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US: North Dakota Sees Powerful Winds Amid Tornado-Producing Storm

Severe weather swept across the upper Midwest on Friday, June 20, bringing powerful winds and leaving at least 3 dead in North Dakota as a tornado ripped through the area.

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Pope Francis Dies Aged 88

File photo - Pope Francis in the Casa Santa Marta, the guest house in the Vatican on April 7, 2014 where he has chosen to live.The guesthouse was built in 1996 on the site of an ancient hospice for the poor. The five-story building has 106 suites, 22 single rooms, and one apartment and sits on the edge of Vatican City. It is regularly inhabited by a few dozen priests and bishops who work in the Vatican. Half the rooms are available for cardinals and bishops visiting Rome for audiences or other official occasions. It was Pope John Paul II who called for the construction of a residence where cardinal electors?the cardinals who can cast votes in papal elections?could live during the papal election. -- Pope Francis died on Easter Monday, April 21, 2025, at the age of 88 at his residence in the Vatican's Casa Santa Marta. Photo by Eric Vandeville/ABACAPRESS.COM

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SERBIA-BELGRADE-PUPIN BRIDGE

(240507) -- BELGRADE, May 7, 2024 (Xinhua) -- An aerial drone photo taken on April 28, 2024 shows the Pupin Bridge spanning the Danube River in Belgrade, Serbia. The bridge, constructed by China Road and Bridge Corporation and opened in 2014, was China's first big infrastructure investment on the European continent. (Photo by Wang Wei/Xinhua)

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SERBIA-BELGRADE-PUPIN BRIDGE

(240507) -- BELGRADE, May 7, 2024 (Xinhua) -- An aerial drone photo taken on April 28, 2024 shows the Pupin Bridge spanning the Danube River in Belgrade, Serbia. The bridge, constructed by China Road and Bridge Corporation and opened in 2014, was China's first big infrastructure investment on the European continent. (Photo by Wang Wei/Xinhua)

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SERBIA-BELGRADE-PUPIN BRIDGE

(240507) -- BELGRADE, May 7, 2024 (Xinhua) -- This photo taken on April 28, 2024 shows the Pupin Bridge spanning the Danube River in Belgrade, Serbia. The bridge, constructed by China Road and Bridge Corporation and opened in 2014, was China's first big infrastructure investment on the European continent. (Xinhua/Li Ying)

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SERBIA-BELGRADE-PUPIN BRIDGE

(240507) -- BELGRADE, May 7, 2024 (Xinhua) -- An aerial drone photo taken on April 28, 2024 shows the Pupin Bridge spanning the Danube River in Belgrade, Serbia. The bridge, constructed by China Road and Bridge Corporation and opened in 2014, was China's first big infrastructure investment on the European continent. (Photo by Wang Wei/Xinhua)

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SERBIA-BELGRADE-PUPIN BRIDGE

(240507) -- BELGRADE, May 7, 2024 (Xinhua) -- An aerial drone photo taken on April 28, 2024 shows the Pupin Bridge spanning the Danube River in Belgrade, Serbia. The bridge, constructed by China Road and Bridge Corporation and opened in 2014, was China's first big infrastructure investment on the European continent. (Photo by Wang Wei/Xinhua)

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SERBIA-BELGRADE-PUPIN BRIDGE

(240507) -- BELGRADE, May 7, 2024 (Xinhua) -- An aerial drone photo taken on April 28, 2024 shows the Pupin Bridge spanning the Danube River in Belgrade, Serbia. The bridge, constructed by China Road and Bridge Corporation and opened in 2014, was China's first big infrastructure investment on the European continent. (Photo by Wang Wei/Xinhua)

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SERBIA-BELGRADE-PUPIN BRIDGE

(240507) -- BELGRADE, May 7, 2024 (Xinhua) -- An aerial drone photo taken on April 28, 2024 shows the Pupin Bridge spanning the Danube River in Belgrade, Serbia. The bridge, constructed by China Road and Bridge Corporation and opened in 2014, was China's first big infrastructure investment on the European continent. (Photo by Wang Wei/Xinhua)

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SERBIA-BELGRADE-PUPIN BRIDGE

(240507) -- BELGRADE, May 7, 2024 (Xinhua) -- An aerial drone photo taken on April 28, 2024 shows the Pupin Bridge spanning the Danube River in Belgrade, Serbia. The bridge, constructed by China Road and Bridge Corporation and opened in 2014, was China's first big infrastructure investment on the European continent. (Photo by Wang Wei/Xinhua)

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SERBIA-BELGRADE-PUPIN BRIDGE

(240507) -- BELGRADE, May 7, 2024 (Xinhua) -- An aerial drone photo taken on April 28, 2024 shows the Pupin Bridge spanning the Danube River in Belgrade, Serbia. The bridge, constructed by China Road and Bridge Corporation and opened in 2014, was China's first big infrastructure investment on the European continent. (Photo by Wang Wei/Xinhua)

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SERBIA-BELGRADE-PUPIN BRIDGE

(240507) -- BELGRADE, May 7, 2024 (Xinhua) -- An aerial drone photo taken on April 28, 2024 shows the Pupin Bridge spanning the Danube River in Belgrade, Serbia. The bridge, constructed by China Road and Bridge Corporation and opened in 2014, was China's first big infrastructure investment on the European continent. (Photo by Wang Wei/Xinhua)

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Life gradually returns to Yemeni beach amid hopes for end of civil war

STORY: Life gradually returns to Yemeni beach amid hopes for end of civil war DATELINE: Feb. 7, 2023 LENGTH: 00:06:14 LOCATION: HAJJAH, Yemen CATEGORY: SOCIETY SHOTLIST: 1. various of students and their teachers playing on a beach in Midi District, Hajjah Province, northern Yemen 2. SOUNDBITE 1 (Arabic): ABDULLAH AL-MUTANBEK, Teacher 3. SOUNDBITE 2 (Arabic): YAHYA MUSA, Student STORYLINE: Almost four years after the Yemeni government forces recaptured the Red Sea coastal city of Midi in the northwestern province of Hajjah from the Houthi rebels in April 2018, local visitors began to return to the city's beach. Local authorities allowed visits to the beach in December of last year, after spending nearly four years to remove the landmines that had been planted in the beach and some parts of the city, which is a few miles to the east of the beach and has become an abandoned site as a result of the Yemeni civil war that broke out in 2014. The war has killed tens of thousands of people, displaced 4 mi

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Season for arctic animals arrives

ASAHIKAWA, Japan - Visitors look at a polar bear at Asahiyama Zoo in Asahikawa in Japan's northernmost prefecture of Hokkaido on Nov. 11, 2014, at the start of the zoo's wintertime operation lasting until April 7, 2015.

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N. Korean boys react to goal in U-15 soccer in S. Korea

YEONCHEON, South Korea - North Korea's April 25 Sports Club players rejoice as they score a goal against a South Korean junior high school squad to earn a 3-0 win in an under-15 friendly soccer competition in Yeoncheon, north of Seoul, on Nov. 7, 2014. Six teams from North and South Korea, Uzbekistan and China competed.

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Contrast of cemetery before and after 2011 quake

ONAGAWA, Japan - A cemetery damaged by a tsunami-swept train car (above) is photographed on April 7, 2011, in Onagawa, Miyagi Prefecture, northeastern Japan. The cemetery was restored later, as shown in the photo below taken on Sept. 10, 2014, with a railway station building under construction in the background.

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Prince Hisahito at elementary school athletic meet

TOKYO, Japan - Prince Hisahito, the 7-year-old son of Prince Akishino and Princess Kiko and the third in line to the Japanese throne, takes part in a tug-of-war event at an athletic meet at an elementary school affiliated with Ochanomizu University in Tokyo on May 24, 2014. The athletic meet was open to the media for the first time since Prince Hisahito entered the school in April last year. (Pool photo by Sankei Shimbun)

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Prince Hisahito at elementary school athletic meet

TOKYO, Japan - Prince Hisahito (R), the 7-year-old son of Prince Akishino and Princess Kiko and the third in line to the Japanese throne, cheers for his team during a tug-of-war event at an athletic meet at an elementary school affiliated with Ochanomizu University in Tokyo on May 24, 2014. The athletic meet was open to the media for the first time since Prince Hisahito entered the school in April last year. (Pool photo by Sankei Shimbun)

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Prince Hisahito at elementary school athletic meet

TOKYO, Japan - Prince Hisahito (R), the 7-year-old son of Prince Akishino and Princess Kiko and the third in line to the Japanese throne, takes part in a tug-of-war event at an athletic meet at an elementary school affiliated with Ochanomizu University in Tokyo on May 24, 2014. The athletic meet was open to the media for the first time since Prince Hisahito entered the school in April last year. (Pool photo by Sankei Shimbun)

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Signboards urge S. Africans to vote for ruling ANC

JOHANNESBURG, South Africa - Passersby walk past signboards in Johannesburg on April 24, 2014, urging voters to cast ballots for the ruling African National Congress in general elections to be held on May 7, 2014. Voting day comes 20 years after South Africans of all races voted in the nation's first democratic election which brought the ANC to power and made Nelson Mandela the country's first black president. The nation is still smarting from a big gap between the rich and the poor and widespread graft.

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Antinuclear candidate Udayakumar in India

KUDANKULAM, India - SP Udayakumar (R), an antinuclear activist running in the general election from the Aam Aadmi Party, talks with supporters in the state of Tamil Nadu, India, in March 2014. Voting in the nationwide election started on April 7, 2014 and will end on May 12.

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Tanaka earns 3rd win

BOSTON, United States - New York Yankees starter Masahiro Tanaka (R) is talked to by Yankees shortstop Derek Jeter during the fourth inning of a baseball game against the Boston Red Sox at Fenway Park in Boston on April 22, 2014. Tanaka pitched 7-1/3 innings to notch his third win of the season in the Yankees' 9-3 victory.

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Tanaka earns 3rd win

BOSTON, United States - New York Yankees pitcher Masahiro Tanaka starts in a baseball game against the Boston Red Sox at Fenway Park in Boston on April 22, 2014. Tanaka pitched 7-1/3 innings to notch his third win of the season in the Yankees' 9-3 victory.

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Tanaka earns 3rd win

BOSTON, United States - New York Yankees pitcher Masahiro Tanaka starts in a baseball game against the Boston Red Sox at Fenway Park in Boston on April 22, 2014. Tanaka pitched 7-1/3 innings to notch his third win of the season in the Yankees' 9-3 victory.

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Tanaka earns 3rd win

BOSTON, United States - New York Yankees pitcher Masahiro Tanaka starts in a baseball game against the Boston Red Sox at Fenway Park in Boston on April 22, 2014. Tanaka pitched 7-1/3 innings to notch his third win of the season in the Yankees' 9-3 victory.

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Pistorius looks exhausted during murder trial

PRETORIA, South Africa - South African Olympic and Paralympic athlete Oscar Pistorius rubs his eye during his murder trial at the high court in Pretoria on April 7, 2014. (Pool photo)

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Kuroda wins 2nd game of season

NEW YORK, United States - New York Yankees pitcher Hiroki Kuroda starts in a baseball game against the Boston Red Sox in New York on April 12, 2014. He labored through six-plus innings but still picked up his second win of the season in the Yankees' 7-4 victory.

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Kuroda wins 2nd game of season

NEW YORK, United States - New York Yankees pitcher Hiroki Kuroda starts in a baseball game against the Boston Red Sox in New York on April 12, 2014. He labored through six-plus innings but still picked up his second win of the season in the Yankees' 7-4 victory.

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Filter vent system at Kashiwazaki-Kariwa unit 7

KARIWA, Japan - The filter vent system of the Kashiwazaki-Kariwa Nuclear Power Station's Unit 7 (R front) in the village of Kariwa, Niigata Prefecture, is photographed on April, 10, 2014. Tokyo Electric Power Co. completed a ventilation test of the system that day.

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Beer Hall Lion marks 80th anniversary

TOKYO, Japan - Customers at Beer Hall Lion at 7 Chome, Ginza, in Tokyo celebrate its 80th anniversary on April 8, 2014. The pub is believed to be the oldest existing beer hall in Japan.

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Japan, U.S., S. Korea warn North of sanctions for nuke test

WASHINGTON, United States - Hwang Joon Kook, South Korea's special representative for Korean Peninsula peace and security affairs, speaks to reporters after meeting his Japanese and U.S. counterparts at the U.S. State Department in Washington on April 7, 2014. Hwang said the three sides made it clear they would make North Korea "pay the corresponding cost if it pushes ahead with a nuclear test."

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Japan, U.S., S. Korea meet in Washington

WASHINGTON, United States - Junichi Ihara, the director general for Asian and Oceanian affairs at Japan's Ministry of Foreign Affairs, speaks to reporters at the Japanese Embassy in Washington on April 7, 2014, after a meeting with Glyn Davies, the U.S. special representative for North Korea policy, and Hwang Joon Kook, South Korea's special representative for Korean Peninsula peace and security affairs. The three countries restated their commitment to peacefully removing nuclear weapons from the Korean Peninsula and pledged to continue working tightly with each other and with their allies and partners in the international community to focus international attention on the human rights situation in North Korea, according to the U.S. State Department.

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Pope Francis

TOKYO, Japan - This is an undated portrait of Pope Francis. The Vatican announced on April 7, 2014, that the pope had opted for a reform plan for the Institute for the Works of Religion, known as the Vatican bank, instead of closing down the scandal-hit institution after months of investigation and consultation.

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Milan's Honda celebrates his goal with Kaka

GENOA, Italy - Japanese footballer Keisuke Honda (C) of AC Milan is congratulated by teammate Kaka (R) after scoring his first goal in a Serie A match during the second half of a game against Genoa in Genoa, Italy, on April 7, 2014. Milan won 2-1.

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Honda scores winner in Milan victory vs Genoa

GENOA, Italy - Japanese footballer Keisuke Honda of AC Milan scores during the second half of a match against Genoa in Genoa, Italy, on April 7, 2014. It was his first goal in a Serie A match. Milan won 2-1.

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Honda scores in Milan victory vs Genoa

GENOA, Italy -Japanese footballer Keisuke Honda chips the ball over Genoa goalkeeper Mattia Perin to score his first goal in a Serie A match during the second half of a game against Genoa in Genoa, Italy, on April 7, 2014. Milan won 2-1.

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Honda acknowledges fans after Milan victory against Genoa

GENOA, Italy - Japanese footballer Keisuke Honda (C) of AC Milan acknowledges supporters after Milan's 2-1 victory against Serie A rival Genoa on April 7, 2014, in Genoa, Italy. Honda scored his first goal in a Serie A match.

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Fukushima school set to reopen after temporary evacuation

TAMURA, Japan - Teachers at Furumichi Elementary School in the Miyakoji district of Tamura, Fukushima Prefecture, northeastern Japan, prepare decorations on March 31, 2014, for a first-day-of-school ceremony to be held April 7. The school, which had been relocated to a temporary campus in the aftermath of the March 2011 meltdown at the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power complex, is set to reopen at its original location as the government lifted an evacuation order for the area on April 1.

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Geishas pose for photos during Kitano Odori dance rehearsal

KYOTO, Japan - Geiko and maiko dancers glad in colorful kimono pose for photos during a fitting session for the annual Kitano Odori dance performance in Kyoto, central Japan, on Feb. 20, 2014. The performance will run from March 25 to April 7, with two shows per day.

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Geishas rehearse for Kitano Odori dance show in Kyoto

KYOTO, Japan - Geiko and maiko dancers clad in colorful kimono rehearse during a fitting session for the annual Kitano Odori dance performance in Kyoto, central Japan, on Feb. 20, 2014. The performance will run from March 25 to April 7, with two shows per day.

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Geishas rehearse for Kitano Odori dance show in Kyoto

KYOTO, Japan - Geiko and maiko dancers clad in colorful kimono get their makeup done during a fitting session for the annual Kitano Odori dance performance in Kyoto, central Japan, on Feb. 20, 2014. The performance will run from March 25 to April 7, with two shows per day.

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Ex-JFE Holdings chief Sudo to become TEPCO chairman

TOKYO, Japan - Fumio Sudo, former president of steelmaker JFE Holdings Inc., answers reporters' questions after meeting with Prime Minister Shinzo Abe at the prime minister's office in Tokyo on Jan. 7, 2014. Sudo will become chairman of Tokyo Electric Power Co. on April 1, replacing Kazuhiko Shimokobe.

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Man given life sentence over 2005 murder of girl in Tochigi

Photo taken in June 2014 shows Takuya Katsumata, who has been on trial over the 2005 murder of a 7-year-old girl in the northeastern Japanese prefecture of Tochigi. The Utsunomiya District Court sentenced the 33-year-old Katsumata to life in prison on April 8, 2016, in line with the prosecutors' demand despite debate about the credibility of his confessions amid a dearth of compelling physical evidence. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Man given life sentence over 2005 murder of girl in Tochigi

Photo taken in June 2014 shows Takuya Katsumata, who has been on trial over the 2005 murder of a 7-year-old girl in the northeastern Japanese prefecture of Tochigi. The Utsunomiya District Court sentenced the 33-year-old Katsumata to life in prison on April 8, 2016, in line with the prosecutors' demand despite debate about the credibility of his confessions amid a dearth of compelling physical evidence. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Season for arctic animals arrives

ASAHIKAWA, Japan - Visitors look at a polar bear at Asahiyama Zoo in Asahikawa in Japan's northernmost prefecture of Hokkaido on Nov. 11, 2014, at the start of the zoo's wintertime operation lasting until April 7, 2015. (Kyodo)

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Contrast of cemetery before and after 2011 quake

ONAGAWA, Japan - A cemetery damaged by a tsunami-swept train car (above) is photographed on April 7, 2011, in Onagawa, Miyagi Prefecture, northeastern Japan. The cemetery was restored later, as shown in the photo below taken on Sept. 10, 2014, with a railway station building under construction in the background. (Kyodo)