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For decades, advocates knew that when their allotted time had expired, they were done. Not so anymore. (Image credit: Olivier Douliery /AFP/Getty Images)

Germany is firing up coal plants and importing liquefied natural gas to shore up energy supplies. Activists are carrying out increasingly disruptive protests, gluing themselves to roads and runways. (Image credit: Esme Nicholson/NPR)

It can be tough being a committed mask wearer when others have long since moved on.

It can be tough being a committed mask wearer when others have long since moved on.

For a powerful government that has bragged about its command of the country, its absence at a moment of crisis has made the public question its credibility.

January 6 panel’s body of work boosts DoJ case against Trump, experts say  The Guardian US

Winter storm leaves at least 37 dead nationwide as residents in western New York remain trapped under feet of snow  CNN US Winter Snow Storm News Live | Winter Storm Causes At Least 37 Deaths | English News Live | News18  CNN-News18

China’s People’s Liberation Army dispatched a swarm of jet fighters and other military aircraft on sorties near Taiwan in a move that Beijing said was a response to provocation by Washington and Taipei. 

BERLIN (Reuters) – The last two people unaccounted for after an avalanche in the Lech/Zuers skiing area in western Austria contacted authorities late on Sunday, and a search and rescue operation was suspended, the Austrian Press Agency (APA) reported on

A South Korean tour group’s van became stuck in the snow outside a house in Williamsville, N.Y. They spent the weekend with the residents — who luckily had a well-stocked kitchen.