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At least 26 people killed as massive storm sweeping the U.S. spawns tornadoes and fires

By Bruce Shipkowski, Julie Walker, Sean Murphy, Associated Press

Violent tornadoes ripped through parts of the U.S., wiping out schools and toppling semitractor-trailers in several states, part of a monster storm that has killed at least 26 people as more severe weather was expected late Saturday.

Wall Street rallies to its best day in months, but can’t save another losing week

By Stan Choe, Associated Press

It still wasn’t enough to keep the U.S. market from a fourth straight losing week, its longest such streak since August.

Sean ‘Diddy’ Combs pleads not guilty to sex trafficking charges ahead of May trial

By Larry Neumeister, Associated Press

Combs returned to federal court in New York City on Friday, pleading not guilty to the latest version of an indictment charging him with two decades of sex trafficking crimes.

USPS says it will work with DOGE on reform, including workforce cuts

By Associated Press

The USPS announced the plan during the final days of the Biden administration in January but at the time didn’t include the number of workers expected to leave.

The history of civil service and the impact of Trump’s slashing of the workforce

By Layla Quran, Lisa Desjardins

President Trump gave federal agencies a deadline this week to implement a large-scale reduction in force. The order would not only lay off thousands more government employees but eliminate positions altogether. Lisa Desjardins takes a look at the history of…

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Brooks and Capehart on the Democratic division over the stopgap funding bill

By Amna Nawaz, Ali Schmitz

New York Times columnist David Brooks and Washington Post associate editor Jonathan Capehart join Amna Nawaz to discuss the week in politics, including the Senate passes a bill to avert a government shutdown after a heated debate among Democrats, President…

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Whistleblower Mark Klein, who brought NSA’s mass surveillance of Americans to light, dies at 79

By Dan Cooney

Mark Klein, a whistleblower who exposed a National Security Agency program of mass government spying on American internet traffic in the 2000s, has died.

What to know about the aircraft that caught fire after landing in Denver

By Thomas Peipert, Sarah Brumfield, Colleen Slevin, Matthew Brown, Associated Press, Jesse Bedayn, Associated Press/ Report for America

A fire on an American Airlines plane after it diverted mid-flight and landed Thursday at Denver International Airport sent passengers fleeing onto a wing in a fraught evacuation amid billowing clouds of smoke. Airport officials said 12 people were taken to hospitals…

Sweeping March storm system threatens U.S. with tornadoes, blizzards and wildfire conditions

By Russ Bynum, Associated Press

A huge storm system crossing the U.S. threatens to unleash tornadoes Friday in the Mississippi Valley, blizzards in the northern Plains and dry, gusty conditions in Texas and Oklahoma that pose a high risk of wildfires.

As NOAA braces for more cuts, scientists say public safety is at risk

By Adam Kemp

As severe weather season kicks off for large portions of the country, climate scientists warn cuts at NOAA and NWS could put public safety in jeopardy.