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NPR’s Scott Simon reflects on the discovery that what Harvard University thought was a copy of the Magna Carta is actually an original. (Image credit: Lorin Granger)

Five dead after tornado tears through St Louis  BBC Kentucky tornadoes leave at least 14 dead as severe weather outbreak tears across Ohio Valley  FOX Weather Tornadoes kill at least 21 in southern US states of Missouri and Kentucky  Al Jazeera Tornado-spawning storms

Analysis | How to produce a statistic for a White House news release  The Washington Post

Hollywood’s plummeting film and TV production levels have studio executives and grassroots groups pushing for better incentives to keep business in California. (Image credit: Eilish M. Nobes)

On May 18, the day of the official beginning of Pope Leo XVI’s petrine ministry, the Vatican schola will sing in unison: “Tu es Petrus, et super hanc petram aedificabo Ecclesiam meam, et portae inferi non praevalebunt adversus eam.” (“You

The drone hit a bus evacuating civilians from a front-line area in Ukraine’s northeastern Sumy region Saturday, hours after Moscow and Kyiv had held their first direct peace talks in years. (Image credit: AP)

Court lifts block on Trump order to strip federal workers of union rights  The Washington Post

Whether the ultraconservatives dig in and force big changes to the megabill carrying President Trump’s agenda or capitulate, as they have in the past, will determine the fate of their party’s signature legislation.

Administration officials had said the post — a picture of seashells forming the numbers “86 47” — amounted to an assassination threat by the former F.B.I. director.

Trump’s White House accidentally admitted the truth about its tax plan  MSNBC News