Violent thunderstorms roared across middle America on Tuesday, killing seven people in two states, with several tornadoes touching down in Oklahoma and high winds pounding rural Kansas. The high-powered storms arrived as forecast, just two days after a massive tornado tore through the southwest Missouri town of Joplin and killed 122 people.
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Rain-soaked rescue crews worked through lightning and strong winds to dig through splintered homes, crumpled businesses and crushed cars in the Missouri town. Forecasters said more storms, and possible tornado outbreaks, were on the horizon.
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America’s next transportation bill should be written with the nation’s aging population in mind, advocates say. Their concern is that with pedestrians and cyclists already at risk, adding slower-moving senior citizens to a system built for cars could form a road safety crisis.
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Officials said the tornado killed at least 89 people as it cut a path nearly six miles long through the center of Joplin. A fresh thunderstorm slowed the search for survivors, and forecasters said more violent weather may be on the way.
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A massive tornado blasted its way across southwestern Missouri on Sunday, flattening several blocks of homes and businesses in Joplin and leaving residents frantically scrambling through the wreckage.
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The president defended his endorsement of a future Palestine based on Israel’s 1967 boundaries but subject to negotiated land swaps as a public expression of long-standing U.S. policy. He also told the American Israel Public Affairs Committee that the border lines reflected U.S. thinking dating back to President Clinton.
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At the end of what could prove to be a momentous week in U.S.-Israeli relations, President Obama and Israel’s prime minister, Benjamin Netanyahu, spent an intense afternoon together Friday. James Fallows, national correspondent for The Atlantic, joins host Guy Raz to discuss how that and the week’s other top stories played out.
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As doomsday approaches — at least according to one Christian evangelist — there’s an Atheist businessman who’s cashing in. For $135, Bart Centre promises to care for your cat or horse or potbellied pig after you’ve left this mortal coil. The rub? There’s no money-back guarantee.
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