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A series of tornadoes tore through Texas, even when none were predicted

By Matthew Cappucci
May 02, 2025 5:48 pm - BURKBURNETT, Texas — A family of strong tornadoes tore through areas south of Killeen, Texas, on Thursday, leading to swaths of destruction — all on a day when no tornado...
Maryland Zoo’s ‘surprise’ baby giraffe gets a name

By Dana Hedgpeth
May 02, 2025 1:51 pm - A baby giraffe whose birth in March came as a surprise at the Maryland Zoo this week received a name — Titali, which means “butterfly” in the Bulu language spoken in sout...
Soviet-era spacecraft once bound for Venus expected to crash to Earth in May

By Victoria Craw
May 02, 2025 12:24 pm - Part of a spacecraft that launched in 1972 and has been orbiting Earth for 53 years is due to reenter Earth’s atmosphere in the next two weeks and could crash to the ground intact, scientists say.
Wall Street loses ground, breaking a 9-day winning streak, and crude oil prices tumble

By DAMIAN J. TROISE and ALEX VEIGA
May 02, 2025 11:30 am - Wall Street extended its gains to a ninth straight day Friday, marking the stock market's longest winning streak since 2004 and reclaiming the ground it lost since President Donald Trump escalated his trade war in early April.
CDC reports 216 child deaths this flu season, the most in 15 years

By MIKE STOBBE
May 02, 2025 11:02 am - More U.S. children have died this flu season than at any time since the swine flu pandemic 15 years ago, according to a federal report released Friday.
Trump re-ups his threat to strip Harvard University’s tax-exempt status

By SEUNG MIN KIM
May 02, 2025 10:38 am - President Donald Trump on Friday re-upped his threat to strip Harvard University of its tax-exempt status, escalating a showdown with the first major college that has defied the administration's efforts to crack down on campus activism.
Temu ditches Chinese imports model to avoid Trump’s tariffs

Bloomberg News
May 02, 2025 8:31 am - Temu is abandoning the model centered around cheap Chinese imports that catapulted it to success in the US, aiming to sell only goods from local merchants to American consumers for the foreseeable future.
Employers added 177,000 jobs as job market shows resilience

By PAUL WISEMAN
May 02, 2025 7:43 am - American employers added a better-than-expected 177,000 jobs in April as the job market showed resilience in the face of President Donald Trump's trade wars.
White House comes out with sharp spending cuts in Trump’s 2026 budget plan

By LISA MASCARO
May 02, 2025 7:33 am - President Donald Trump's 2026 budget plan would slash non-defense domestic spending by $163 billion while increasing expenditures on national security, according to White House statements Friday.
Who are the contenders to be pope? They include a street priest, a missionary and a Lutheran convert

By The Associated Press
May 02, 2025 6:41 am - When the cardinals enter the Sistine Chapel on May 7 to choose a successor to Pope Francis, the first pontiff from Latin America, they will be looking above all for a holy man who can guide the Catholic Church. Beyond that, they will weigh his administrative and pastoral experience and consider what the church needs today.

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