Tornadoes and severe storms impacted millions of people across the Midwest with damaging winds.
A CNN investigation into Jeffrey Epstein’s connections with the model industry finds several industry insiders who gave him access to young models. One of these insiders told CNN’s Katie Polglase he believed Epstein had paid for his crimes.

"Sometimes you know in real time that you have just witnessed history, and perhaps even enjoyed the greatest moment of your life," writes Hannah Keyser | Analysis. https://cnn.it/3QzzbpJ

"The Trump administration is making a new bid to prove a core assumption the Iran war so far suggests is flawed: that punishing strikes from a far superior US military force will force Tehran to capitulate," writes Stephen Collinson | Analysis https://cnn.it/4uxwD9w

Police in Northern Ireland fired water cannons on Wednesday as a wave of anti-immigrant violence entered its second night. Widespread demonstrations erupted on Tuesday following news of a knife attack in Belfast, Northern Ireland. https://cnn.it/4ebulGV

President Donald Trump has billed the "Great American State Fair" as a patriotic World's Fair featuring pavilions created by every US state and territory – but several US states will not participate. https://cnn.it/440bqKr

A former child actor has filed a lawsuit accusing Sean “Diddy” Combs of sexually assaulting him at a Hollywood Hills networking event in 2007. The lawsuit adds to the mounting and continuous legal challenges for the incarcerated music mogul as he appeals his conviction on federal charges in New York. A representative for Combs denied the new allegations. CNN’s Elizabeth Wagmeister reports. Read more: https://cnn.it/4ei39X2

The New York Knicks pulled off the greatest comeback in NBA Finals history, rallying from a 29-point deficit to defeat the San Antonio Spurs in Game 4 by a score of 107-106. https://cnn.it/43Xu71s

Iran's semi-official news agency posted photos of a drinking water reservoir that officials said was destroyed in a missile strike as well as images of munition fragments that experts told CNN appeared to be from a US-made bomb. CNN could not independently verify that the munitions shown in the image released by the Mehr news agency were found at the site. https://cnn.it/4eePSyn
