Possible tornado rips through Mississippi town

U.S. meteorologists are using UAVs to improve weather forecasting through the study of atmospheric physics.

A possible tornado caused significant damage in Tulsa, Oklahoma.

Officials say Edgar Ray Killen, the preacher and Ku Klux Klansman convicted for plotting the 1964 slayings of three civil rights activists in Mississippi, has died.

Severe weather and a possible tornado tore through Meridian, Mississippi causing some damage to the area. Several trees fell onto home with significant damage, and a few buidling had their roof taken off.

Oklahoma may see the latest start to tornado season ever. The state has yet to see a single tornado this year.

Hundreds of emergency workers and volunteers have been cleaning up after the twister left a "swathe of desolation" over a large area of Luxembourg. Victims may apply for government aid for the damage.

Emergency services are on site after a rare tornado razed houses to the ground in the Czech Republic's southeast, killing at least three and injuring dozens.

The southern US state wants the Supreme Court to reverse the landmark Roe v. Wade ruling — which legalized abortion nationwide — and let states regulate abortion.

Residents in Mullica Hill, New Jersey come together after a tornado caused by the remnants of Hurricane Ida destroyed many of their homes. "Thank God we were so lucky. I know that's such an unusual thing to say when you see this devastation, but nobody died," New Jersey's 2nd Congressional District Representative, Jeff Van Drew, tells AFP.

The Supreme Court appeared set to put limits on abortion rights in the United States by upholding one state's law banning the procedure after 15 weeks. Protesters from both sides of the issue rallied at the top court.

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