpowering. Much of the town, located not far from the Mississippi River, was leveled by the storm, including its business district. The tornado claimed at least 25 lives in Mississippi, more than a dozen of them around Rolling Fork, as residents lost parents, cousins, lifelong friends and what some said were their dream homes.

☆ Pennsylvania Chocolate Factory Explosion Leaves Four Dead
▼ + stars: | 2023-03-26 | by ( Ginger Adams Otis | ) www.wsj.com time to read: 1 min

Officials are investigating the cause of the explosion at the R.M. Palmer factory. Rescue crews continued to comb through the debris caused by a chocolate factory explosion in Pennsylvania that killed four people and left three others unaccounted for, officials said Sunday. Palmer Co. factory in West Reading, Pa., occurred just before 5 p.m. Friday. It destroyed the building and caused damage to a second structure, officials said.

☆ Mississippi Tornado Kills 23, Leaves Four Missing and Dozens Injured
▼ + stars: | 2023-03-25 | by ( Ginger Adams Otis | ) www.wsj.com time to read: 1 min

A powerful tornado killed at least 23 people and four more are missing after a storm ripped across Mississippi on Friday night. The storm left dozens injured and destroyed buildings across the state, emergency officials said.

☆ Mississippi Tornado Kills 25 and Injures Dozens
▼ + stars: | 2023-03-25 | by ( Ginger Adams Otis | ) www.wsj.com time to read: 1 min

A powerful tornado killed at least 25 people as a storm ripped across Mississippi on Friday night, injuring dozens and destroying buildings across the state. Search and rescue teams from local and state agencies spread out across affected areas and helped locate some residents who were initially unaccounted for, said the Mississippi Emergency Management Agency.

☆ Utah to Require Parental Consent for Children to Use Social Media
▼ + stars: | 2023-03-23 | by ( Talal Ansari | Ginger Adams Otis | ) www.wsj.com time to read: 1 min

At least one civil-liberties group had written to Utah Gov. Spencer Cox to oppose the new regulations. Spencer Cox signed two bills on Thursday aimed at regulating how and when children and teens use social media. 152, will require social-media companies to verify that users are at least 18 years old to open an account as of March 1, 2024. Those under age 18 will need the consent of a parent or guardian to open an account.

☆ Rain and Snow to Pound California Again
▼ + stars: | 2023-03-11 | by ( Ginger Adams Otis | ) www.wsj.com time to read: 1 min

Workers made repairs after a road was washed out in Soquel, Calif., this week. Northern California residents are bracing on Saturday for another wet weekend amid flooding concerns and snow predictions in parts of the storm-weary state. Isolated thunderstorms and showers are expected to produce lightning, hail, gusty winds and funnel clouds on Saturday and continuing into Sunday, according to the National Weather Service’s Sacramento office. Parts of Monterey County had to evacuate in the morning after a levee was breached.

☆ Rain and Snow to Pound California Again Over Weekend
▼ + stars: | 2023-03-11 | by ( Ginger Adams Otis | ) www.wsj.com time to read: 1 min

Northern California residents were bracing Saturday for another wet weekend in the midst of flooding concerns and snow predictions for parts of the storm-weary state. Isolated thunderstorms and showers were expected to produce lightning, hail, gusts and funnel clouds on Saturday and continuing into Sunday, according to the National Weather Service’s Sacramento office. Parts of Monterey County had to evacuate after a levee was breached.

☆ Vinyl Records Outsell CDs for the First Time Since 1987
▼ + stars: | 2023-03-10 | by ( Ginger Adams Otis | ) www.wsj.com time to read: 1 min

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☆ ‘Baretta’ Actor Robert Blake Dies at Age 89
▼ + stars: | 2023-03-09 | by ( Ginger Adams Otis | Suryatapa Bhattacharya | ) www.wsj.com time to read: 1 min

Robert Blake, an Emmy award-winning performer who was tried and acquitted of killing his wife more than 20 years ago, died Thursday, his family said. Mr. Blake died of complications from heart disease in his Los Angeles home, according to his niece, Noreen Austin.

☆ Judith Heumann, Disability-Rights Activist, Dies at 75
▼ + stars: | 2023-03-06 | by ( Ginger Adams Otis | ) www.wsj.com time to read: 1 min

Judith Heumann served as a special adviser for international disability rights in the U.S. State Department during her career. Judith Heumann, a renowned activist who helped secure legislation protecting the rights of people with disabilities, has died. She was 75 years old. Ms. Heumann died Saturday in Washington, D.C., according to a statement from her family.

☆ Norfolk Southern’s Second Ohio Derailment Is Investigated
▼ + stars: | 2023-03-05 | by ( Ginger Adams Otis | Costas Paris | ) www.wsj.com time to read: 1 min

Officials on Sunday were investigating what caused a Norfolk Southern Corp. train to leave a track near Springfield, Ohio, in the company’s second derailment in the state in recent weeks. Unlike the Feb. 3 derailment near East Palestine, Ohio, which spilled toxic chemicals, no hazardous materials were aboard the train that went off track on Saturday, officials said.

☆ Fierce Storms in South, Midwest Leave at Least 11 Dead
▼ + stars: | 2023-03-05 | by ( Ginger Adams Otis | ) www.wsj.com time to read: 1 min

A powerful storm system that battered the South and Midwest with heavy winds caused at least 11 deaths and left thousands without power over the weekend. Kentucky had four storm-related deaths as wind gusts of 60-to-80 miles an hour rolled through the state Friday, prompting Gov. Andy Beshear to declare a state of emergency.

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