Ari Odzer reports for NBC 6:

Feeling moved by the fight against the Russian invasion, Ron Gutman went to Ukraine on a mission to help.

He had heard the country was extremely concerned about a major COVID surge as millions of refugees from the eastern part of the nation have fled west, away from the fighting. The tide of humanity has overcrowded western cities, such as Lviv, and overwhelmed hospitals there.

“These people are on the front line of protecting freedom and I think they’re doing it for all of us, and we’re seeing what’s happening there, it’s not right, it shouldn’t happen,” said Gutman, who came back from Ukraine Tuesday night. “It’s amazing to see these...

Richard A. Webster and David Hammer

Celeste Matthews spent last summer’s 16th anniversary of Hurricane Katrina in a panic at her cousin’s house in Uptown New Orleans as another monster storm, Hurricane Ida, roared through the city. With every gust, she was terrified the windows would shatter.

The next day, she returned to her home in the Gert Town neighborhood to find part of the roof torn off. With the electricity out, she had to sleep with the windows open. Mosquitoes swarmed around her bed.

“It was horrible,” said Matthews, 67.

After three days without power, Matthews had her daughter drive her to Houston. A week later she returned home, closed the curtains and sank into a depression, spending the next several days in bed.

One morning, she awoke to a knock on the door. An Orleans Parish sheriff’s deputy was holding a stack of court papers. Matthews, her hands shaking, read the first page:

“State of Louisiana, Division of Administration, Office of Community Development – Disaster Recovery Unit Versus Matthews, Celeste.”

Katherine Dillinger and Jen Christensen report for CNN:

Australian researchers say they've identified one potential biomarker for sudden infant death syndrome, known as SIDS, but experts caution that it's just one piece of the puzzle.

About 3,400 babies die from SIDS in the US each year. There is no immediate or obvious cause of death, according to the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.

More than one million people in North Korea have been infected with what the country's calling a "fever" days after its leader admitted that it was struggling with a COVID outbreak. Kim Jong-Un has also blasted health officials over slow medicine deliveries, and ordered the military to step in. Robert Kelly, professor of political science at Busan University in South Korea, tells The World desperation is making the secretive state speak out about their outbreak.

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