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Severe Weather System Brings High Winds and Tornado Threat to the East Coast  The New York Times At least 32 dead in massive US storm after new fatalities reported in Kansas and Mississippi  The Associated Press Severe Storms Killed At Least 36.

Dr. Rasha Alawieh, a kidney transplant specialist and Brown University professor who had a valid visa, was expelled in apparent defiance of a court order.

At the height of the campaign, Ukrainian forces controlled some 500 square miles of Russian territory. Now they hold just a small sliver of land along the border.

Exclusive: How the White House defied a judge’s order to turn back deportation flights  Axios

The Vatican on Sunday released the first photograph of pope in more than a month, showing Pope Francis wearing a purple Lenten liturgical vestments sitting in a wheelchair in front of an altar in the hospital chapel.

The Vatican on Sunday released the first photograph of pope in more than a month, showing Pope Francis wearing a purple Lenten liturgical vestments sitting in a wheelchair in front of an altar in the hospital chapel.

A spate of attacks involving loyalists to former ruler President Bashar al-Assad has spurred concerns of a return to sectarian warfare in Syria, but there is still a path for the country’s new rulers to find stability.

A spate of attacks involving loyalists to former ruler President Bashar al-Assad has spurred concerns of a return to sectarian warfare in Syria, but there is still a path for the country’s new rulers to find stability.

UPDATES: Houthis Attempt Attack on Carrier Harry S. Truman After U.S. Strikes in Yemen  USNI News Trump orders strikes on Iran-backed Houthi rebels in Yemen and issues new warning  The Associated Press 53 killed in Trump’s crackdown on Yemen’s Houthis; group vows

Trump dismantles Voice of America with executive order  BBC.com