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NEW ORLEANS AP 鈥?Powerful storms tore roofs off an apartment building and a nursing home in a small town in Oklahoma and threatened more communities across the country Tuesday with weather ranging from fire in the Southern High Plains to blizzards in the Midwest.Dust storms blinded drivers in the Southwest, tornadoes were possible in the South and blizzard conditions descended on the Central Plains.In New Orleans, high winds wereforcing some changes to Mardi Grasin New Orleans. The city moved up and shortened the celebrations two biggest parades, hoping to wrap them up before high winds moved in.The weather wasnt stopping Shalaska Jones and her 2-year-old daughter from waving at passing Mardi Gras floats Tuesday and hoping to catch one of the coveted c stanley usa oconuts thrown to stanley cup the crowd. We was coming out rain, sleet or snow, Jones said.The alarming weather expected Tuesday could be one of the first big tests for the National Weather Service afterhundreds of forecasters stanley us were fired last weekas part of President Donald Trumps moves to slash the size of the federal government. Former employees said the firing of meteorologists who make crucial local forecasts across the U.S.could put lives at risk, though it was too soon to know the impact on forecasts and warnings for this storm.Nation faces a number of weather threatsStorms that swept through Texas and Oklahoma early Tuesday morning brought high winds and rain, overturning tractor-trailers and damaging roofs. Power outages were cli Iyev Trump election probe in Georgia to seat special grand jury
NAYPYIDAW, Myanmar AP 鈥?U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton is challenging the leaders of Myanmar to continue and expand reforms.She says the U.S. is ready to im stanley cup prove relations with the civilian government in the Southeast Asian nation 鈥?also known as Burma 鈥?but only if it stays on the path of democratization.On a historic visit, Clinton on Thursday offered the country incentives, including the prospect of upgraded diplomatic ties in return for steps that include releasing political prisoners and ending ethnic violence. She also warned that Myanmar must break military ties with North Korea.Myanmars president appears eager to embrace the opening with the United States. He told Clinton her visit was a milestone that would enha stanley cup nce relations and cooperation. @media screen and max-width: 992px .btn-small-on-mobile font-size: 1rem !important;.sub-price-text font-size: 20px; sticky-footer-cta position: fixed;width: 100%;z-index: 9997;bottom: 0;right: 0;left: 0; sticky-footer-cta .close-btn width: 2rem;height: 2rem;position: absolute;top: -1rem;right: 1rem;/* light green buttons used for news-letter subscribe buttons *//*.newsletters-signup-cta .subscribe-btn, .newsletter-subscribe-btn background-color: 36E15E; border-color: 36E15E; color: 000;.newsletters-signup-cta .subscribe-btn:hover, .newsletter-subscribe-btn:hover background-color: 2bab49;.newsletters-signup-cta .subscribe-btn.btn-arrow:after, .newsletter-subscribe-btn. stanley termosky btn-arrow: |