Severe storms that hit parts of the Midwest and the South have killed at least 21 people, including nine people in Kentucky after a deadly tornado wreaked havoc in the state. 

Pope Leo XIV asserted on Friday that the family is rooted in the "stable union between a man and a woman," while also emphasizing that both the unborn and the elderly possess inherent dignity as creations of God -- following accusations that the new Pope is "just as liberal" as the previous one.