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Widespread damage as tornado moves through Mississippi 03/25/2023 12:22am • ROLLING FORK, Miss. (AP) — A powerful tornado tore through a rural area of the Mississippi Delta on Friday night, causing injuries, widespread damage and downing power lines as severe weather that produced hail the size of golf balls moved through several southern states and prompted authorities t Montgomery Co. high school cracks down on off-campus lunch policy citing 'safety concerns' 03/24/2023 11:57pm • Days after a Quince Orchard High School student was found suffering an apparent overdose inside the bathroom of a McDonald's near the school, the school's principal announced stricter enforcement of the off-campus lunch policy. In a tweet, Quince Orchard Principal Elizabeth Thomas wrote that Texas police: Migrants found 'suffocating' in train; 2 dead 03/24/2023 11:16pm • UVALDE, Texas (AP) — Two migrants were found dead and at least 10 were hospitalized Friday after police in South Texas received a call that they were “suffocating” in a freight train traveling near the U.S.-Mexico border. The Uvalde Police Department said Border Patrol was informed of the p 17-year-old charged in kidnapping ending in Houston shooting 03/24/2023 10:37pm • A 17-year-old has been charged with kidnapping two migrants whose rescue this week from a Houston hotel by FBI agents after days of captivity ended in gunfire that killed another suspect. Josiah Jackson was charged Friday with two counts of aggravated kidnapping in the abduction of a man and woman NHRA Arizona Nationals Qualifying 03/24/2023 09:45pm • Friday At Wild Horse Pass Motorsports Park Chandler, Ariz. First Round Results Top Fuel 1. Doug Kalitta, 3.679 seconds, 330.23 mph; 2. Mike Salinas, 3.689, 335.73; 3. Austin Prock, 3.696, 330.31; 4. Brittany Force, 3.722, 323.12; 5. Steve Torrence, 3.724, 329.02; 6. Justin Ashley, 3.724, 328.06; 7. Missouri man makes harrowing rescue in flash flood 03/24/2023 09:01pm • As heavy rains and flash floods doused southwestern Missouri Friday, Layton Hoyer wanted to get a closer look at the rising river levels. That is when he noticed an SUV caught in the flash floods near Granby. At first, Hoyer thought the car might have been abandoned, but flashing brake lights caught Police: 2 dead, at least 10 hospitalized after migrants reported 'suffocating' inside train car in South Texas 03/24/2023 08:51pm • UVALDE, Texas (AP) — Police: 2 dead, at least 10 hospitalized after migrants reported 'suffocating' inside train car in South Texas. California jailbreak mastermind sentenced for daring escape 03/24/2023 07:40pm • SANTA ANA, Calif. (AP) — A man serving a life sentence for kidnapping and mutilating a marijuana dispensary owner was given an additional sentence Friday for masterminding a daring, elaborate escape from a Southern California jail. Hossein Nayeri, 44, was sentenced to the maximum of two years and Why murder defendant was free before killings in Washington 03/24/2023 06:09pm • SEATTLE (AP) — Kirkland Warren was out on bail pending a long-delayed murder trial in Arkansas. But when he was arrested in southwestern Washington state early this month on charges that he assaulted his ex-girlfriend and fired a gunshot into her apartment, he quickly posted bond and was released Virginia police release photo of suspect car in Capital Beltway shooting 03/24/2023 05:22pm • Virginia State Police have released a photo of the car whose front seat passenger is suspected of firing shots on the Capital Beltway in Fairfax County. The vehicle is described as a matte-finish charcoal gray Mercedes AMG E-Class sedan with a sunroof and tinted windows. More Virginia Florida Legislature moving quickly on DeSantis priorities 03/24/2023 05:21pm • TALLAHASSEE, Fla. (AP) — From expanding gun rights to going after “woke” investors, the Florida Legislature is quickly moving on a list of bills that will give Republican Gov. Ron DeSantis conservative-pleasing policy successes as he prepares to launch a presidential campaign. The usually slow 4 ex-cops charged in Tyre Nichols' death barred from police 03/24/2023 04:58pm • NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — Four of five former Memphis police officers charged in the killing of Tyre Nichols, a Black man who was handcuffed, brutally beaten and ignored by first responders for crucial minutes despite being barely conscious, can no longer work as law enforcement in Tennessee. The Pe Father and son, 2 brothers among 6 killed in Baltimore beltway crash 03/24/2023 04:50pm • BALTIMORE (AP) — New details are emerging about a midweek crash along the Baltimore beltway that left six construction workers dead after a driver lost control of her car and it careened into a work zone, according to Maryland State Police. Lisa Adrienna Lea, 54, was alone in an Acura sedan A sex trafficking case, a plea deal and a mother's pain 03/24/2023 02:25pm • SAN ANTONIO (AP) — Irma Reyes changed clothes in the back seat of the pickup: skirt, tights, turtleneck, leather jacket. All black. She brushed her hair and pulled on heels as her husband drove their Chevy through predawn darkness toward a courthouse hundreds of miles from home. She wanted to look Debt, expenses stress lower income households: AP-NORC poll 03/24/2023 02:08pm • NEW YORK (AP) — Personal finances are a major source of stress for about half of the lower income households in the U.S., a new poll shows, illustrating the toll of high inflation and economic uncertainty on those who can least afford it. About half of U.S. adults in households earning less than $