It’s Wednesday, May 22. Here are the latest headlines from across America in the Your Morning newsletter:
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Severe storms: A storm system that left a path of destruction from Nebraska to Wisconsin on Tuesday left multiple people dead in Iowa, state police confirmed. It’s unclear how many people are dead or hurt. The storms left a wide swath of damage with flattened homes, split trees and crumpled cars in the small town of Greenfield. At least 20 tornadoes were reported in Iowa, along with one in Wisconsin and Minnesota on Tuesday. Wind gusts in Iowa reached 100 mph. Read more >
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Lawsuit: A federal judge is expected to rule on a lawsuit against Saudi Arabia on whether to release a key piece of evidence in the 9/11 attacks, more than 20 years later. There are multiple videos showing Saudi officials welcoming some of the 9/11 hijackers on American soil shortly before the attack, and other videos showing things that allegedly suggest a direct link between the Saudi government and the 9/11 plot. The footage has not been made public, but it is described in detail in court filings that have been brought as part of a lawsuit from families of some 9/11 victims against the Saudi government. What to know >
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What’s happening: Norway, Ireland and Spain said they are recognizing a Palestinian state. The historic move drew condemnation from Israel, and it ordered back its ambassadors from Norway and Ireland. The formal recognition will be made Tuesday. Details >
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Docs discovered: Additional classified records were found in former President Donald Trump’s Mar-a-Lago bedroom after the FBI search of his Florida estate, court records revealed. The information is buried in filings stemming from a separate legal battle, as Trump asks a judge to toss his indictment for prosecutorial misconduct. Read more >
Classified docs case: Prosecutors and defense attorneys in the classified documents case against Trump are due in court Wednesday for the first time since the judge indefinitely postponed the trial. The latest >
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Kansas moms investigation: The bodies of two Kansas moms who disappeared while on a trip to Oklahoma were found in a freezer, according to newly filed court documents. The documents revealed that after excavating a burial site in a cow pasture, investigators found the women’s bodies in a chest freezer and other items, some of them possibly having blood on them. Full report >
Background: Veronica Butler and Jilian Kelley disappeared March 30 while on a trip to visit Butler’s children. The car they were in was found abandoned, and investigators eventually arrested five people in connection with the two women’s deaths, which they said were related to a child custody fight. What we know about the case >
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What’s going on: Seth Rogers is calling for the nation’s top law enforcement agency to take over the investigation into the disappearance of his 15-year-old son, Sebastian Rogers. It’s been nearly three months since Sebastian Rogers was last seen at his mother and stepfather’s home in Tennessee. “I don’t want my son to become a cold case,” Seth Rogers said during an appearance Tuesday on “Elizabeth Vargas Reports.” “The way I’m seeing things now, it’ll be a cold case.” Watch the interview >
Background: Sebastian Rogers was last seen the night of Feb. 25 in the Sumner County home of Katie and Chris Proudfoot in Hendersonville, Tennessee. Sebastian Rogers is autistic, and his mother said she heard a thud from his room about an hour after he went to bed. She added that she called out for the teen to keep it down, who responded, and she told him to “go to sleep.” That was the last time she heard from the teen, she said. Sebastian Rogers was reported missing the following day, Feb. 26, and an Amber Alert was issued. Seth Rogers says the circumstances surrounding his son’s disappearance do not “make a lot of sense.” Timeline of the case >
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Neuralink brain chip: Noland Arbaugh, Elon Musk’s first Neuralink patient, says there aren’t words “to describe how amazing” the technology is. The 29-year-old demonstrated how his brain chip implant works in an interview Tuesday on NewsNation’s “CUOMO.” The chip allows Arbaugh, who is paralyzed from the shoulders down, to move a computer mouse pointer on a screen just by imagining and thinking about it moving. Watch >
FDA approval: Neuralink received the green light from the U.S. Food and Drug Administration to implant a brain chip into a second patient after it proposed to fix a problem that occurred with Arbaugh. How they plan to fix it >
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UAP: Rep. Tim Burchett, R-Tenn., has introduced new legislation that would force the president to direct federal agencies to make all documents on unidentified anomalous phenomena, aka UAPs or UFOs, available to the public within 279 days and mandate the president provide a quarterly report on declassification of UAP records to the House. The unofficial chair of the bipartisan UAP Caucus says he thinks the legislation is needed because he isn’t convinced by government denials surrounding UAPs. The latest >
Whistleblower: David Grusch, an Air Force veteran and former member of the National Geospatial Intelligence Agency, came forward last year saying the Pentagon was running a secret UFO retrieval program. His claims sparked a congressional hearing and the formation of the UAP Caucus. The Department of Defense has denied the allegations, and the All-domain Anomaly Resolution Office, which is tasked with investigating UAPs, issued a report saying there was no evidence of extraterrestrial activity connected to UAPs. Read more >
Watch: In the “Reality Check with Ross Coulthart” series, NewsNation contributor Ross Coulthart digs into stories and takes a fact-based approach to tackling topics like UAPs and other mysteries often missing from the headlines. Check it out >
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An injunction hearing is set for Wednesday, as Elvis Presley’s granddaughter fights the sale of Graceland.
President Joe Biden welcomes Kenyan President William Ruto and plans a state dinner for Thursday.
A motion hearing will be held for former President Donald Trump on charges of mishandling classified documents.
The Department of Defense said it is working on a Plan B to get humanitarian aid into Gaza.
The NHL Stanley Cup Playoffs Conference Finals begin with the Florida Panthers taking on the New York Rangers.
Secretary of State Antony Blinken attends a House foreign affairs hearing on U.S. diplomacy.
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A sculpture replacing a Christopher Columbus statue in New Haven, Connecticut, has been installed. Full report >
Former Major League Baseball player Austin Maddox was among 27 people arrested last month by Florida law enforcement after an undercover underage sex sting. The investigation >
Police say they have arrested a man who is accused of stabbing a tourist in downtown Nashville, Tennessee. The latest >
Authorities are investigating how actor Matthew Perry obtained the ketamine that ultimately killed the “Friends” star last year, the Los Angeles Police Department confirmed to NewsNation. What we know >
The U.S. Department of Justice is threatening to sue the state of Oklahoma over a new law that seeks to fine and incarcerate any non-U.S. citizen who willfully and without permission enters the state. Background >
Kicking off in Pittsburgh, a conservative political advocacy group is teaming up with gas stations across the country to roll back gas prices to what they were before President Joe Biden took office. Their plan and why some think it’s misleading >
A judge has ordered a Michigan community to stop blocking efforts to bring a major electric vehicle battery business by a China-based manufacturer to a rural region. The latest >
A 10-foot alligator took a dip in a Florida homeowner’s backyard pool; however, the reptile’s pool party was cut short. Photos >
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The dating website for married people seeking affairs, Ashley Madison, has doubled its membership since a devastating 2015 hack that exposed millions of customers’ information, according to a former executive.
Evan Back, who served as vice president of sales at Ashley Madison after the cyberattack, said the company invested tens of millions into improved security and infrastructure following the breach.
“At the end of the day, for the two years that I worked there after the hack, there was millions, tens of millions of dollars invested into infrastructure and security,” Back said Tuesday on NewsNation’s “Dan Abrams Live.”
The 2015 hack of Ashley Madison’s systems that released personal data like customers’ real names, emails and credit card transactions is highlighted in a new docuseries. Read more >
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