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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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11th anniv. of Sewol ferry sinking

South Korean presidential candidates -- Lee Jae Myung (front, 2nd from R), former head of the main opposition Democratic Party, and Gyeonggi Gov. Kim Dong Yeon (3rd from R) -- attend a memorial ceremony in Ansan, near Seoul, on April 16, 2025, to mark the 11th anniversary of the sinking of the Sewol ferry. The April 2014 disaster off the Jindo island claimed 304 lives, including 250 students on a school trip from a high school in Ansan.

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11th anniv. of Sewol ferry sinking

A memorial ceremony is held in Ansan, near Seoul, on April 16, 2025, to mark the 11th anniversary of the sinking of the Sewol ferry. The April 2014 disaster off the South Korea island of Jindo claimed 304 lives, including 250 students on a school trip from a high school in Ansan.

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10th anniv. of Sewol ferry sinking

A memorial event is held on April 16, 2024, to mark the 10th anniversary of the sinking of the Sewol ferry in Mokpo, South Korea, where the ferry is kept as a reminder of the incident. The April 2014 disaster off the South Korea island of Jindo claimed 304 lives, including 250 high school students on a school trip from Ansan near Seoul.

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10th anniv. of Sewol ferry sinking

A memorial event is held on April 16, 2024, to mark the 10th anniversary of the sinking of the Sewol ferry in Mokpo, South Korea, where the ferry is kept as a reminder of the incident. The April 2014 disaster off the South Korea island of Jindo claimed 304 lives, including 250 high school students on a school trip from Ansan near Seoul.

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10th anniv. of Sewol ferry sinking

Bereaved families and many other South Koreans gather in Ansan near Seoul on April 16, 2024, for a ceremony marking the 10th anniversary of the sinking of the Sewol ferry. The April 2014 disaster off the South Korea island of Jindo claimed 304 lives, including 250 high school students on a school trip from Ansan.

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Taiwan travelers swarm central Japan tourist spots

TOYAMA, Japan - Travelers from Taiwan tour the Tateyama Kurobe Alpine Route, including the Yuki-no-Otani Snow Canyon, in this file photo taken on April 16, 2014. Toyama Prefecture on the Sea of Japan coast hopes to attract more Taiwanese tourists taking advantage of increased flights by Taiwan's China Airlines.

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U.S. envoy Kennedy

ISE, Japan - Photo taken April 16, 2014, in Ise, Mie Prefecture, shows U.S. Ambassador to Japan Caroline Kennedy.

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Panasonic joins artificial photosynthesis field

OSAKA, Japan - Panasonic Corp.'s experimental equipment for an artificial photosynthesis system is photographed on April 16, 2014. Application of light to semiconductor compounds placed in the apparatus on the left resulted in the generation of methane from the adjacent apparatus on the right.

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1 month since ferry sinking

SEOUL, South Korea - South Korean Coast Guard rescuers work off Jindo Island, southwestern South Korea, on May 16, 2014, to search for the missing around the point where the ferry Sewol sank on April 16.

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1 month since ferry sinking

SEOUL, South Korea - South Korean Coast Guard rescuers work off Jindo Island, southwestern South Korea, on May 16, 2014, to search for the missing around the point where the ferry Sewol sank on April 16.

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Mazda's MX-5 Miata sold out within 10 minutes in N.Y.

NEW YORK, United States - Mazda Motor Corp.'s 25th anniversary edition MX-5 Miata is photographed at an auto show in New York on April 16, 2014. The automaker sold all 100 units of the MX-5 Miata, known as the Roadster in Japan, in less than 10 minutes through subscription sale in New York on May 20.

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1 month since ferry sinking

JINDO ISLAND, South Korea - Search operations are conducted on May 16, 2014, off Jindo Island, southwestern South Korea, around the point where the ferry Sewol sank on April 16.

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1 month since ferry sinking

JINDO ISLAND, South Korea - A monk chants a sutra facing the sea at a port on Jindo Island, southwestern South Korea, on May 16, 2014. The ferry Sewol sank off the island on April 16.

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1 month since ferry sinking

JINDO ISLAND, South Korea - Search operations are conducted on May 16, 2014, off Jindo Island, southwestern South Korea, around the point where the ferry Sewol sank on April 16.

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1 month since ferry sinking

JINDO ISLAND, South Korea - Search operations are conducted on May 16, 2014, off Jindo Island, southwestern South Korea, around the point where the ferry Sewol sank on April 16.

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1 month since ferry sinking

JINDO ISLAND, South Korea - Search operations are conducted on May 16, 2014, off Jindo Island, southwestern South Korea, around the point where the ferry Sewol sank on April 16.

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Gov. Masuzoe mourns victims of sunken ferry

TOKYO, Japan - Tokyo Gov. Yoichi Masuzoe pays his respects to the victims of a ferry accident on April 16, 2014, at the South Korean Embassy's consular affairs department in Tokyo on May 13. (Pool photo)

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Central control room of Japan's nuclear fuel-reprocessing plant

ROKKASHO, Japan - The central control room of Japan's first spent nuclear fuel-reprocessing plant under construction by Japan Nuclear Fuel Ltd. in Rokkasho, Aomori Prefecture, northeastern Japan, is shown in this file photo taken on April 16, 2014.

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Radioactive waste stored at nuclear fuel-reprocessing plant

ROKKASHO, Japan - High-level radioactive waste from nuclear power plants is stored and monitored at a facility in the premises of Japan's first spent nuclear fuel-reprocessing plant under construction by Japan Nuclear Fuel Ltd. in Rokkasho, Aomori Prefecture, northeastern Japan, as shown in this file photo taken on April 16, 2014.

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Central control room of Japan's nuclear fuel-reprocessing plant

ROKKASHO, Japan - The central control room of Japan's first spent nuclear fuel-reprocessing plant under construction by Japan Nuclear Fuel Ltd. in Rokkasho, Aomori Prefecture, northeastern Japan, is shown in this file photo taken on April 16, 2014.

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Radioactive waste stored at nuclear fuel-reprocessing plant

ROKKASHO, Japan - Low-level radioactive waste from nuclear power plants is stored in special containers in the premises of Japan's first spent nuclear fuel-reprocessing plant under construction by Japan Nuclear Fuel Ltd. in Rokkasho, Aomori Prefecture, northeastern Japan, as shown in this file photo taken on April 16, 2014.

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Ford names Fields new president

NEW YORK, United States - Photo taken in New York on April 16, 2014 shows Mark Fields, a former president of Japanese automaker Mazda Motor Corp. Ford Motor Co. said May 1 that President and CEO Alan Mulally will step down and the 68-year-old will be succeeded by Fields, effective July 1.

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Uniqlo opens 1st Australian store

MELBOURNE, Australia - Photo shows an outlet of Fast Retailing Co.'s Uniqlo casual clothing chain in Melbourne, the company's first Australian store, which opened on April 16, 2014.

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Japanese prof. assists Taiwanese development of SC tech.

TAIPEI, Taiwan - Keiichi Kimura (R), a professor emeritus at the Kyushu Institute of Technology, explains about a semiconductor manufacturing device, in Taipei on April 16, 2014. A facility to train engineers necessary for manufacturing semiconductors and for research and development was set up at the National Taiwan University of Science and Technology in March 2014, supported by Ebara Corporation in Tokyo and the Kyushu Institute of Technology in Kitakyushu in Japan.

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Happy memorial service with Ultraman-shaped wooden drum

NAGOYA, Japan - Kazuaki Tsuzuki, owner of a Buddhist altar fittings store, holds a wooden drum shaped as Ultraman, the Japanese sci-fi superhero, in Kota, Aichi Prefecture, central Japan, on April 16, 2014.

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U.N. disarmament head

NEW YORK, United States - Angela Kane, the head of the United Nations' office for disarmament affairs, is interviewed by Kyodo News on April 16, 2014, at her office in New York. Kane said she would consider it a provocation if North Korea carries out a fourth nuclear test, especially ahead of a preparatory committee meeting for the 2015 Nuclear Nonproliferation treaty review conference that begins April 28.

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Gervinho in interview

ROME, Italy - Roma striker Gervinho of the Ivory Coast is interviewed near Rome on April 16, 2014, ahead of the World Cup soccer finals in Brazil.

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Photos from ferry sinking accident in S. Korea

JINDO, South Korea - People whose family members and relatives are still missing after the ferry Sewol sank on April 16, 2014, off the island of Jindo in southwestern South Korea remain at a gymnasium in Jindo on April 19.

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Photos from ferry sinking accident in S. Korea

JINDO, South Korea - People whose family members and relatives are still missing after the ferry Sewol sank on April 16, 2014, off the island of Jindo in southwestern South Korea remain at a gymnasium in Jindo on April 19.

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Torosidis in interview

ROME, Italy - Roma right-back Vasilis Torosidis of Greece is interviewed near Rome on April 16, 2014, ahead of the World Cup soccer finals in Brazil.

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1st bodies found in sunken S. Korea ferry

JINDO, South Korea - People whose family members and relatives are still missing after the ferry Sewol sank on April 16, 2014, off the island of Jindo in southwestern South Korea remain at a gymnasium in Jindo on April 19. Three bodies were found the same day in cabins of the sunken ferry.

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Algerian man holds photo of USM Alger players in 1990s

ALGIERS, Algeria - Laroussi Mustapha, a staff member of the USM Alger soccer club, holds a photo of its members in the 1990s in the Algerian capital of Algiers on April 16, 2014. He recalls that the club's stadium was full to capacity even during the civil war.

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Darvish starts against Mariners

ARLINGTON, United States - Texas Rangers starter Yu Darvish pitches against the Seattle Mariners at Globe Life Park in Arlington, Texas, on April 16, 2014. Darvish allowed two runs in seven innings on seven hits and two walks. The Rangers won 3-2.

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Darvish starts against Mariners

ARLINGTON, United States - Texas Rangers starter Yu Darvish looks at his bleeding right thumb during the seventh inning of a game against the Seattle Mariners at Globe Life Park in Arlington, Texas, on April 16, 2014. Darvish allowed two runs in seven innings on seven hits and two walks. The Rangers won 3-2.

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Darvish starts against Mariners

ARLINGTON, United States - Texas Rangers starter Yu Darvish pitches against the Seattle Mariners at Globe Life Park in Arlington, Texas, on April 16, 2014. Darvish allowed two runs in seven innings on seven hits and two walks. The Rangers won 3-2.

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Yankees beat Cubs

NEW YORK, United States - New York Yankees outfielder Ichiro Suzuki (42) celebrates with Yankees shortstop Derek Jeter (R) after the team's 2-0 victory in the second game of a doubleheader against the Chicago Cubs at Yankee Stadium in New York on April 16, 2014.

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Chan visits rehab facility for ex-child soldiers in Africa

BANGUI, Central African Republic - Pop singer Agnes Chan, the ambassador of the Japan Committee for UNICEF, visits a social rehabilitation facility for former child soldiers in Bangui, the capital of the Central African Republic, on April 16, 2014.

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Chan speaks with ex-child soldiers in Africa

BANGUI, Central African Republic - Pop singer Agnes Chan, the ambassador of the Japan Committee for UNICEF, speaks with girls at a social rehabilitation facility for former child soldiers in Bangui, the capital of the Central African Republic, on April 16, 2014.

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Darvish starts against Mariners

ARLINGTON, United States - Texas Rangers starter Yu Darvish pitches against the Seattle Mariners at Globe Life Park in Arlington, Texas, on April 16, 2014. Darvish allowed two runs in seven innings on seven hits and two walks. The Rangers won 3-2.

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Japan-U.S. TPP talks

WASHINGTON, United States - Akira Amari, Japanese minister in charge of the Trans-Pacific Partnership initiative, answers reporters' questions upon arrival at Washington airport on April 16, 2014. Japan and the United States resumed their ministerial talks the same day, trying to make progress in protracted negotiations over tariff exceptions to a Pacific free trade pact.

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Yankees pitcher Tanaka

NEW YORK, United States - New York Yankees pitcher Masahiro Tanaka starts in a baseball game against the Chicago Cubs in New York on April 16, 2014. Tanaka allowed just two hits over eight shutout innings as the Yankees won 3-0.

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Yankees pitcher Tanaka

NEW YORK, United States - New York Yankees pitcher Masahiro Tanaka starts in a baseball game against the Chicago Cubs in New York on April 16, 2014. Tanaka allowed just two hits over eight shutout innings as the Yankees won 3-0.

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S. Korean ferry sinks

JINDO ISLAND, South Korea - Photo shows relatives of passengers who remain missing after the sinking of a passenger ferry, at a port on Jindo Island in the southwestern part of South Korea on April 16, 2014. The 6,800-ton Sewol, carrying a total of 462 people, many of them high school students on an overnight trip to the southern resort island of Jeju, sank earlier in the day.

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S. Korean ferry sinks

JINDO ISLAND, South Korea - Relatives of passengers who remain missing after the sinking of a passenger ferry wait at a port on Jindo Island in the southwestern part of South Korea on April 16, 2014. The 6,800-ton Sewol, carrying a total of 462 people, many of them high school students on an overnight trip to the southern resort island of Jeju, sank earlier in the day.

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Toyota unveils new Camry at New York auto show

NEW YORK, United States - Toyota Motor Corp. of Japan takes the wraps off its 2015 Camry model at the New York International Auto Show on April 16, 2014.

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Hiroshima draw with Beijing Guoan in ACL game

BEIJING, China - Naoki Ishihara (L) of Sanfrecce Hiroshima scores the first of his two goals to help the Japanese soccer club come from behind and draw 2-2 with Beijing Guoan in an Asian Champions League game in Beijing on April 16, 2014.

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Obokata's supervisor holds press conference

TOKYO, Japan - Yoshiki Sasai, deputy director of the Riken Center for Developmental Biology, holds a press conference in Tokyo on April 16, 2014. Sasai, a veteran scientist who supervised the writing by Haruko Obokata of two controversial papers on STAP cells, apologized for the confusion, concern and sense of mistrust caused by the papers but expressed confidence about the existence of the STAP phenomenon.

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Hiroshima's Ishihara celebrates equalizer in ACL

BEIJING, China - Naoki Ishihara (L) of Japanese soccer club Sanfrecce Hiroshima celebrates his second goal against Beijing Guoan in an Asian Champions League game in Beijing on April 16, 2014. The game ended in a 2-2 draw.

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S. Korean ferry sinks

JINDO ISLAND, South Korea - A relative (C) of one of the passengers who remain missing after the sinking of a ferry, collapses while talking on the phone in a gymnasium on Jindo Island in the southwestern part of South Korea, on April 16, 2014. The 6,800-ton ship, carrying a total of 459 people, the majority of whom were high school students on a school trip, sank earlier in the day.