## Kentucky death toll rises to 21 as Gov. Andy Beshear announces disaster declaration

Authored by nbcnews.com

The death toll from last week’s severe weather in Kentucky has risen to 21, Gov. Andy Beshear announced Saturday.

“I’m sad to share the number of those lost to the weather this week has grown to 21, with the most recent a man in Logan County,” Gov. Andy Beshear wrote on X Saturday.

“These are our fellow Kentuckians, each one a child of God gone too soon.

Gov. Andy Beshear provided an update following a major flooding event during a press conference at the Pike County Courthouse in Pikeville, Ky., on Feb. 17.

Beshear announced this weekend that Kentucky has received a disaster declaration from the White House and is waiting on approval for direct assistance from the federal government.

Approximately 660 residents are still out of power and more than 100 roads are closed across the state, Beshear shared in an update.

“Kentucky has suffered one of the worst natural disasters in years, with impacts felt statewide,” Beshear posted. »

### FDP leader resigns after German election result – as it happened

Authored by theguardian.com

Merz hailed “a historic election evening,” and acknowledged the responsibility and the scale of the task ahead.

Weidel said her party remained open to coalition talks with other parties, and said excluding the AfD was the equivalent to “voter fraud”.

The AfD swept all five former East German states: Mecklenburg-Vorpommern, Brandenburg, Saxony-Anhalt, Saxony and Thuringia . »

### PS5 Pro sales ‘have fallen behind PS4 Pro in the US’

Authored by videogameschronicle.com

US PlayStation 5 Pro sales have fallen behind PlayStation 4 Pro’s sales performance during its first months of sale.

However, it’s worth noting that PlayStation 5 Pro retails for significantly more than PS4 Pro did ($700 vs $400), and Circana’s reporting period is also one week less.

In November, Piscatella claimed that PS5 Pro had enjoyed “a solid start,” with unit sales “in the same ballpark as PS4 Pro’s launch”. »

### Brazil Stood Up for Its Democracy. Why Didn’t the U.S.?

Authored by theatlantic.com

In this, as in so many things, Bolsonaro comes across as a cruder, more thuggish version of his northern doppelgänger.

Trump calculated, shrewdly, to try to retain his electoral viability after his January 6 defeat; Bolsonaro seems to have lacked that impulse control.

He attempted so violent a power grab that the institutional immune system tasked with protecting Brazil’s democracy was shocked into overdrive. »

### Thieves used a stolen card to buy a $523,000 lottery ticket. The victim wants to share the winnings

Authored by apnews.com

PARIS (AP) — Thieves used a stolen card to buy a winning French lottery ticket worth 500,000 euros ($523,000).

The man whose card was stolen, identified in police documents as Jean-David E., is offering to split the cash with the lucky winners.

At the shop, a vendor told him two apparently homeless men had used one of his cards to buy the winning scratch-off lottery ticket. »

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