Devastating tornadoes rip through Nebraska and Iowa, sending crews searching flattened homes as storm threat continues

CNN  —  Destructive tornadoes gutted homes as they plowed through Nebraska and Iowa, and the dangerous storm threat could escalate Saturday as tornado-spawning storms pose a risk from Michigan to Texas. The area of Elkhorn in Omaha, Nebraska, is one of the hardest-hit communities after severe storms barreled through parts of the Plains and South…

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Commentary: 250th anniversary’s impact beyond the history books

In 1797, centuries before President Calvin Coolidge declared “The business of America is business,” one of Massachusetts’s own sons recognized that, “the Commerce of the United States, is essential, if not to [the people’s] Existence, at least to their Comfort, their growth, prosperity and Happiness.” John Adams went on: “The Genius, Character, and Habits of the…

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