The omicron variant infects more people, so hospitals must cope with more patients and more health-care workers who test positive, but patients aren’t as sick as with previous variants.
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Philadelphia house fire kills at least 12, including 8 children
There were 4 smoke alarms in the 2-apartment building, but none of them appeared to be working.
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Trump cancels Jan. 6 news conference where he hoped to make a scene
Trump wanted to make a scene and deride reporters at the event but had been told repeatedly by his advisers that it could be the kind of coverage he doesn’t want.
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Why are so many vaccinated people getting COVID-19 lately?
A couple of factors are at play, starting with the emergence of the highly contagious omicron variant.
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Man freed after 37 years in prison in case where witness may have been offered sex to lie
The witness was charged with perjury just days after Willie Stokes was convicted of murder in 1984, but Stokes didn’t learn about it until 2015, decades into a life sentence.
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Crews box in Colorado wildfire as investigators seek cause
The blaze between Denver and Boulder started Dec. 30 during a months-long drought.
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Puerto Rico imposes new COVID-19 measures
Private businesses that cater to the public must close from midnight to 5 a.m. and gatherings of more than 250 people are banned.
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Canada reaches $31.5 billion deal over Indigenous children put in foster care unnecessarily
The dispute, which has spanned nearly 15 years and several federal governments, has long been a sticking point in Ottawa’s efforts to advance reconciliation with Indigenous people.
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‘River Dave’ arrested after returning to live at New Hampshire cabin site
David Lidstone is charged with trespassing on property that he was ordered to leave last year and where his previous cabin had burned down.
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Jan. 6 panel requests an interview with Fox News host Sean Hannity
A House committee investigating the Jan. 6 U.S. Capitol insurrection wants to question him regarding his communications with Donald Trump, former White House chief of staff Mark Meadows and others in Trump’s orbit in the days surrounding the insurrection.