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The marquee of the Apollo Theatre in Belvidere remains down Saturday at the scene where the roof of the theater collapsed during a severe storm Friday evening.

Son says he watched roof crush father when tornado hit Belvidere theater during concert

The National Weather Service said Saturday it was indeed a tornado that struck a Belvidere theater where a roof collapsed and killed a 50-year-old man during a rock concert Friday night. The man's sister said he was a car and heavy metal enthusiast who attended the concert with his son -- who saw the roof collapse on his father.
Firefighters carry a woman out of her condo Friday after her complex was damaged by a tornado in Little Rock, Arkansas. A monster storm system tore through the South and Midwest on Friday, spawning tornadoes that shredded homes and shopping centers, overturned vehicles and uprooted trees as people raced for shelter.

At least 21 dead after tornadoes rake Midwest, South

Storms that dropped possibly dozens of tornadoes killed at least 21 people in small towns and big cities across the South and Midwest, tearing a path through the Arkansas capital, collapsing the roof of a packed concert venue in Illinois, and leaving people throughout the region bewildered Saturday by the damage.
Afghan worshippers attend Friday prayer during the Muslim holy fasting month of Ramadan, in Kabul, Afghanistan. A women-run radio station in Afghanistan’s northeast has been shut down for playing songs and music during the holy month of Ramadan, a Taliban official said Saturday, April 1.

Taliban close women-run Afghan station for playing music

A women-run radio station in Afghanistan's northeast has been shut down for playing music during the holy month of Ramadan, a Taliban official said Saturday.
Pope Francis autographs the plaster cast of a child Saturday as he leaves the Agostino Gemelli University Hospital in Rome after receiving treatment for a bronchitis, The Vatican said. Francis was hospitalized on Wednesday after his public general audience in St. Peter’s Square at The Vatican.

Pope Francis leaves hospital: 'Still alive,' he quips

A chipper-sounding Pope Francis was discharged Saturday from the Rome hospital where he was treated for bronchitis, quipping to journalists before being driven away that he's "still alive."
A senior priest of the Ukrainian Orthodox Church blesses parishioners Wednesday in the Kyiv Pechersk Lavra monastery complex in Kyiv, Ukraine. The Russian invasion of Ukraine is reverberating in a struggle for control of a monastery complex. The government says it’s evicting the Ukrainian Orthodox Church from the complex as of March 29, accusing it of pro-Russia actions and ideology.
Ukraine asks court to put Orthodox leader under house arrest
KYIV, Ukraine (AP) -- Ukraine's top security agency notified a top Orthodox priest Saturday that he was suspected of justifying Russia's aggression, a criminal offense, amid a bitter dispute over a famed Orthodox monastery. Metropolitan Pavel, the abbot of the Kyiv-Pechersk Lavra monastery, Ukraine's most revered Orthodox site, has strongly resisted the authorities' order to vacate the complex. Earlier in the week, he cursed Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy, threatening him with damnation.
Workers prepare the site of a $4 billion Panasonic EV battery plant Thursday, March 30, 2023, near DeSoto, Kan. Economic incentives offered by Kansas state and local governments beat out those offered by neighboring Oklahoma to help lure the project to the site on land formerly occupied by an Army ammunition plant. (AP Photo/Charlie Riedel)
'War of the states': EV, chip makers lavished with subsidies
States are doling out more cash than ever to lure multibillion-dollar microchip, electric vehicle and battery factories, inspiring ever-more competition as they dig deeper into their pockets to attract big employers and capitalize on a wave of huge new projects.
Israeli police close a path leading to the Al-Aqsa Mosque compound after shots were fired Saturday in the Old City of Jerusalem during the Muslim holy month of Ramadan.
Israeli police fatally shoot man at Jerusalem's holiest site
JERUSALEM (AP) -- Israeli police shot and killed a man who they alleged tried to snatch an officer's gun at an entrance to a Jerusalem holy site early Saturday, raising fears of further violence during a time of heightened tensions at the flashpoint compound. Palestinian worshippers at the entrance to the site on Saturday morning had a different account, saying that police shot the man at least 10 times after he tried to prevent them from harassing a woman who was on her way to the holy compound, home to Al-Aqsa Mosque in the heart of Jerusalem's Old City -- the third holiest shrine in Islam. The compound, revered by Jews as the Temple Mount, is also the most sacred site in Judaism.
This undated handout photo shows Evelyn Dieckhaus a student at The Covenant School in Nashville, Tennessee. Dieckhaus was one of six people killed on Monday in the shooting at the school.
Funerals set for Nashville school shooting's 6 victims
Funeral arrangements were disclosed Thursday for the six people killed in this week's school shooting in Nashville, as the grieving city mourns the victims of the horrific attack that transformed what should have been a normal day of school on a bright, sunny morning into wrenching tragedy.
The European Central Bank in Frankfurt, Germany. Inflation in the 20 countries that use the euro slowed to 6.9 percent in March, the lowest level in a year, as food costs continued to rise while energy prices fell, making a sharp turnaround after months of punishing increases.
Europe's inflation eases to 6.9% as energy falls but food up
Inflation in the 20 countries that use the euro currency slowed to the lowest level in a year as energy prices dropped, but food costs were still on the rise, keeping pressure on the European Central Bank to hike interest rates further.
People gather their belongings Friday from the building that was destroyed as a result of Russian strike in Zaporizhzhia district, Ukraine.
Russia sends bombs as Ukraine marks grim Bucha anniversary
Russia used its long-range arsenal to bombard anew several areas of Ukraine on Friday, killing at least two civilians and damaging homes as Ukrainians commemorated the anniversary of the liberation of Bucha.
Rescuers work Friday at the site of a structure built over an old temple well that collapsed Thursday as a large crowd of devotees gathered for the Ram Navami Hindu festival in Indore, India. Thirty-five bodies have been found inside a well at a Hindu temple in central India after dozens of people fell into the muddy water when the well’s cover collapsed.
36 bodies found inside well after collapse at Indian temple
Thirty-six bodies have been found inside a well at a Hindu temple in central India after dozens of people attending a festival fell into the muddy water when its cover collapsed, officials said Friday.
June Steenkamp, the mother of Reeva Steenkamp, arrives Friday at the Atteridgeville Prison for the parole hearing of Oscar Pistorius in Pretoria, South Africa.
Parents of woman killed by Oscar Pistorius oppose his parole
The parents of Reeva Steenkamp, the woman Oscar Pistorius shot dead 10 years ago, still believe he is lying about their daughter's killing and opposed the former Olympic runner's application for parole, their lawyer said Friday.
                                                                                                                                                                                                                       
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