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In this photo provided by the New Zealand Defense Force, an Orion plane flies over Tonga where volc...
MOUSSA MOUSSA and DAVID RISING, Associated Press

Three of Tonga’s smaller islands badly damaged by tsunami

Three of Tonga’s smaller islands have suffered serious damage from tsunami waves, officials and the Red Cross say, as a wider picture begins to emerge of the destruction caused by the eruption of an undersea volcano near the Pacific archipelago nation.
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FILE: N95 Masks...
ZEKE MILLER, Associated Press

Biden to give away 400 million N95 masks starting next week

The Biden administration will begin making 400 million N95 masks available for free to Americans starting next week.
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FILE: A view of the U.S. Capitol on January 18, 2022 in Washington, DC.  On Tuesday, the Senate wil...
LISA MASCARO, AP Congressional Correspondent

Big voting bill faces defeat as 2 Dems won’t stop filibuster

Voting legislation that Democrats and civil rights leaders say is vital for protecting democracy appeared headed for defeat as the Senate churned into debate Tuesday, a devastating setback enabled by President Joe Biden’s own party as two holdout senators refuse to support rule changes to overcome a Republican filibuster.
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A law enforcement vehicle sits near the Congregation Beth Israel synagogue on January 16, 2022 in C...
MICHAEL BALSAMO, JAKE BLEIBERG & ERIC TUCKER, Associated Press

White House: Texas hostage-taker had raised no red flags

A White House spokeswoman says an armed British man who took four people hostage during a 10-hour standoff at a Texas synagogue that ended in his death entered the United States without raising any red flags during multiple checks against law enforcement databases.
2 years ago
FILE PHOTO: ARTEMIVSK, UKRAINE - FEBRUARY 19: Ukrainian soldiers who left Debaltseve yesterday prep...
VLADIMIR ISACHENKOV Associated Press

Russia moves more troops westward amid Ukraine tensions

Russia is a sending an unspecified number of troops from the country’s far east to Belarus for major war games, officials said Tuesday.
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ZEKE MILLER Associated Press

White House soft-launches COVID-19 test request website

The Biden administration on Tuesday quietly launched its website for Americans to request free at-home COVID-19 tests, a day before the site was scheduled to officially go online.
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FILE: An American Airlines Boeing 787-9 Dreamliner lands at the Miami International Airport on Dec....
The Associated Press

EXPLAINER: Why airlines fear 5G will upend travel this week

The airline industry is raising the stakes in a showdown with AT&T and Verizon over plans to launch new 5G wireless service this week, warning that thousands of flights could be grounded or delayed if the rollout takes place near major airports.
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FILE:Signage is seen at The Ultimate Fan Experience, Call Of Duty XP 2016, presented by Activision,...
MATT O'BRIEN, AP Technology Writer

Microsoft buys gamer Activision Blizzard for $68.7 billion

Microsoft is paying nearly $70 billion for Activision Blizzard, the maker of “Candy Crush’’ and ‘’Call of Duty."
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FILE: Workers rebuild a cellular tower with 5G equipment for the Verizon network on Nov. 26, 2019, ...
DAVID KOENIG, AP Airlines Writer

Airlines again warn of potential disruption from 5G rollout

The airline industry is raising the stakes in a showdown with AT&T and Verizon over plans to launch new 5G wireless service this week, warning that thousands of flights could be grounded or delayed if the rollout takes place near major airports.
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FILE: U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken testifies during the Senate Foreign Relations Committe...
MATTHEW LEE, AP Diplomatic Writer

Blinken to visit Ukraine as US-Russia tensions escalate

Secretary of State Antony Blinken will visit Ukraine this week and meet with President Volodymyr Zelenskyy as tensions between the U.S. and Russia escalate over a possible Russian invasion of its neighbor.
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NICK PERRY, Associated Press

Despite huge volcano blast, Tonga avoids widespread disaster

Despite sitting almost on top of the volcano that erupted so violently, the Pacific nation of Tonga appears to have avoided the widespread disaster that many initially feared.
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Image shows ashfall on Nuku’alofa airport runway. (New Zealand Defense Force/Facebook)...
NICK PERRY, Associated Press

Volcanic ash delays aid to Tonga as damage reports emerge

Thick ash on an airport runway was delaying aid deliveries to the Pacific island nation of Tonga, where significant damage was being reported days after a huge undersea volcanic eruption and tsunami.
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Pedestrians cross a street as motorists drive through the snow on January 16, 2022 in Greenville, S...
JULIE WALKER & KAREN MATTHEWS, Associated Press

Winter storm whipping northeast US with snow, thunderstorms

A dangerous winter storm brought significant snowfall, strong thunderstorms and blustery winds to the northeastern U.S. on a holiday Monday.
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The Associated Press

Navajo increases ability to do COVID testing, vaccinations

Health facilities on the Navajo Nation are increasing the ability to test for COVID-19 and vaccinate people as the omicron variant spreads.
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Emergency vehicles are pictured near the scene of the fatal fire in the Fairmount neighborhood on J...
The Associated Press

Funeral services held for 12 killed in Philadelphia fire

Funeral services were held Monday for nine children and three adults who died in a Philadelphia fire five days into the new year, the deadliest blaze in the city in more than a century.
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Law enforcement vehicles sit in front of the Congregation Beth Israel synagogue on January 16, 2022...
JAKE BLEIBERG and ERIC TUCKER, Associated Press

Texas rabbi says he, 2 hostages escaped synagogue standoff

The rabbi of a Texas synagogue where a gunman took hostages during livestreamed services says he threw a chair at his captor before escaping with two others after an hourslong standoff.
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The tomb of Martin Luther King Jr., and his wife Coretta Scott King is seen during the early mornin...
The Associated Press

On MLK Day, Biden says Americans must commit to King’s work

Americans must commit to the unfinished work of Martin Luther King Jr., President Joe Biden said Monday said in a video address on the day that commemorates the slain civil rights leader.
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Serbian tennis player Novak Djokovic leaves the Park hotel on January 16, 2022 in Melbourne, Austra...
DARKO BANDIC, Associated Press

Djokovic lands in Serbia after deportation from Australia

Novak Djokovic arrived in his native Serbia after being deported from Australia because he was not vaccinated against COVID-19, ending his hopes of defending his Australian Open title.
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In this photo provided by the New Zealand Defense Force, an Orion aircraft is prepared at a base in...
NICK PERRY, Associated Press

Flights sent to assess Tonga damage after volcanic eruption

New Zealand and Australia have sent military surveillance flights to assess the damage a huge undersea volcanic eruption caused in Tonga.
2 years ago
People watch a television broadcast reporting on North Korean Kim Jong-un at the Seoul Railway Stat...
KIM TONG-HYUNG, Associated Press

N. Korea fires 2 suspected missiles in 4th launch this year

South Korea's military says North Korea fired two suspected ballistic missiles into the sea in its fourth weapons launch this month.
2 years ago
Hundreds of people attend a mass funeral for 15 of the 17 victims of a fire in a Bronx apartment bu...
BOBBY CAINA CALVAN, Associated Press

Bronx fire victims’ funeral draws huge outpouring of grief

A Bronx community is paying its final respects to loved ones, a week after a fire filled a high-rise apartment building with thick, suffocating smoke that killed 17 people, including eight children.
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GOES satellite imagery captured the eruption of an underwater volcano near Tonga in the Pacific Oce...
NICK PERRY, Associated Press

New Zealand sends flight to see damage from Pacific volcano

New Zealand’s military on Monday morning was able to send a surveillance flight to Tonga to assess the extent of the damage from a huge undersea volcanic eruption.
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GREENVILLE, SC - JANUARY 16: People ride bicycles and run along Main St. on January 16, 2022 in Gre...
PAMELA SAMPSON and KIM CHANDLER Associated Press

Snow, ice blasts through South with powerful winter storm

A dangerous winter storm combining high winds and ice was sweeping through parts of the U.S. Southeast on Sunday, knocking out power, felling trees and fences, and coating roads with a treacherous, frigid glaze.
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COLLEYVILLE, TEXAS - JANUARY 16: A law enforcement vehicle sits in front of the Congregation Beth I...
JAKE BLEIBERG, ERIC TUCKER and MICHAEL BALSAMO Associated Press

British national ID’d as hostage-taker at Texas synagogue

Authorities on Sunday identified a 44-year-old British national as the man who took four people hostage at a Texas synagogue for 10 hours before an FBI SWAT team stormed the building, ending a tense standoff that President Joe Biden called “an act of terror."
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