The agency has confirmed at least three tornadoes in Illinois and one in Indiana touched down late Thursday during storms that knocked out power for more than 221,000 people in the Prairie State.
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Nick Lentz,
CBS News,
14 June 2026
They were knocked out in the group stage in both 2018 and 2022.
And those are the lucky ones, who weren’t felled by late-season injuries and bumped from the tournament the way Brazil’s Rodrygo, Japan’s Kaoru Mitoma and Germany’s Serge Gnabry were.
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Luke Cyphers,
Sportico.com,
11 June 2026
There was also a giant tree stretching across Laflin Street about a block from the scene of the fire, after being felled by the storms on Wednesday.
She would have been floored by the casualness that has seeped into society today, from wearing pajamas on flights to sweatpants to dinner.
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Elliott Harrell,
Southern Living,
14 June 2026
Since the show premiered this past March, Pfeiffer and Russell have been floored by the intense emotional response it’s elicited from male and female viewers alike.
Please send your reports of hail or wind damage, including trees or large limbs downed, by calling the National Weather Service office in Wilmington at 1 800 697 3901.
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NC Weather Bot,
Charlotte Observer,
14 June 2026
Tarik Skubal was tagged for a two-run homer by Cleveland's Daniel Schneemann in the two-time reigning Cy Young winner's return from elbow surgery and the Guardians downed the Detroit Tigers 3-1 on Saturday.
In the open spaces, people kicked balls around (including my toddler, who blasted a shot past me and knocked over the beer of a Colombia fan who was very, very nice about the whole thing) or found shade under the only tree.
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Ben Church,
CNN Money,
14 June 2026
During a rundown play between third and home, a Verdugo Hills runner knocked over the Roosevelt third baseman.
Russia’s departure from World War 1 led to a savage revolution; its loss in Afghanistan heralded the messy collapse of the Soviet Union; and Moscow levelled much of Grozny before giving Chechnya autonomy in 1996.
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Nick Paton Walsh,
CNN Money,
18 June 2026
The game didn’t exactly go how fans would’ve liked, as a header from Japan’s Daichi Kamada in the 89th minute leveled the score at 2-2, but the event was a resounding success.
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Kansas City Star,
Kansas City Star,
15 June 2026
Standing before it, Khalaf saw how the wall of the adjacent building had toppled onto the ground floor, flooding the shop with rubble and coating everything with a film of fine gray dust.
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Nabih Bulos,
Los Angeles Times,
15 June 2026
The silo then toppled and the surrounding area became engulfed in the fire, the office said.
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