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Severe storms caused significant damage throughout parts of Nebraska on Thursday. People staying in a Fremont hotel recorded video showing large hailstones blowing in through broken hotel windows.

Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg took the witness stand this week to defend his company against allegations it illegally monopolized the social media market in a historic antitrust trial. Here's what to know.

A unique Holy Week tradition is drawing thousands of Catholic pilgrims to a small adobe church in the hills of northern New Mexico. The journey on foot, 20 miles for some, is through desert badlands to reach a spiritual wellspring.

China-founded e-commerce sites Temu and Shein say they plan to raise prices for U.S. customers starting next week, a ripple effect from President Donald Trump's attempts to correct the trade imbalance between the world's two largest economies by imposing a sky-high tariff on goods shipped from China.

Venice is charging day-trippers to the famed canal city an arrivals tax for the second year starting Friday, a measure aimed at combating the kind of overtourism that put the city’s UNESCO World Cultural Heritage status at risk.

Judge J. Harvie Wilkinson III, who was nominated by Republican President Ronald Reagan, wrote that he and his two colleagues “cling to the hope that it is not naïve to believe our good brethren in the Executive Branch perceive the rule of law as vital to the American ethos.” “This case presents their unique chance to vindicate that value and to summon the best that is within us while there is still time,” Wilkinson wrote. More from The Associated Press:

The FDA is scrambling to hire contractors to replace recently fired employees who helped book thousands of food and drug safety inspections in India, China and other overseas countries. The FDA has been struggling for years to retain and recruit inspectors after a wave of staffers resigned or retired during COVID-19. Former FDA officials say the latest disruptions are likely to spur more departures. “If you put all this together, even if you didn’t have a reduction in the number of people who do the inspections, you’re reducing their support. The natural result is going to be fewer inspections,” said Howard Sklamberg, an attorney who previously served as FDA's top inspection and enforcement official. https://lnkd.in/e7p7zpPB

President Trump is attacking Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell at the same time the Supreme Court is considering a case that could make it easier for the president to fire a Fed Chair. All of which raises the question: Why is the Fed an independent agency anyway and why does it matter? (Hint: One reason it matters is that mortgage rates and other borrowing costs would likely be higher if Powell is fired). We try to answer those questions in an explainer today: https://lnkd.in/ecVYHm-9

"Lives are more important than a basketball game." Orlando Magic head coach Jamahl Mosley reacts to Florida State shooting.