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Emergency management officials in Madison County said four were injured in addition to those killed when the tornado touched down southwest of Des Moines.

Women founders and investors are invited to join Stella’s “Mission to Money” by participating in the ninth annual Women’s Venture Summit on Friday and Saturday, September 16-17 from 9:00 a.m. to 2:30 p.m. PDT. This event is an effort that has helped Stella facilitate $71 million in fundraising dollars for women-led companies. “Women’s Venture Summit will address the conditions women are facing in a post-peak-pandemic world, including lower workforce participation and a squeeze on funding,” says Stella CEO Raven O’Neal. “We are serious about increasing female founders’ access to capital and giving new and seasoned investors the guidance they need to invest in more women-owned companies.” After offering virtual attendance for two years, Stella will welcome individuals to an in-person event sponsored by UBS with access to high-profile speakers, powerful panelists and inspiring roundtable discussions. Lectures, discussions and workshops will cover a range of topics such as: • Build Your Board, Build Your Business: Why a good board can be the secret sauce to your company’s success • Giant Leap for Womankind: Closing the equity gap and building women’s wealth, power and influence • Mapping Your Money: Learn which funding type is ideal for your current stage • Investor Nucleus: Network with other investors to share insight and make deals • Simple Storytelling That Works: How to tell your story so a cavewoman understands • Vice Can Be Nice: Sin or win? Investing in sextech, cannabis and more The Summit will also showcase the final round of the annual summertime Women’s Fast Pitch Competition. Held across five regions in five weeks, the finalist from each region will compete on Day Two of the Summit and one winner will take home a $10,000 investment. Sponsored by Cooley LLP and The Impact Seat Foundation, the annual Fast Pitch Competition offers more opportunities for female founders to activate their ideas through structured funding.

The amateur sport is booming, with at least 21 new teams formed in 2022 alone.

In the show Squid Game, the poor compete to the death for money to pay their debts. NPR's Ari Shapiro talks with L.A. Times reporter Victoria Kim on the underground world of South Korea's loan sharks.

Virginia Gov. Glenn Youngkin has slowed restorations of voting rights for the formerly incarcerated while failing to specify what criteria he's using, sparking a federal lawsuit.

The Delta pilots have had the same benefits since 2016. Renegotiations began in April 2019 and had entered the mediation stage, but have been postponed since the start of the COVID-19 pandemic.

Arizona's Maricopa County faced criticism as it took days to count its votes in 2022. The county's Republican recorder has a proposal to try to fix the problems he sees.

The U.S. Supreme Court placed new restrictions on the scope of the jurisdiction the Clean Water Act has over wetlands, ruling in favor of Idaho landowners who had challenged the law.

What are the risks of JPMorgan Chase becoming even bigger since taking over First Republic Bank?

NPR's Scott Simon has a remembrance of a 91-year-old woman who surived the Holocaust, but could not survive Russia's weeks-long assault on Mariupol.