Today’s Lead News Stories

The judge’s jokes were called ‘inappropriate, undignified, or discourteous’ by Florida’s Judicial Qualifications Commission

Storms accompanied by deep, booming thunder, lightning displays and powerful winds swept through parts of Wisconsin, Illinois, northern Indiana and Michigan overnight — leaving scores of trees down and thousands of homes without power

Ice used warrant application as ‘pretext’ to try to arrest two students in order to deport them

Portugal's general election campaign ends on Friday for a vote that Prime Minister Luis Montenegro is expected to win, but with no guarantee he can form a more stable government.

R&B singer Cassie is expected to return to the witness stand in her ex-boyfriend Sean “Diddy” Combs' sex trafficking trial

Daniel and Annie Caler were arrested on May 9 after the victim came forward to confide in her school counselor after years of alleged abuse

Order follows Pentagon’s announcement of plan to remove 1,000 military members who openly identify as trans

A senior Ukrainian official at the peace talks in Istanbul accused Moscow of introducing “unacceptable demands” that had not been previously discussed, including calls for Kyiv’s forces to withdraw from large swaths of territory they control so a complete ceas efire to be implemented

President says letters revealing rates will be sent out within weeks as Washington lacks capacity for individual deals

A long-running border dispute between Sierra Leone and Guinea has flared again, after a military incident forced villagers to flee and reignited diplomatic tensions between the two West African neighbours.

‘Several strong tornadoes are expected, and a long-track high-end tornado will be possible,’ forecasters say