After the 9/11 attacks, airlines were required to install permanent reinforcements to all existing cockpit doors, and include them in newly-built aircraft, by April 2003. Many airlines and manufacturers opted to use bulletproof material, composites, reinforced door jambs and locks. https://cnn.it/4oorbob

Spotify has removed tens of thousands of phony podcasts promoting illegal online pharmacies, a new investigation has found, after reports from CNN and other news outlets exposed the issue last year. https://cnn.it/4us64Cw

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

Tornadoes and severe storms impacted millions of people across the Midwest with damaging winds.

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