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This family photo shows D.J. Ferguson initially being treated at Milford, Mass., Regional Medical Center. Brigham and Women's Hospital in Boston is defending itself after Ferguson's family claimed he was denied a new heart for refusing to be vaccinated against COVID-19. Tracey Ferguson file photo/via AP hide caption
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. Korean Central News Agency/Korea News Service/via AP hide caption
Congregation Beth Israel Rabbi Charlie Cytron-Walker, facing the camera, hugs a man after a healing service on Jan. 17, two days after he and three others were taken hostage at his Colleyville, Texas, synagogue. Yffy Yossifor/Star-Telegram/via AP hide caption
Duncan Hines and Dolly Parton are launching a new line of Southern-style desserts. Limited-edition collections sold out immediately on Wednesday, with cake and frosting mixes set to hit the grocery stores in March. Hand-out/Conagra Brands, Inc. hide caption
It's likely to be a frustrating tax season, deputy treasury secretary says
Save the Redwoods League has donated more than 500 acres of redwood forestland to the InterTribal Sinkyone Wilderness Council, a coalition of Native tribes that have been connected to the land for thousands of years. Max Forster/Save The Redwoods League hide caption
Linsey Jones, a medical assistant working at a drive-up COVID-19 testing clinic, wears an N95 mask on Jan. 4, in Puyallup, Wash. The Biden administration will begin making 400 million N95 masks available for free to Americans starting this week. Ted S. Warren/AP hide caption
Federal Reserve Chairman Jerome Powell listens during his re-nomination hearing with the Senate Banking Committee on Jan. 11. The Fed is planning to become more aggresive in fighting inflation. Graeme Jennings/POOL/AFP via Getty Images hide caption
Volcanic ash covers rooftops and vegetation in an area of Tonga last week. Thick ash on an airport runway was delaying aid deliveries to the Pacific island nation of Tonga, where significant damage was reported. CPL Vanessa Parker/New Zealand Defense Force/via AP hide caption
Tanya Tagaq's powerful new album 'Tongues' aims for hope among hard truths
Flaws plague a tool meant to help low-risk federal prisoners win early release
Jose Gonzalez and his wife Maria, wait for customers in their corner shop that he remodeled, stocked and extended with money he earned over a decade working in the United States, in the Purepecha Indigenous community of Comachuen, Michoacan state, Mexico, Wednesday, Jan. 19, 2022. (AP Photo/Fernando Llano) Fernando Llano/AP hide caption