Clean up begins after tornadoes hammer parts of Iowa and Nebraska; further storms expected Saturday

Grand jury indictment against Alec Baldwin opens two paths for prosecutors

Effort to repeal Washington’s landmark carbon program puts budget in limbo with billions at stakeExiled Missouri lawmaker blocked from running for governor as a Democrat

A mower sparked a Nebraska wildfire that has burned an area roughly the size of Omaha, officials sayGeorgia Senate seeks to let voters decide sports betting in NovemberUAW says a majority of workers at an Alabama Mercedes plant have signed cards supporting the union

Massachusetts man sues state for $1M after serving 27 years in prisonNebraska prosecutors to pursue death penalty in only one of two grisly small-town killings

Services prepare to brief Secretary Austin on a plan to get Ospreys flying again

Georgia will spend $392 million to overhaul its gold-domed capitol and build new legislative officesWashington state lawmakers consider police pursuit and parents’ rights initiatives

Digital outlets The Intercept, Raw Story and AlterNet sue OpenAI for unauthorized use of journalismReputed mobster gets four years in prison for extorting NYC labor union

Medicaid expansion proposal advances through Republican-led Mississippi House, will go to SenateMaine’s deadliest shooting spurs additional gun control proposals