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Gov. Gavin Newsom at the drawing in Sacramento for the first 15 winners in Vax for the Win incentive program, June 4, 2021.

Gov. Newsom Won't Lift California Virus State Of Emergency

Newsom said Friday he will keep in place the emergency order that gives him broad authority to issue, alter or suspend state laws and regulations. Newsom said he is not taking the summer months off from the threat posed by the coronavirus.

North Korean leader Kim Jong Un attends a meeting of the Central Committee of the ruling Workers' Party in Pyongyang, North Korea, on Jan. 19. North Korea on Tuesday test-fired two suspected cruise missiles in its sixth round of weapons launches this month, South Korean military officials said.

North Korea fires two suspected missiles in sixth round of launches this month

North Korea last week issued a veiled threat to resume testing nuclear explosives and long-range missiles targeting the U.S.

A woman comes out of a booth to cast an early vote for Wednesday's election at a local polling station, on March 4, in Seoul, South Korea.

Millennial and Gen Z views of South Korea's generation in power shape an election

South Koreans in their 20s and 30s make up a third of voters, and candidates want to win them over. Many young voters are over the folks in power, a lot of whom are from an older activist generation.

Dutch health authorities say they've identified early cases of the new omicron variant of the coronavirus — including one from a sample taken the week before South Africa raised the alarm about the mutated variant. Other cases were found through tests at Schiphol airport in Amsterdam.

The omicron variant was in Europe a week before South Africa reported it

The rapidly spreading variant was identified in retests of samples that were taken on Nov. 19 and 23 in the Netherlands, according to a Dutch health agency.

This photo provided by the North Korean government shows what it says was a test launch of a hypersonic missile in North Korea Wednesday, Jan. 5, 2022.

North Korea claims second successful test of hypersonic missile

North Korea claimed Thursday to have conducted the second successful test flight of a hypersonic missile. Wednesday's launch was the North's first known weapons test in about two months.

Activists hold a news conference in front of the U.S. Supreme Court on March 10 asking for the confirmation of Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson to the court.

Black women form the first line of defense for a historic Supreme Court nominee

Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson is the first Black woman nominated to the court. For many activists, her confirmation hearings bring pride and inspiration — and resolve against conservative attacks.

Tired of forever wars, the U.S. weighs options if Russia invades Ukraine

NPR's Asma Khalid speaks with retired U.S. Navy Admiral James Stavridis about how to address a potential Russian invasion of Ukraine.

Americans are tuning out as omicron rages. Experts call for health messaging to adapt

Amid a surge in omicron cases and hospitalizations, public health leaders are grappling with how to get a tuned-out public to pay attention. Experts urge communicators to cut through the noise.

A makeshift memorial sits outside Oxford High School in Oxford, Mich., last week.

Oxford shooting victim's family files $100 million suit, saying the school failed her

The lawsuit says "multiple concerned parents" alerted school officials to violent threats two weeks before the shooting at the Michigan high school, only to be told there was no reason to worry.

Marina Kluchnikov reads to her youngest child, Sasha, 3, as husband Artyom Kluchnikov looks on and daughter Olenka, 11, reads a book of her own. With Russian troops amassed along Ukraine's border, they worry if an invasion could be imminent.

Despite fears of a Russian invasion, one Ukrainian family tries to keep life normal

"You have to find ways to live a normal life," says a mother of four in Kyiv. She and her family keep their car full of fuel and plan to take refuge in a village outside the capital if Russia attacks.

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