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The National Weather Service says at least four twisters touched down during Monday’s storms — including an EF1 with 110mph winds that tracked from Lansing into Munster, Indiana — while the search for a contractor swept into a Downers Grove storm sewer ended in tragedy Two tornadoes have been confirmed in the Chicago area following Monday’s severe weather, with the National Weather Service rating the twister that struck Lansing, Illinois, an EF1 with peak winds near 110mph and a second in Glen Ellyn, DuPage County, an EF0. Survey teams ultimately confirmed at least four tornadoes across the forecast area, alongside…

Governor Jared Polis hailed a state that drew 96.8 million visitors in 2025, though officials cautioned that stiffer competition, federal policy uncertainty and poor snowfall are slowing growth — with some mountain towns seeing seasonal trade drop by as much as 40 per cent Tourism pumped a record $29.2 billion into Colorado’s economy in 2025, according to research released on Tuesday by the Colorado Tourism Office and Governor Jared Polis’ office. The figure represents a 2 per cent rise on the $28.5 billion recorded in 2024, with visitor numbers climbing 1.4 per cent to 96.8 million, according to Longwoods International’s…

The OnlyFans creator shared the Instagram snaps days after insisting her famous father has not given her any money in more than four years Sami Sheen has treated her followers to a fresh set of beach pictures, posting a series of Instagram photos on Monday in which she models a white crochet bikini with a matching miniskirt. The 22-year-old daughter of Charlie Sheen and Denise Richards struck poses along the shoreline and broke off for a swim midway through the shoot, later kneeling in the sand with wet hair for further frames. The post arrives amid renewed attention on her…

Europe is fighting one of its worst wildfire seasons in living memory, in the middle of the peak holiday season. By July 28, the fires had killed at least 16 civilians and three firefighters, forced more than 320,000 people from their homes in Spain and France alone, and burned an area well above the 20-year European average — with President Emmanuel Macron describing the blazes around Bordeaux as France’s worst fire disaster since the Second World War. But the picture varies enormously from country to country: some regions are in genuine emergency, while most of Europe’s holiday destinations are operating…

Millions of Britons are asking the same question: is there a new Cost of Living Payment in 2026? For most of this year, the answer was a flat no — the Government’s official position was that the DWP payment scheme ended in February 2024 and nothing new was planned. But that position is now shifting. Andy Burnham, who became Prime Minister on July 20, has made cost-of-living help the defining promise of his first days in office, has already cut VAT on household electricity bills and restored the £2 bus fare cap, and is reported to be preparing a fuller…

A former Harrods employee who says she survived an attempted rape at Balnagown Castle in 1991 tells The Mail on Sunday she backs the renewed investigation — though she learned of it from a journalist rather than the force Police Scotland has reopened its investigation into allegations that Mohamed Al Fayed sexually assaulted a Harrods employee at his Highland estate, The Mail on Sunday has revealed. The renewed inquiry centres on claims by Sophia Stone, now 58, who says the late billionaire attempted to rape her during a 1991 trip to Balnagown Castle in Ross-shire — a report the force…

The 2026 midterm elections take place on Tuesday, November 3, 2026, and they will decide who controls Congress for the final two years of Donald Trump’s presidency. Every seat in the House of Representatives is on the ballot, along with 35 Senate seats and 36 governorships. With Republicans defending razor-thin majorities in both chambers and Democrats leading most national polls heading into the fall, the 2026 midterms are shaping up as one of the most consequential — and expensive — election cycles in American history. Here is the complete guide: the key races, the latest numbers, and what each outcome…

On Wednesday, August 12, 2026, the Moon will pass directly in front of the Sun in the first total solar eclipse visible from mainland Europe since 1999. The path of totality — where day briefly turns to night — sweeps across Greenland, Iceland and northern Spain, while the UK and Ireland witness their deepest partial eclipse in 27 years, with over 90% of the Sun blotted out in the early evening sky. Parts of the northern United States and much of Canada will catch a partial eclipse too. Here is everything you need to know: exact times, the best viewing…

Artificial intelligence has officially become the number one reason American companies give for cutting jobs. AI layoffs in 2026 have already passed 100,000 announced job cuts in the United States alone — nearly double the total for all of 2025 — and the trend is accelerating on both sides of the Atlantic. From Oracle’s historic reduction of up to 30,000 roles to sweeping cuts at Meta, Amazon, Microsoft and IBM, this page tracks every major AI-driven layoff of 2026, the key statistics behind the trend, and what workers in the US and UK can do about it. Key AI Layoff…

Ashlie Jeremie, 27, was sent for a psychiatric evaluation instead of being arraigned after allegedly killing one man near the Boylston T station and striking another with a metal pole — having been freed on $2,500 bail in a federal firearms case on July 6 The man accused of a fatal attack near Boston Common had been arrested earlier this summer for allegedly carrying a loaded handgun into a federal building, court records show. Ashlie Jeremie, 27, of Bedford, Massachusetts, is charged with murder, assault and larceny over two attacks on Wednesday, one of which left an unidentified man dead…