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ROSALIE, Ala. (AP) — Authorities believe a tornado killed three people in Alabama. The National Weather Service says a line of severe storms moved across the South overnight and possible tornadoes were reported in northern Alabama and southern Tennessee. Tornadoes and hail were also reported Tuesday in Louisiana and Mississippi. The three people killed in Alabama were in a trailer home in Rosalie, in Jackson County.
GATLINBURG, Tenn. (AP) — There's very little left in some parts of Gatlinburg, Tennessee, but Mayor Mike Werner is promising to pull together and rebuild. Werner lost his own home as strong winds fed wildfires in the area Monday night. Some 150 buildings were destroyed. Three people were killed and more than a dozen were hospitalized.
WASHINGTON (AP) — House leaders are ready to push through a compromise biomedical research bill that has drawn complaints from Democrats and consumer groups. But it seems likely to sail through because of victories that it provides for both parties and the White House. The legislation proposes spending $6.3 billion over the coming decade to design drugs specifically for individuals, streamline approval processes for drugs and medical devices and for state programs to prevent and treat drug abuse.
BEIRUT (AP) — Syrian activists say at least 21 people have been killed in an artillery barrage on a housing area for those displaced in rebel-held eastern Aleppo. The Britain-based Syrian Observatory for Human Rights monitoring group says this morning's attack happened near the site of a government air strike that killed at least 20 the day before. The Syrian Civil Defense search-and-rescue group puts the toll at 45 dead. It accuses government forces of being behind the attack.
DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — A Saudi prince is issuing a public call for women to be allowed to drive in the conservative kingdom. Prince Alwaleed Bin Talal (al-wa-LEED' bin TAL'-al) made the call on Twitter, saying in Arabic and English: "Stop the debate: Time for women to drive." Alwaleed does not hold a formal position in the Saudi government. Saudi Arabia is the only country in the world that does not allow women to drive.
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