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In California, officials say one person is dead after an explosion damaged a fertility clinic in Palm Springs today.

The police department says the blast from a vehicle near the

clinic appears to be an intentional act of violence. Mahar Abdullah, who runs the clinic, tells the

AP that the clinic's office was damaged, but that the IVF lab and stored embryos were not. Several

buildings, though, are damaged and the debris extends four blocks. Officials say they don't

know the identity of the deceased, and it's unclear if or how they were connected to the blast. The FBI

has joined the investigation. More than two dozen people are dead in severe storms and tornadoes

that hit the Central U.S. last night. Officials say 18 people died in Kentucky,

two in Virginia, and NPR Sandia Durk's reports seven people died in Missouri.

The city of St. Louis is assessing the damage from the storm, and recovery and rescue efforts

are underway. Teams are out still looking for people who are missing, injured, even trapped,

according to St. Louis police Police Chief Robert J. Tracy.

It's still not over. We have our officers doing grids. We're going up and down the blocks.

Even when we get back into darkness, we want to make sure that if you see something, say something.

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