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Tornadoes strike US from Arkansas to Delaware

Residents across a wide swath of the U.S. raced Sunday to assess the destruction from fierce storms that spawned possibly dozens of tornadoes from the South and the Midwest into the Northeast, killing at least 32 people. (April 3)
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AP Top Stories April 3 A.M.

Here’s the latest for Monday April 3rd: Donald Trump going to New York for arraignment; Deadly tornadoes across U.S.; Fatal medical helicopter crash in Alabama; Paris votes to ban electric scooters.

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Troops film boys’ killings in Burkina Faso

A video in Burkina Faso showing men in military fatigues walking among the bloodied bodies of boys surfaced on social media in mid-February. The Associated Press verified the the video was filmed inside a military base and found the family of one of th…

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Pope leads Palm Sunday Mass after illness

Bundled in a long, white coat and battling a hoarse voice, Pope Francis presided over Mass in St. Peter’s Square before tens of thousands of faithful on Palm Sunday, a day after he left a Rome hospital where he was treated for bronchitis. (April 2)
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AP Top Stores April 1 5P

Here’s the latest for Saturday, April 1st: Tornadoes rake through Midwest and South; Kamala Harris visits farm in Africa; Housing protests in Lisbon; Cheerful Pope heads home from hospital.

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Alaska Native honored 67 years after rescue

In 1955, Siberian Yupik Eskimos, who were Alaska National Guard members, rescued a Navy plane shot down by Russian jets over St. Lawrence Island in the Bering Strait. Now, a surviving guardsmen and families of others are receiving a medal from the stat…