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  • FILE - Registered nurse Bryan Hofilena attaches "COVID Patient" stickers on a body bag of a patient who died of coronavirus at Providence Holy Cross Medical Center in Los Angeles, Tuesday, Dec. 14, 2021. (AP Photo/Jae C. Hong)

    Omicron drives U.S. deaths higher than in fall's delta wave

  • In this handout photo released by Russian Foreign Ministry Press Service, Russian Foreign Ministry spokesman Alexei Zaitsev speaks to journalists in Moscow, Russia, Thursday, Jan. 27, 2022. Zaitsev reaffirmed a denial that Moscow has any intention to attack Ukraine, saying: "We consider even a thought about a war between our peoples unacceptable." (Russian Foreign Ministry Press Service via AP)

    U.S. defense secretary says Putin now has full range of options in Ukraine

  • General view of the door of 10 Downing Street, in London, Wednesday, Jan. 26, 2022. British Premier Boris Johnson is bracing for the conclusions of an investigation into allegations of lockdown-breaching parties, a document that could help him end weeks of scandal and discontent, or bring his time in office to an abrupt close.(AP Photo/Alberto Pezzali)

    As Johnson waits, UK police seek cuts to 'partygate' report

  • A Port Authority bus that was on a bridge when it collapsed Friday Jan. 28, 2022, is visible in Pittsburgh's East End. When the bridge collapsed, rescuers rappeled nearly 150 feet while others formed a human chain to help rescue multiple people from the dangling bus. (AP Photo/Gene J. Puskar)

    Pittsburgh bridge collapses, drops city bus into ravine

  • FILE - Kenosha Police Department Detective Martin Howard, right, picks up the weapon Kyle Rittenhouse used on Aug. 25, 2020, during Rittenhouse's trial at the Kenosha County Courthouse in Kenosha, Wis., on Nov. 8, 2021. A Wisconsin judge is set to hear arguments Friday, Jan. 28, 2022, on whether prosecutors should return the assault-style rifle Rittenhouse used to shoot three people during a street protest back to him. (Sean Krajacic/The Kenosha News Pool Photo via AP, File)

    Judge OKs agreement to destroy gun used by Kyle Rittenhouse

  • This undated photo provided by Taylor family attorney Sam Aguiar shows Breonna Taylor in Louisville, Ky. (Photo provided by Taylor family attorney Sam Aguiar via AP)

    Ex-cop's trial for Taylor raid offers new chance for justice

  • People wearing mask to prevent the spread of the coronavirus walks beside a street in Quezon city, Philippines on Monday, Jan. 17, 2022. (AP Photo/Aaron Favila)

    Philippines lifts ban on foreign tourists as outbreak eases

  • In this handout photo provided by the World Health Organization Regional Office for the Western Pacific, WHO Regional Director for the Western Pacific Dr. Takeshi Kasai, speaks in Manila, Philippines on Thursday, Nov. 11, 2021. World Health Organization officials in the Western Pacific Friday, Dec. 3, 2021, say border closures adopted by some countries may buy time to deal with the omicron coronavirus variant, but measures put in place and experience gained in dealing with the delta variant should remain the foundation for fighting the pandemic. (World Health Organization via AP)

    Japan to watch WHO probe of director's alleged racism, abuse

  • Willow, the Biden family's new pet cat, wanders around the White House on Wednesday, Jan. 27, 2022 in Washington. President Joe Biden and first lady Jill Biden have added Willow, a 2-year-old, green-eyed, gray and white feline from Pennsylvania, to their pet family. (Erin Scott/The White House via AP)

    Here, kitty: Bidens welcome cat named Willow to White House

  • FILE - In this March 30, 2004, file photo, Tarawa atoll, Kiribati, is seen in an aerial view. Kiribati and several other small Pacific nations were among the last on the planet to have avoided any virus outbreaks, thanks to their remote locations and strict border controls. But their defenses appear no match against the highly contagious omicron variant. (AP Photo/Richard Vogel, File)

    COVID-19 hits one of the last uninfected places on the planet

  • Travelers wearing face masks to protect against COVID-19 line up for trains at a station in Guangzhou in southern China's Guangdong Province, Friday, Jan. 28, 2022. Chinese are traveling to their hometowns for the Lunar New Year, the country's biggest family holiday, despite a government plea to stay where they are as Beijing tries to contain coronavirus outbreaks. (Chinatopix via AP)

    Chinese travel for Lunar New Year despite plea to stay put

  • A medical worker runs to guide people as they wait for their coronavirus test at a makeshift testing site in Seoul, South Korea, Friday, Jan. 28, 2022. (AP Photo/Ahn Young-joon).

    S. Korea plans to add small clinics as omicron fuels surge