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State of emergency declared in Hawaii, forecasters warn of ‘catastrophic’ flooding  USA TODAY Hawaii at risk of ‘catastrophic flooding’ from storms, National Weather Service warns  Yahoo News ‘Catastrophic flooding’ expected; officials urge residents throughout Hawaii to prepare  KHON2 News Beach parks closed, rainfall

What sanctions could the US hit Russia with if it invades Ukraine?  The Guardian Ukraine’s Defense Minister Oleksiy Reznikov Says West Was Too Slow To Respond to Threat of Russian Invasion  The Daily Beast Russia tests Biden amid fears of Ukraine invasion  Fox

China threatens the US with retaliation over diplomatic boycott of Winter Olympics  CNN Biden administration will not send any official representation to 2022 Winter Olympics in Beijing, Psaki says  Fox News White House announces diplomatic boycott of Winter Olympics  CNN China will regret

U.S. athletes are still expected to compete in the 2022 Winter Olympics, despite the diplomatic boycott from the Biden administration. (Image credit: Frederic J. Brown/AFP via Getty Images)

Researchers in South Africa, where the variant is spreading quickly, say it may cause less serious Covid cases than other forms of the virus, but it is unclear whether that will hold true.

U.S. Will Not Send Government Officials to Beijing Olympics  The New York Times White House announces diplomatic boycott of Winter Olympics  CNN Biden administration will not send any official representation to 2022 Winter Olympics in Beijing, Psaki says  Fox News China will regret

In a Boston suburb that recently began taking steps to make Jewish residents feel more accepted, some say the slip-up wouldn’t have occurred if their community had been consulted

State of emergency declared in Hawaii because of potentially ‘catastrophic’ flooding  USA TODAY Hawaii at risk of ‘catastrophic flooding’ from storms, National Weather Service warns  Yahoo News ‘Catastrophic flooding’ expected; officials urge residents throughout Hawaii to prepare  KHON2 News Closures, shelters announced as

Former “Empire” actor Jussie Smollett has testified that claims he staged an anti-gay, racist attack on himself are “100 percent false.”

The study concluded planting more trees and covering the region’s buildings with “cool roofs” could save billions of dollars over three decades.