• The Canadian Press

    After deadly Oklahoma tornado, forecasters warn Midwest residents to brace for storms

    OKLAHOMA CITY (AP) — Several Midwest states were bracing for dangerous storms Tuesday as tornadoes spun through parts of Michigan, one day after a powerful twister roared through a small Oklahoma town, killing at least one person and destroying dozens of homes. The National Weather Service said some tornadoes were spotted in southwestern Michigan on Tuesday, including two that blitzed parts of Portage, a city just south of Kalamazoo. The sheriff’s office there said multiple trees and power lines

  • Reuters

    UPDATE 1-Brazil's GPA posts steeper net loss in first quarter

    Brazilian food retailer GPA said on Tuesday its net loss for continuing operations widened by nearly 28% in the first quarter from a year earlier, hit by tax effects and an impairment related to a real estate sale. The company reported a net loss for continuing operations of 407 million reais ($80.2 million) in the quarter. Excluding those effects, GPA's net loss for the quarter would have been 197 million reais.

  • USA TODAY

    Georgia woman identified as person killed in stadium fall during Ohio State graduation

    Larissa Brady, 53, of Woodstock, Georgia, was identified as the women who fell from Ohio Stadium during Ohio State's spring commencement on Sunday.