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No injuries have been reported, but the Illinois State Police says there is major damage from a reported tornado on the south side of Kankakee City.

The National Weather Service is warning that severe storms could spin off tornadoes and bring large hail from Texas to Michigan.

The race to replace Marjorie Taylor Greene in Congress is heading to a runoff.

No candidate was able to break the 50 percent threshold to avoid the runoff in Georgia's 14th congressional district.

The top two vote getters in Tuesday's special election will face each other next month.

Trump endorsed Republican Clay Fuller and Democrat Sean Harris.

A team of researchers from Johns Hopkins University shows the active ingredient in magic mushrooms could help smokers quit.

And Pierce Will Stone has more.

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The Trump administration is seeking to reassure the public about prices at the pump amid the joint U.S.-Israeli air war over Iran.

White House Press Secretary Caroline Leavitt.

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The U.S.

military says it has eliminated 16 Iranian mine-laying ships near the Strait of Hormuz, through which 20 percent of the world's oil is shipped.

The military's announcement came after President Trump warned Iran against laying mines in the Strait.

The volatile oil market plunged on Tuesday after Energy Secretary Chris Wright made and then deleted a social media post on X, as NPR's Maria Aspin reports.

Dozens of U.S.

soldiers have been wounded in Iran's retaliatory strikes, a Pentagon now confirming at least 140 service members have been injured, with eight severely wounded.

A candidate endorsed by President Trump advancing to a special election runoff in the race to replace former Georgia Congresswoman Marjorie Taylor Greene.