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Thousands in northeast are without power after heavy snowfall from winter storm

Monday, January 17, 2022

Homes and businesses across New York, Ohio and Pennsylvania were without power as a dangerous storm brought heavy snow, strong thunderstorms and blustery winds.

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A drone attack in Abu Dhabi claimed by rebels in Yemen has killed three people

Monday, January 17, 2022

While Abu Dhabi police did not immediately offer any suspects, Yemen's Houthi rebels claimed responsibility for an attack targeting the United Arab Emirates.

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Ukraine ex-president returns to Kyiv for treason trial

Monday, January 17, 2022

Poroshenko was greeted by several thousand cheering supporters. Some carried banners reading "We need democracy," and "Stop repressions."

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Arab leader's gamble to play kingmaker in Israel is paying off

Monday, January 17, 2022

Mansour Abbas broke a longstanding taboo when he led his Arab party into Israel's governing coalition last year.

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Djokovic arrives in Serbia after deportation from Australia

Monday, January 17, 2022

A handful of fans waving the Serbian flag greeted Djokovic at the airport.

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Celebrated Tuskegee Airman Charles McGee dies at 102

Sunday, January 16, 2022

Charles McGee, a Tuskegee Airman who flew 409 fighter combat missions over three wars, has died.

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University of Michigan fires its president after investigation into an alleged affair

Sunday, January 16, 2022

The university said Mark Schlissel was removed as president due to an alleged "inappropriate relationship with a university employee."

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The famed country music broadcaster Ralph Emery has died at age 88

Sunday, January 16, 2022

Emery became known as the dean of country music broadcasters over more than a half-century in both radio and television. He was inducted into the Country Music Hall of Fame in 2007.

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Novak Djokovic has left Australia after losing his final appeal to avoid deportation

Sunday, January 16, 2022

A court dismissed the No. 1-ranked tennis player's challenge to cancel his visa. Djokovic, who hoped to play in the Australian Open despite being unvaccinated, said he was "extremely disappointed."

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Jamaica arrests a former senator sought in Haitian president's assassination

Saturday, January 15, 2022

A former Haitian senator sought in the killing of President Jovenel Moïse has been arrested in Jamaica, Haiti's National Police says. John Joël Joseph is the second suspect to be arrested in Jamaica.

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Alec Baldwin surrenders his phone to shooting investigators

Saturday, January 15, 2022

The actor has turned his cellphone over to authorities as part of the investigation into a fatal shooting on a New Mexico film set last fall, a law enforcement official says.

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A massive volcano erupts near Tonga, causing tsunami waves as far as the West Coast

Saturday, January 15, 2022

An undersea volcano erupted near the Pacific nation of Tonga, sending tsunami waves crashing across the shore there and around the Pacific, including a surges along the U.S. West Coast.

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Fire near a New Jersey chemical plant spreads thick smoke through the region

Saturday, January 15, 2022

A dramatic fire near the plant burned through the night and into Saturday but led to no evacuation orders or serious injuries — just heavy smoke that was seen and smelled in nearby New York City.

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A major winter storm is about to hit the South

Saturday, January 15, 2022

Forecasts of snow and ice as far south as Georgia have put a big part of the region on an emergency preparedness footing as shoppers scoured store shelves and crews raced to treat highways and roads.

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Djokovic is back in immigration detention as he awaits appeal of his canceled visa

Friday, January 14, 2022

Immigration Minister Alex Hawke said he canceled Djokovic's visa on "health and good order grounds, on the basis that it was in the public interest to do so."

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Garbage and recyclables pile up as omicron takes its toll on sanitation workers

Friday, January 14, 2022

Some cities are so shorthanded they have temporarily stopped collecting things like recyclables or oversized junk to focus on the grosser, smellier stuff.

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Aung San Suu Kyi faces 5 new corruption charges in Myanmar

Friday, January 14, 2022

The ousted leader, who has been detained since last February's military takeover, is already being tried on five other corruption charges. Each is punishable by up to 15 years in prison and a fine.

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Boris Johnson's office apologizes for a party held before Prince Philip's funeral

Friday, January 14, 2022

Farewell parties for the prime minister's departing communications chief and another staffer, complete with late-night drinking and dancing, took place the night before the royal funeral last April.

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Djokovic faces deportation as Australia revokes visa again

Friday, January 14, 2022

Tennis star Novak Djokovic faces deportation again after the Australian government revoked his visa for a second time three days before the Australian Open is set to begin.

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South Korea says North Korea fires projectile in third launch this month

Friday, January 14, 2022

South Korea says North Korea fired at least one projectile in its third weapons launch this month, hours after the North warned of stronger action if the U.S. continues its "confrontational stance."

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