and others from Trump’s anger. It’s a sign that the public commitments they make to create U.S. jobs may be doing more to burnish the president’s image than to protect their own profitability.
Parts of two dozen state roads were closed, and some could take days to reopen, Beshear said. He also said the death toll could still rise.“We need the whole world right now to be really good neighbors to this region,” the governor said.
State Emergency Management Director Eric Gibson said hundreds of homes were damaged,Kayla Patterson, her husband and their five children huddled in a tub in their basement in London, the county seat, as the tornado raged around them.“You could literally hear just things ripping in the distance, glass shattering everywhere, just roaring like a freight train,” she recalled Saturday. “It was terrible.”
The family eventually emerged to the sounds of sirens and panicked neighbors. While the family’s own home was spared, others right behind it were demolished, Patterson said as the sound of power tools buzzed in the background. The neighborhood was dotted with piles of lumber, metal sheeting, insulation and stray belongings — a suitcase, a sofa, some six-packs of paper towels.This aerial photo provided by London, KY Mayor Randall Weddle shows damage from severe weather in London, Ky., on Saturday, May 17, 2025. (City of London, Ky. via AP)
This aerial photo provided by London, KY Mayor Randall Weddle shows damage from severe weather in London, Ky., on Saturday, May 17, 2025. (City of London, Ky. via AP)
Rescuers were searching for survivors all night and into the morning, the sheriff’s office said. An emergency shelter was set up at a local high school and donations of food and other necessities were arriving.“That’s just not happening with beads anymore. No one’s picking that up off the ground,” Ferguson said. “I think you’re seeing riders are buying less of that and more of other things.”
Associated Press reporter Stephen Smith contributed to this report.MANCHESTER, England (AP) — Manchester City, Chelsea and Newcastle secured the remaining Champions League places on a dramatic final day of the Premier League season.
Aston Villa and Nottingham Forest were the big losers on Sunday — missing out in the race for the top five.against Manchester United just moments before going behind and eventually losing 2-0 at Old Trafford.