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ABC News (NEW YORK) — Communities in the southern United States awoke Monday morning reeling from a deadly tornado outbreak and powerful thunderstorms. Over the weekend, at least 27 tornadoes were reported across five states — Louisiana,

Piccell/Getty Images (LITTLE ROCK, Ark.) — Two people were killed and five were injured in a pair of shootings in Little Rock, Arkansas, on Sunday evening, local police said. Little Rock Police officials said they’d opened a

Via Eagle Pass Fire Department Facebook Page (EAGLE PASS, Texas.) — A desperate 911 call made from a freight train led Texas authorities to 12 migrants trapped inside a stifling boxcar, including one who was pronounced dead at

Catherine McQueen/Getty Images (BATON ROUGE, La.) — A Baton Rouge police helicopter crashed Sunday in West Baton Rouge Parish, killing two local police officers, according to the Baton Rouge Police Department. “The incident is currently being investigated by

Jon Lovette/Getty Images (PHILADELPHIA) — A nearby chemical spill in Philadelphia has local residents on high alert, after officials initially recommended that residents use bottled water “out of an abundance of caution.” The city of Philadelphia on Sunday

Fatih Aktas/Anadolu Agency via Getty Images (NEW YORK) — A grand jury is continuing to weigh charges against former President Donald Trump in connection with the Manhattan district attorney’s probe into the 2016 hush payment to adult

Jeff Kravitz/FilmMagic (NEW YORK) — Actor Jonathan Majors was arrested Saturday in New York and charged with strangulation and battering a woman, police said. New York City police said the “Creed III” actor was arrested when officers responded

Scott Olson/Getty Images (MACON, Ga.) — At least two twisters touched down Sunday morning in Georgia — both described by the National Weather Service as “large and extremely dangerous” — as President Joe Biden approved disaster relief for

Monroe County Sheriff’s Office (KEY WEST, Fla.) — Two Cuban migrants landed at Key West International Airport on a motorized hang glider Saturday morning, authorities said. They were taken into U.S. Border Patrol custody after landing at approximately

Medioimages/Photodisc/Getty Images/STOCK (WINONA, Miss.) — As a deadly tornado barrelled toward Winona, Mississippi, late on Friday, one local family scrambled for safety inside their home. “Obviously it was coming right behind us because as soon as we got