THE SHORT LIST
2 DEAD IN STORMS: More than 20 possible tornadoes slashed through the Southeast, killing at least two people Wednesday and damaging homes as a line of intense weather rolled from Texas to Georgia and as far as Indiana.
RAIL STRIKE AVERTED: The House overwhelmingly passed legislation Wednesday afternoon that would avert a freight rail strike the White House fears could cripple the U.S. economy.
SUPPLEMENT DEATH: More than a year after a 39-year-old Boynton Beach, Florida, nurse fatally overdosed on a dietary supplement, her family is suing the company that sold kratom, claiming that it could have prevented the death.
OUT OF THIS WORLD: Two minerals never seen on Earth were discovered in a gigantic meteorite weighing 16.5 tons and landing in Somalia, offering researchers possible clues about how the space rocks are formed.
AMAZON SIZZLES: Amazon said Wednesday it had its biggest ever Thanksgiving holiday shopping weekend but did not disclose its revenue.
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