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Novak Djokovic stands with Australian Open tournament director Craig Tiley during the trophy presentation at the Australian Open tennis championships in Melbourne, Australia, in February.

Djokovic's visa is reinstated, but his Australian Open status remains unclear

The tennis star, who sought a COVID-19 vaccine exemption to play in the tournament, could face deportation again. The battle has sparked protests in the widely vaccinated country.

Actor and comedian Bob Saget, pictured in November 2021, has died at age 65.

Actor and comedian Bob Saget dies at 65

Saget was a prominent presence on American television screens throughout the 1990s as the father Danny Tanner on Full House and the host of America's Funniest Home Videos.

New York City Mayor Eric Adam speaks during a press conference near the scene of the fatal fire of an apartment building in the Bronx on Sunday in New York City. At least 19 people have died and dozens were injured.

A fire in a Bronx apartment building leaves 19 dead, including 9 children

One resident described seeing a wall of "thick, chalky smoke. The type of smoke you can't breathe" in the building's hallway when he tried to leave his apartment.

Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell, R-Ky., walks to the Senate floor at the U.S. Capitol on Wednesday. McConnell says he may be open to reforming the Electoral Count Act.

Congress may change this arcane law to avoid another Jan. 6

Lawmakers passed the Electoral Count Act in 1887 after a contested election, and experts say they did a "terrible job." There may now be bipartisan support for a refresh.

Top global TikToks of 2021: Defiant Afghan singer, Kenya comic, walnut-cracking elbow

What did the world watch on TikTok last year? We round up some favorite videos — including a mukbang ASMR Thai star (don't worry, we explain it) and a potato chip-crunching Kenyan comedian.

The burned-out administrative building in Kazakhstan's capital, Almaty, shown on Friday. The country's president has rejected calls for talks with protesters after days of unprecedented unrest, vowing to destroy "armed bandits."

There's chaos in Kazakhstan. Here's what you need to know

A New Year's Day doubling of gas prices sent shock waves through the country, sparking deadly unrest that has engulfed the Central Asian nation. But the origins of discontent run much deeper.

Investigators and officials have ruled that the New Year's Eve fire at a Knoxville Planned Parenthood building was intentional.

A fire that destroyed a Planned Parenthood building was intentionally set

The New Year's Eve fire that caused a "total loss" of the Planned Parenthood building in Knoxville, Tenn., has been ruled an arson, investigators say.

A person holding Kazakhstan's flag gathers with other protesters near a police line in Almaty, Kazakhstan, Wednesday. Demonstrators denouncing the surge in prices for liquefied petroleum gas have clashed with police in Kazakhstan's largest city and held protests in about a dozen other cities in the country.

Photos: Dramatic scenes from Kazakhstan's massive protests and crackdown

Here are some of the images of the unrest this week in the former Soviet republic of Kazakhstan, where the authoritarian government is fighting to quash large public protests.

Sidney Poitier won his first Oscar in 1964 for his role as Homer, the reluctant handyman in <em>Lilies of the Field.</em>

Sir, we loved you: Sidney Poitier dies at 94

Poitier was the first Black actor to win a Best Actor Oscar, for 1963's Lilies of the Field. His good looks and smooth, commanding presence made him an icon to generations of moviegoers.

Travis McMichael, left, speaks with his attorney Jason B. Sheffield, center, during his sentencing on Friday. McMichael and father Greg McMichael and neighbor William "Roddie" Bryan were all sentenced to life in prison.

All 3 white men convicted of murdering Ahmaud Arbery are sentenced to life in prison

Travis McMichael, who pulled the trigger, and his father, Greg, have no chance for parole. A federal hate crimes trial remains in a case widely seen as racially motivated.

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