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Five-alarm fire in the Bronx has more than 30 people facing life-threatening injuries

The blaze injured more than 60 people in all, and officials said they expected fatalities. “This is a horrific, horrific, painful moment for the city of New York,” Mayor Eric Adams said. (Image credit: Scott Heins/Getty Images)

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32 Seriously Hurt in Bronx Apartment Building Fire, Officials Say – The New York Times

32 Seriously Hurt in Bronx Apartment Building Fire, Officials Say  The New York Times Major fire in Bronx apartment building sends 32 people to the hospital, FDNY says  CNN FDNY: Lithium Ion Battery Causes Fire At Bronx Apartment Building  CBS New York Horrific

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Wisconsin Republican Sen. Ron Johnson will seek reelection

Republican U.S. Sen. Ron Johnson of Wisconsin, one of former President Donald Trump’s biggest backers, announced Sunday that he will seek reelection in the battleground state, breaking his promise not to seek a third term.

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Iran sanctions 52 Americans on anniversary of Soleimani killing, drawing US rebuke

White House national security adviser Sullivan says Tehran will ‘face severe consequences,’ if it attacks those targeted by largely symbolic measure

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Chicago public schools remain in limbo as negotiations with the union continue – NPR

Chicago public schools remain in limbo as negotiations with the union continue  NPR Chicago Teachers Union delegate vows to ‘report’ members who show up for work  Fox News Chicago Teachers Union clashes with mayor, parents over in-person learning  CBS Evening News Abbott Labs

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Classes for Chicago students are in limbo as teachers, mayor wrangle over omicron

Teachers began refusing to show up for their jobs in-person on Wednesday amid skyrocketing COVID-19 cases, prompting the cancellation of classes for more than 300,000 public school students. (Image credit: Youngrae Kim/AP)

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Israeli cleantech company aims Miriam’s Well water purifier at developing world

Alumor, whose designer once headed tech at water purification company Tami4, says its solar-powered device uses just four watts of electricity, costs under half a cent per liter

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Wall of Rock Falls on Boaters on Brazilian lake, Killing 6

BRASILIA, Brazil — A towering slab of rock broke from a cliff and toppled onto pleasure boaters drifting near a waterfall on a Brazilian lake and officials said at least six people died. Edgard Estevo, commander of the Minas Gerais

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Judge raps Netanyahu for requesting hearing delay: ‘Leave home earlier’

Amit Yariv notes that while schedule has been known for months, former PM waited until a day before hearing in defamation suit against fellow ex-premier Ehud Olmert

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Michael Lang, who organized the 1969 Woodstock Festival, dies at 77

Concert promoter suffered from a rare form of non-Hodgkin’s lymphoma

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