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NEW ORLEANS — Thunderstorms rumbled across parts of the South on Thursday,

KOLKATA, India — A long section of an overpass under construction collapsed Thursday in a crowded Kolkata neighborhood and sent tons of concrete and steel slamming onto midday traffic, killing at least 21 people and leaving scores of others injured, police said.

WASHINGTON — President Barack Obama and Chinese President Xi Jinping pledged Thursday to cooperate to confront the North Korean nuclear threat while working to narrow persistent differences over cybersecurity, human rights and maritime conflicts.

BRUSSELS — The Brussels attacks have given a boost to the far right in Belgium and beyond, and their anti-Islam language is finding a special resonance after another bloodbath by Islamic State extremists.

APPLETON, Wis. — It was a question sure to come up at some point in the Republican primary campaign.
“What should the law be on abortion?” asked MSNBC’s Chris Matthews to Donald Trump at a town hall event in Wisconsin.

Voters who live within Georgia House District 162 will be voting again in the special election to fill the remainder of the current state House term.

From incident reports at the Springfield Police Department:March 8: Headphones valued at $150 were missing from a vehicle at Smith’s Front End on S. Laurel Street.

 
A revised alcohol ordinance could be adopted by the Savannah City Council this summer after years of development.

Police say they’ve arrested a 28-year-old Savannah man known as “Yamacraw Slim” who was wanted on suspicions of several crimes, including shooting a building late St. Patrick’s Day.