Severe weather slams multiple states: "Somebody is inside the tornado"

Devastating damage reported across multiple states after tornado outbreak hammers the Midwest - FOX Weather

Severe storms accompanied by tornadoes damage communities from the Plains to the Midwest - AP News

<a href="https://news.google.com/rss/articles/CBMirgFBVV95cUxNdjMtZ2lSdFZHMlR0YmsyYjdMc09NanQwbnJOTm1FdmFnV2JVT1ZmaDIzcHI1dklMaUtNdGo3ZUI4eHBIVWI4N0J0dVM1TkRfMExMN0MzTnNVZ0hza0dEMllZRF9CTG9zaUhiWkkzeHF6dG1UWjg3cWhEbVhaQXVoRC1GTlR1SnJLZzMyVGM5NVJ4WmM1cmNLeDJWQXpod3QyWm83SDN2WHM5NnpwVWc?oc=5" target="_blank">Severe storms accompanied by tornadoes damage communities from the Plains to the Midwest</a>&nbsp;&nbsp;<font color="#6f6f6f">AP News</font>

Tornadoes sweep U.S. as storms travel east

Severe storms slammed the central U.S. for days and on Tuesday began moving east, threatening millions with another possible outbreak of tornadoes and hail. Rob Marciano tracks it all.

The best and worst states for AI data centers

<p>Data center construction is booming nationwide, but the AI buildout is separating the friendliest states from the most resistant, with Texas and Maine on opposite ends.</p><p><strong>Why it matters: </strong>Americans are bracing for what trillions of dollars in AI infrastructure investment will mean for them. </p><hr><p><strong>Here's how two key states </strong>are encouraging — and slowing — the buildout. </p><p><strong>It's no wonder that Texas, </strong>with its low electricity prices and abundance of land, is drawing a wave of data center investment.</p><ul><li>Texas has 212 operating data centers as of 2024 and 651 have been announced, according to data firm <a href="https://www.aterio.io/insights/us-data-centers/tx" target="_blank">Aterio</a>. Another 157 are under construction, <a href="https://www.aterio.io/insights/us-data-centers/by-state" target="_blank">beating Virginia</a>.</li><li>The state also offers one of the most generous tax incentives in the nation, worth <...

Inside That Weird Anti-Science Conference Where Trump’s EPA Chief Delivered the Keynote

This story was originally published by the Guardian and is reproduced here as part of the Climate Desk collaboration. As scientists confirmed that March was the United States’ most abnormally hot month in recorded history, dozens of climate deniers gathered to promote misinformation and tout their newfound influence on federal policy. At a conference hosted by the prominent science-denying think tank the Heartland […]

Inside a jubilant DC conference where ‘the climate deniers are in charge now’

<p>Trump’s EPA chief Lee Zeldin’s presence shows how much influence climate deniers now have, experts say</p><p>As scientists confirmed that March was the United States’s <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/apr/09/hottest-march-on-record">most abnormally hot month</a> in recorded history, dozens of climate deniers gathered to promote misinformation and tout their newfound influence on federal policy.</p><p>At a conference hosted by the prominent science-denying thinktank the Heartland Institute last week, a crowd of mostly middle-aged men in suits claimed the world is finally waking up to the idea that the climate crisis does not exist.</p> <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/apr/14/dc-conference-climate-deniers-trump-epa-chief">Continue reading...</a>