Up to 80 vehicles were involved in pileup crashes after a dust storm swept through central Illinois, the police said, forcing the closure of Interstate 55, a key artery in the region.
The case ends major litigation over claims of marketing e-cigarettes to adolescents, resolving thousands of lawsuits and amounting to billions of dollars in payouts to states, cities and people.
For their flagship gathering, President Biden and Democrats chose a city in the heart of a battleground region, which had argued that it embodied the party’s liberal values.
The severe weather system spawned numerous tornadoes that killed dozens of people, injuring scores. It also created heavy snow in the North and fueled wildfires in Oklahoma.