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Tornadoes collapse buildings and level homes in Nebraska and Iowa

Tornadoes have caused havoc in America's mid-west causing a building to collapse with dozens of people inside and damaging hundreds of homes. 
A ute in front of a destroyed house.

US motorist caught using mannequin to drive in carpool lane

The passenger's goatee was "just a little too sharp", according to the California police officer who caught the driver. 
A mannequin wearing a seatbelt, sunglasses and a hoodie.

US paramedic who injected Elijah McClain with ketamine before his death avoids prison

Elijah McClain, who had been forcibly restrained after police stopped him as he was walking home, went into cardiac arrest on the way to the hospital and died three days later.
A middle-aged white man in a suit sits in a courtroom, looking down with a serious expression

Daria Saville knocked out of Madrid Open for the second time in four days

Daria Saville's luck finally runs out at the Madrid Open as Australia's sole woman representative in the big clay-court event is knocked out  for a second time in four days.
Daria Saville looks frustrated sitting on her bench

Paris crowns a new king of the crusty, long bread in its annual 'Grand Prix de la baguette'

Competing baguettes in the annual bread-making competition were evaluated for taste, look, texture, airiness and the quality of the baking.
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A baker is photographed through a bakery window as he bakes baguettes

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