The area has been active for two years, with thousands of small earthquakes heralding the near-certain awakening of the volcano.
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President Joe Biden declared it is “vital for America’s national security” for Israel and Ukraine to succeed in their wars, making the case Thursday night for deepening U.S. involvement in a rare Oval Office address.
It was the third biggest Powerball jackpot and the sixth largest in U.S. lottery history.
A flight from Phoenix to Honolulu carrying many people traveling for the holidays encountered severe turbulence shortly before landing, sending some unrestrained people and objects flying about the cabin and seriously injuring 11, officials and passengers said.
The chairman of the House committee investigating the insurrection at the U.S. Capitol said the former president “lost the 2020 election and knew it.”
In a country known for pomp and pageantry, the first state funeral since Winston Churchill’s was filled with spectacle.
Homes on the outskirts of Flagstaff were being evacuated Tuesday as high winds whipped a wildfire, shut down a major highway and grounded firefighting aircraft.
Gov. Steve Sisolak and Health and Human Services Secretary Xavier Berra have pledged millions for crisis stabilization centers and for three-digit emergency lifeline.
Russian forces pushed deeper into Ukraine’s besieged and battered port city of Mariupol on Saturday, where local authorities pleaded for more Western help.
The Biden administration will begin making 400 million N95 masks available for free to U.S. residents starting next week.
President Joe Biden acknowledged Wednesday that the pandemic has left Americans exhausted and demoralized but insisted that he has “outperformed” expectations.
Dr. Anthony Fauci told NBC that “the real problem” for the hospital system is that “we have so many people in this country who are eligible to be vaccinated who have not yet been vaccinated.”
Kyle Rittenhouse has been acquitted of all charges after pleading self-defense in the deadly Kenosha, Wisconsin, shootings in August 2020.
Federal regulators are expected to authorize the mixing and matching of COVID-19 booster doses this week in an effort to provide flexibility as the campaign for extra shots expands.
An estimated 11,000 firefighters were on the lines of more than a dozen large wildfires that have destroyed hundreds of homes and other buildings.