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"Their neighbors on the higher floors never came out and they were safe, so I thought that maybe my brother also was safe in the apartment."

"It can be really rock hard out there and falling can feel like falling on concrete," Chris Grover said about using artificial snow instead of natural snow.

The EPA is forcing the plans to shut down their coal ash ponds ahead of schedule in an effort to curb toxic wastewater coming from the coal-burning plants.

An appeals court upheld Paul Petersen's six-year sentence in Arkansas for conspiring to smuggle people as a part of a fraudulent adoption scheme.

Myanmar is the world's largest exporter of teak, which is a valuable kind of hardwood used in building floors, furniture and bridges.

"We're at the point now where cyberthreats are growing faster than our ability to effectively prevent and manage them," said a risk management leader.

The United States is partnering with the WHO COVAX initiative to send Afghanistan an additional one million COVID-19 vaccines as part of the assistance package.

"While it may be gruesome to look at, we all agree it will be quicker," attorney Jim Stronski said about the use of firing squads instead of lethal injection.

"I would not be surprised that the sponsors would remain silent... you could potentially lose business," said Dae Hee Kawk of the University of Michigan.

The tennis star's travel declaration form said he hadn't traveled in 14 days leading up to his flight, but he was seen in Spain and Serbia during that time.

"We want to make sure there's no risk of students being either out in the cold on the way to school," said Boston Mayor Michelle Wu ahead of the frigid weather.

Nearly 1,300 students and 400 staff members were not in school in the Wichita School District in Kansas on Monday after they were exposed to COVID-19.

The U.S. reported the hottest December on record with an average temperature of 39.3 degrees, 6.7 degrees higher than the average temperature.

Residents believed the sound was a false alarm. "So many of us were used to hearing that fire alarm go off, it was like second nature to us," said one resident.

At least 10 people are dead and 32 injured after the incident on Furnas Lake in Brazil. Divers are searching the lake for more victims.

The protests in Kazakhstan over soaring fuel prices "were hijacked by terrorists, extremists and criminal groups," said the country's Foreign Ministry.

Alexis Avila now faces felony charges after she told investigators she gave birth then later left her newborn baby in a dumpster behind a store in New Mexico.

A cluster of COVID-19 cases was reported in Tianjin after 20 children and parents tested positive. The city is now on a partial lockdown ahead of the Olympics.

The Uganda school shutdown affected nearly 10 million students. The school reopened Monday, but it's uncertain for how long due to a surge in COVID-19 cases.

Edward Walker was one of three people arrested and charged with sex trafficking by the FBI during the 2020 Super Bowl in Miami. He was sentenced to 25 years.

Oregon hospitals are facing shortages ahead of the COVID-19 surge. The state only has 42 ICU adult beds available and non-ICU beds are at 95 percent capacity.

Virginia Spencer and her husband, Christopher Raphael Spencer, brought their 14-year-old son with them into the Capitol during the riots for over 30 minutes.

James and Jennifer Crumbley will remain in jail on $500,000 bail after Judge refused to lower it.

An average of 766 children are being admitted to the hospital every day with COVID-19, a total that more than doubles figures from two weeks ago.

"Kemp gave himself power to raise unlimited campaign funds, while challengers have to play by different rules," challenger David Perdue tweeted on Friday.

The WHO reported 9.5 million new cases of COVID-19 across the world on Thursday, a 71 percent increase from the previously recorded 7-day period.

Crumbley chose to head directly to trial after waiving his rights to a key hearing for probable cause. He is being charged as an adult with murder.

"I offer my sincere apology to all people of Hong Kong," Director of Immigration Au Ka-wang said after attending the party requiring 170 people to quarantine.

California's COVID-19 cases have increased more than 500% in the past two weeks. Hospitalizations have doubled since Christmas to more than 8,000 people.

"The plea agreement closes this chapter of the tragedy and avoids having to experience the trauma all over again," said Freeman High School officials.