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People queue in line for the coronavirus test at a temporary screening clinic for the coronavirus in Seoul, South Korea, Thursday, Jan. 27, 2022. (AP Photo/Lee Jin-man)

S. Korea expert defends use of rapid tests as omicron surges

South Korea's top infectious disease expert is defending the move to expand the use of rapid testing despite accuracy concerns as the country broke its daily coronavirus record for the third straight day
FILE - This image from video shows Minneapolis police Officers Thomas Lane, left and J. Alexander Kueng, right, escorting George Floyd, center, to a police vehicle outside Cup Foods in Minneapolis, on May 25, 2020. Three former Minneapolis officers headed to trial this week on federal civil rights charges in the death of George Floyd aren't as familiar to most people as Derek Chauvin, a fellow officer who was convicted of murder last spring. (Court TV via AP, Pool, File)

Firefighter: Floyd 'needed help and wasn't getting it'

First it was a paramedic, testifying that the officers who restrained George Floyd didn't call in critical information as his ambulance rushed to the scene where Floyd would soon be pronounced dead
A vigil is held around a makeshift memorial outside the 32nd precinct honoring fallen NYPD officers Jason Rivera and Wilbert Mora in Harlem, Wednesday Jan. 26, 2022, in New York. (AP Photo/Bobby Caina Calvan)

Fallen officers sought bridges between NYPD, communities

New York Police Officer Jason Rivera was no stranger to the tensions between police and some communities
Kyle Hippchen, a Florida-based airline captain, poses for a photo in front of a SpaceX Dragon capsule at the Kennedy Space Center Visitor Complex in Cape Canaveral, Fla., Friday, Jan. 21, 2022. Hippchen, the real winner of a first-of-its-kind sweepstakes, gave his seat on a SpaceX flight to his college roommate. Though his secret is finally out, that doesn't make it any easier knowing he missed his chance to orbit Earth because he exceeded the weight limit. (AP Photo/John Raoux)

Meet the man who won a trip to space and gave it to a friend

The real winner of a sweepstakes for a ride in space has finally come forward: a Florida-based airline pilot
President Joe Biden visits a marine Tuesday outside the Marine Barracks Washington in Washington.
Biden's big test: Proving he can rally allies against Putin
President Joe Biden's effort to rally support, both at home and abroad, ahead of a potential Russian invasion of Ukraine is just the latest big test of his ability to bridge ideological gaps and balance competing interests to build effective coalitions.
Russian navy frigate Admiral Essen prepares to sail off for an exercise in the Black Sea. Russia has launched a series of drills amid the tensions over Ukraine and deployed an estimated 100,000 troops near the Ukrainian territory that fueled Western fears of an invasion.
Russia threatens retaliation if Ukraine demands not met
The U.S. has made no concessions to the main Russian demands over Ukraine and NATO in a long-awaited written response delivered to Russia on Wednesday in Moscow, Secretary of State Antony Blinken said.
Supreme Court Associate Justice Stephen Breyer is retiring, giving President Joe Biden an opening he has pledged to fill by naming the first Black woman to the high court, two sources told The Associated Press Wednesday.
Justice Breyer to retire, giving Biden first court pick
Liberal Supreme Court Justice Stephen Breyer is retiring, giving President Joe Biden an opening he has pledged to fill by naming the first Black woman to the high court, two sources told The Associated Press Wednesday.
In this photo released by the Royal Thai Navy, an aerial view from a navy plane shows cleanup efforts of a large oil spill off the coast of Rayong, eastern Thailand, Thursday, Jan. 27, 2022. A special aircraft from a company specializing in recoveries from oil spills has arrived Thursday from Singapore to join an urgent effort to clean up an oil slick before it could hit beaches in eastern Thailand. (Royal Thai Navy via AP)
Thailand deploys more assets as oil slick threatens beaches
An aircraft from a company specializing in recoveries from oil spills has arrived from Malaysia to join an urgent effort to clean up an oil slick before it could hit beaches in eastern Thailand
FILE - This undated photo provided by the Oklahoma Department of Corrections shows Donald Anthony Grant. A federal appeals court in Denver has rejected a request from two Oklahoma death row inmates Grant and Gilbert Postelleto temporarily halt their upcoming lethal injections. A three-judge panel of the 10th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals denied the inmates' motion in a ruling on Monday, Jan. 24, 2022. (Oklahoma Department of Corrections via AP, File)
Oklahoma prepares to execute man for 2001 hotel slayings
Oklahoma is preparing to execute a man for the brutal slayings of two hotel workers during a robbery in 2001
Jordanian military kills 27 in shootout with Syria smugglers
The Jordanian military says its troops have killed 27 suspected smugglers attempting to enter the country from neighboring Syria
Erdogan says Israeli president to visit Turkey next month
Turkey's president says his Israeli counterpart, Isaac Herzog, is expected to visit Turkey next month as the two countries move to heal rifts
Soldier swith the U.S.-backed Syrian Democratic Forces h check a house in Hassakeh, Syria, Tuesday, Jen. 25, 2022. After breaking into the prison late Thursday, IS militants were joined by others rioting inside the facility that houses over 3,000 inmates, including hundreds of minors. They took hostages from among the prison staff and have since been holed up in the northern wing at one end of the facility, known as al-Sinaa or Gweiran prison. (AP Photo/Hogir Al Abdo)
Dozens of armed militants still hold corner of Syria prison
U.S.-backed Kurdish-led forces say dozens of armed Islamic State militants remain holed up in the last occupied section of a Syrian prison, The two sides clashed a day after the Syrian Democratic Forces announced they had regained control
                                                                                                                                                                                                                       
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In this Aug. 28, 1963 file photo, the Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr., head of the Southern Christian Leadership Conference, speaks to thousands during his “I Have a Dream” speech in front of the Lincoln Memorial for the March on Washington for Jobs and Freedom, in Washington. A new documentary “MLK/FBI,” shows how FBI director J. Edgar Hoover used the full force of his federal law enforcement agency to attack King and his progressive, nonviolent cause. That included wiretaps, blackmail and informers, trying to find dirt on King.
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Glenbrook South shortstop Maddie Kapsimalis makes a heroic catch of an infield fly ball during a game against Glenbrook North.
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Trump supporters try to break through a police barrier, Wednesday, Jan. 6, 2021, at the Capitol in Washington. As Congress prepares to affirm President-elect Joe Biden’s victory, thousands of people have gathered to show their support for President Donald Trump and his claims of election fraud.
The Capitol Riot, Jan. 6, 2021
Flowers are displayed at the Hollywood Walk of Fame star of the late actress Betty White, Friday, Dec. 31, 2021, in Los Angeles. White, whose saucy, up-for-anything charm made her a television mainstay for more than 60 years, whether as a man-crazy TV hostess on “The Mary Tyler Moore Show” or the loopy housemate on “The Golden Girls,” has died. She was 99.
Betty White, 99, a television mainstay for more than 60 years, has died
People fire flare as they celebrate the new year in Cairo, Egypt, Friday, Dec. 31, 2021.
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