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5 days ago | kadn.com | Mary Gilbert

(CNN) — Air quality is taking a hit in parts of the central and eastern United States as smoke from out-of-control wildfires in Canada pours south – but that isn’t the only thing millions of people will notice in the sky this week. A plume of dust originating from Africa’s Sahara Desert is tracking west across the Atlantic Ocean Tuesday and will soon reach parts of the Southeast.

2 weeks ago | kadn.com | Jack Brook |Jim Mustian |Lisa Baumann

NEW ORLEANS (AP) — The Archdiocese of New Orleans agreed to pay nearly $180 million to victims of clergy sexual abuse under a settlement announced Wednesday, the latest in a string of settlements by the Catholic Church. The archdiocese, its parishes and several insurers will pay $179.2 million into a trust to benefit survivors, according to a statement by the committee that negotiated the agreement. The money will be distributed after the church emerges from bankruptcy, it said.

2 weeks ago | kadn.com | Mary Gilbert

(CNN) — Nonstop severe weather that spawned dozens of tornadoes and killed 28 people in recent days is in its final stretch Tuesday, but millions in the eastern half of the United States are still in the path of dangerous storms. More than 7 million people are at risk of strong tornadoes on Tuesday with severe weather underway in parts of the Mississippi, Ohio and Tennessee valleys. The threat includes areas already battered by this spring’s storms, like western Kentucky and western Tennessee.

3 weeks ago | kadn.com | Mary Gilbert |Emma Tucker |Taylor Ward |Zoe Sottile

(CNN) — A storm that produced a devastating tornado in the St. Louis, Missouri, area Friday afternoon has left at least five people dead and at least 10 injured, according to local authorities. The deaths come after a string of tornadoes and severe storms damaged homes and downed power lines across the Midwest and Great Lakes Friday, brought by the same system that produced destructive storms and tornadoes Thursday.

3 weeks ago | kadn.com | Jeremy Diamond |Dana Karni |Abeer Salman

(CNN) — Israel has targeted Hamas leader Mohammed Sinwar in a strike on a hospital in southern Gaza on Tuesday evening, according to a senior Israeli official and two sources familiar with the matter. He became the militant group’s de facto leader after the Israeli military killed his brother, Yahya Sinwar, last October.