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Snowfall, rain, gusty winds hit Northeast as Tennessee …

Cindy Smith searches for belongings in the rubble of her father's mobile home, Sunday, Dec. 10, 2023, in Clarksville, Tenn. Tornados caused catastrophic damage in Middle Tennessee on Saturday afternoon and evening, Dec. 9. (AP Photo/Mark Zaleski)

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Man imprisoned as teen for flower shop killing is released …

Marvin Haynes, 35, is hugged by supporters as he walks out of the Minnesota Correctional Facility at Stillwater in Bayport, Minn. on Monday, Dec. 11, 2023, after a judge set aside his murder conviction in the 2004 killing of a man at a Minneapolis flower shop. Haynes was 16 when Randy Sherer, 55, was killed during a robbery. (AP Photo/Mark Vancleave)

Fed is set to leave interest rates unchanged while facing …

FILE - Federal Reserve Chairman Jerome Powell is introduced at the Jacques Polak Research Conference at the International Monetary Fund, Thursday, Nov. 9, 2023, in Washington. The Fed is set to leave interest rates unchanged while facing speculation about eventual rate cuts. (AP Photo/Mark Schiefelbein, File)

Officials say a US pilot safely ejected before his F-16 …

FILE - U.S. Air Force's F-16 fighter takes off during an annual joint air exercise "Max Thunder" between South Korea and the U.S. at Kunsan Air Base in Gunsan, South Korea on April 20, 2017. A U.S. Air Force pilot safely ejected on Monday, Dec. 11, 2023, before his F-16 fighter jet, like the same model seen in this photo, crashed into the sea off South Korea’s southwestern coast, U.S. and South Korean military officials said. (Go Bum-jun/Newsis via AP, File)

Tennessee residents clean up after severe weekend storms …

Donna Rogers carries a guitar from the rubble of a destroyed home in the West Creek Farms neighborhood on Sunday, Dec. 10, 2023, Clarksville, Tenn. Central Tennessee residents and emergency workers are continuing the cleanup from severe weekend storms. (AP Photo/Mark Zaleski)

Iowa man arrested in the death of a Nebraska priest

The Washington County Sheriff's office investigates the scene of a fatal stabbing on a Catholic priest in the rectory of St. John the Baptist Church, Sunday, Dec. 10, 2023, in Fort Calhoun, Neb. The Rev. Stephen Gutgsell died at an Nebraska hospital, according to a statement from the Archdiocese of Omaha. Police say a person is in custody. (Nikos Frazier/Omaha World-Herald via AP)

Downpours, high winds prompt weather warnings in Northeast

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Students and lawmakers gather at Philadelphia temple …

FILE - University of Pennsylvania President Liz Magill listens during a hearing of the House Committee on Education on Capitol Hill, Tuesday, Dec. 5, 2023, in Washington. Magill has resigned amid pressure from donors and criticism over testimony at a congressional hearing where she was unable to say under repeated questioning that calls on campus for the genocide of Jews would violate the school’s conduct policy. (AP Photo/Mark Schiefelbein, File)

Biden and Congress are mulling big changes on immigration. …

FILE - Asylum-seekers walk to a U.S. Border Patrol van after crossing the nearby border with Mexico, Tuesday Sept. 26, 2023, near Jacumba Hot Springs, Calif. Migrants continue to arrive to desert campsites along California's border with Mexico, as they await processing. Congress is discussing changes to the immigration system in exchange for providing money to Ukraine in its fight against Russia and Israel for the war with Hamas. (AP Photo/Denis Poroy, File)

A gigantic new ICBM will take US nuclear missiles …

This image provided by the U.S. Air Force shows the original underground launch capsules where missileers still spend 24 to 48 hours sitting alert duty. From these underground capsules the launch officers can monitor the silo-based Minuteman III missiles or could fire them if the president ordered a launch. The capsules were dug in the 1960s and have not changed much since then. All of the launch control centers will be demolished and new centers will be built as part of the new Sentinel intercontinental ballistic missile system. Construction work on the new system could start as early as next year. (U.S. Air Force via AP)

Elon Musk restores X account of conspiracy theorist …

FILE - Alex Jones, left, attends a rally in support of President Donald Trump called the "Save America Rally," on Jan. 6, 2021, in Washington. Elon Musk has restored the X account of conspiracy theorist Alex Jones following a poll posted on the social media platform formerly known as Twitter on Saturday Dec. 9, 2023 that came out in favor of the Infowars host who repeatedly called the 2012 Sandy Hook school shooting a hoax. (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin, File)

At DC roast, Joe Manchin jokes he could be the slightly …

FILE - Sen. Joe Manchin, D-W.Va., speaks during the U.S. Capitol Christmas Tree Lighting Ceremony on the West Front of the Capitol, Tuesday, Nov. 28, 2023, in Washington. Speaking Saturday night, Dec. 9, during the Gridiron Club’s winter dinner, Manchin teased a potential third-party run for the White House, joking that the nation could use someone slightly younger than the leading contenders. (AP Photo/Mark Schiefelbein, File)

6 dead, nearly 2 dozen injured after severe storms …

Liz Magill, U. Penn’s president, and board chair …

FILE - New York Gov. Kathy Hochul speaks at the state Capitol, Feb. 1, 2023, in Albany, N.Y. On Saturday, Dec. 9, 2023, Hochul called on the state's colleges and universities to swiftly address cases of antisemitism and what she described as any “calls for genocide” on campus. (AP Photo/Hans Pennink, File)