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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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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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FILE: CDC's suggestion to cancel football, band in nearly every US school is called 'unrealistic.' ...
Elizabeth Cohen, CNN Senior Medical Correspondent

CDC’s suggestion to cancel football, band in nearly every US school called ‘unrealistic’

If the scientists at the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention had their way, to curb the spread of COVID-19 right now, nearly every U.S. school would cancel football, wrestling and band.
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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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This photo from the Tonga Geological Services shows the Hunga-Tonga-Hunga-Ha’apai eruption and th...
Josh Ellis, KSL TV

Missionaries in Tonga Nuku’alofa Mission safe; no contact yet with Tonga Outer Island Mission

Missionaries serving in the Tonga Nuku'alofa Mission have been reported safe following Saturday's volcanic eruption and ensuing tsunamis in Tonga.
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Betty White as Rose Nylund in "The Golden Girls." (Herb Ball/NBCUniversal/Getty Images)...
Marianne Garvey, CNN

5 ways to celebrate Betty White on her 100th birthday

Just weeks away from turning 100, Betty White was planning to spend her upcoming birthday watching a film about her life with friends.
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Attorney Jason Gichner of the Tennessee Innocence Project, and Joyce Watkins after her conviction w...
Sara Smart & Paradise Afshar, CNN

Woman exonerated after spending 27 years in prison for murder she didn’t commit

A Tennessee woman who was wrongfully convicted of murdering her great-niece and spent 27 years in prison, was exonerated this week.
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Tuskegee Airman Brig. Gen. Charles McGee dies at 102. McGee is pictured here at the Fredrick Munici...
Sarah Fortinsky & Barbara Starr, CNN

Tuskegee Airman Brig. Gen. Charles McGee dies at 102

Brig. Gen. Charles McGee, one of the last surviving Tuskegee Airmen, died Sunday morning in his sleep, according to a family spokesman. He was 102.
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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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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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Police cars remain parked at Good Shepherd Catholic Community church on January 15, 2022 in Colleyv...
JAKE BLEIBERG, ERIC TUCKER & MICHAEL BALSAMO, Associated Press

Hostages safe after standoff inside synagogue; captor dead

Hostages who had been held for hours inside a Texas synagogue were rescued Saturday night, according to Gov. Greg Abbott, nearly 12 hours after the standoff began.
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People get the train at the Times Square subway station before the new nightly closures on May 5, 2...
JENNIFER PELTZ and CAROLYN THOMPSON

Woman killed in subway shove at Times Square

Police say a woman was pushed to her death in front of a subway train by a homeless man at New York's Times Square station.
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A Ukrainian soldier, who goes by the nickname Chorny, walks in a trench on the front line on Decemb...
MATTHEW LEE & VLADIMIR ISACHENKOV, Associated Press

Headed to disaster? US, Russia harden stances in talks

The failure of last week’s high-stakes diplomatic meetings to resolve escalating tensions over Ukraine has put Russia, the United States and its European allies in uncharted post-Cold War territory. It is posing significant challenges for the main players to avoid an outright and potentially disastrous confrontation.
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Alec Baldwin speaks during the 2021 RFK Ripple Of Hope Gala at New York Hilton Midtown on December ...
The Associated Press

Official: Alec Baldwin surrenders phone for shooting probe

Alec Baldwin has surrendered his cellphone to authorities as part of the investigation into a fatal shooting on a New Mexico film set last fall, a law enforcement official said.
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Recording artist Prince performs during the 2013 Billboard Music Awards at the MGM Grand Garden Are...
The Associated Press

Final valuation of Prince’s estate pegged at $156.4 million

The six-year legal battle over Prince’s estate has ended. The Minneapolis Star Tribune reports that parties to the pop superstar's estate have pegged the value at $156.4 million.
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The FBI and Texas Department of Public Safety are assisting a hostage situation at the Congregation...
Alaa Elassar & Michelle Watson, CNN

FBI assisting in hostage situation at Congregation Beth Israel in Colleyville, Texas

The FBI and Texas Department of Public Safety are assisting a hostage situation at the Congregation Beth Israel in Colleyville, Texas, according to Colleyville Police Sgt. Dara Nelson.
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GOES satellite imagery captured the eruption of an underwater volcano near Tonga in the Pacific Oce...
Nick Perry, ASSOCIATED PRESS

Volcano erupts in Pacific, West Coast under tsunami advisory

An undersea volcano erupted in spectacular fashion near the Pacific nation of Tonga on Saturday, sending large tsunami waves crashing across the shore and people rushing to higher ground.
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ASSOCIATED PRESS

Utah man sentenced to prison for investment fraud scheme

Prosecutors say a Utah man has been sentenced to five years in prison for his part in a nationwide investment fraud scheme that targeted elderly victims and led to losses of nearly $3 million.
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WASHINGTON, DC - DECEMBER 21: U.S. President Joe Biden speaks about the omicron variant of the coro...
ZEKE MILLER Associated Press

Federal testing website launches next week, 4 tests per home

The federal website where Americans can request free COVID-19 tests will begin accepting orders on Wednesday as the White House looks to address nationwide shortages, but supplies will be limited to just four free tests per home.
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JOHN RABY, FATIMA HUSSEIN and JOSH BOAK Associated Press

Goodbye ‘godsend’: Expiration of child tax credits hits home

For the first time in half a year, families on Friday are going without a monthly deposit from the child tax credit — a program that was intended to be part of President Joe Biden's legacy but has emerged instead as a flash point over who is worthy of government support.
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FILE - Youngstown City Health Department worker Faith Terreri grabs two at-home COVID-19 test kits ...
Tami Luhby, CNN

Here’s how you can get free home COVID-19 tests

Starting Saturday, many Americans can get home Covid-19 tests at no cost through their private insurance.
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SAN FRANCISCO - JUNE 11:  Norcal Waste worker Manuel Vera dumps a bin with compostable materials in...
TRAVIS LOLLER Associated Press

Garbage and recyclables pile up as omicron takes its toll

The omicron variant is sickening so many sanitation workers around the U.S. that some cities have had to delay or suspend garbage or recycling pickup, angering residents shocked that governments can’t perform this most basic of functions.
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