Tornadoes touched down in Central and Northeast Oklahoma, leaving destruction – especially in the small Osage County town of Barnsdall and in Bartlesville.
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Philadelphia is taking a tougher line on illegal drug use on city streets. The new mayor and city council are launching an aggressive strategy in the city's infamous Kensington neighborhood.
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Four years after COVID disrupted high school graduations, many college seniors are looking forward to their first real commencement. Student protests are forcing some to adjust their expectations.
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Ryan Riccucci, a 17-year agency veteran, says he feels the agency is misunderstood by the U.S. public.
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Israeli tanks rolled into Rafah Tuesday, taking control of the territory's border crossing with Egypt, even as Israel sent a delegation to Cairo for Hamas truce talks.
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Social Security's finances have improved slightly in the last year. But the popular retirement program still faces big challenges including the threat of automatic benefit cuts in less than a decade.
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Monday is the Met Gala, known as fashion's grandest event, where celebrities from various realms come together at New York's Metropolitan Museum of Art to celebrate fashion and each other.