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Taufatofua made headlines as Tonga's bare-chested flag bearer at the last three opening ceremonies. He's missing the 2022 Games to help his country recover from January's deadly tsunami.

At science fiction's Hugo Awards, voters largely rejected a slate of nominees pushed by a group called the Sad Puppies. In an unusual end to the controversy, a few categories didn't even get a winner.

They are planning to debate voting rights bills and hold a vote on changing Senate rules to pass them. They are expected to fail despite intense public pressure from the White House.

After big storms in Minnesota, Lake Superior can experience 15-foot waves. Winter surfing can mean braving serious arctic conditions. Last week's big surf was accompanied by sub-zero wind chills.

Republicans are accusing Democrats of a power grab as they try to pass federal voting legislation. The GOP is also still struggling with former President Trump's ongoing lies about the 2020 election.

In the 12 months since a pro-Trump mob stormed the U.S. Capitol, polarization has only grown deeper. Many who monitor extremist activity worry that the country is in a much more dangerous place now.

The Supreme Court will hear oral arguments on Friday in cases involving the Biden administration's vaccine mandate for health care workers and its vaccine-or-test rule for private sector workers.

U.S. Supreme Court Justice Stephen Breyer is retiring. With a potential red wave coming in the midterm election, his move to step down now is about politics and the ideological direction of the court.

The historic city of St. Augustine, Fla., is battling rising seas to protect its heritage and tourism dollars. But it's also making a digital record of its artifacts in case they are lost.

The COVID-19 omicron variant has not yet been detected in Louisiana, but the state health department is genetically sequencing most positive COVID-19 PCR tests to find out which variants are circulating in the state, officials said at a press conference Friday.