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Hundreds of mourners attended the first funerals of the New Zealand mosque shooting victims. A father and son who fled the civil war in Syria were laid to rest Wednesday.

Aid supplies are having a hard time reaching several Southern African countries after a cyclone knocked out roads and airports. Thousands of homes were destroyed in one city in Mozambique.

Vice President Mike Pence's toured flood damage in Nebraska and met with people forced to flee their homes. He promised the governors of Nebraska and Iowa federal disaster aid will move to the region quickly.

And officials near Houston now say they're not sure when a massive petrol-chemical plant fire will burn itself out. Health officials say the air quality is safe, but vulnerable groups like the elderly and pregnant women should be careful.