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In this satellite image taken by Himawari-8, a Japanese weather satellite, and released by the agency, shows an undersea volcano eruption at the Pacific nation of Tonga Saturday, Jan. 15, 2022. An undersea volcano erupted in spectacular fashion near the Pacific nation of Tonga on Saturday, sending large waves crashing across the shore and people rushing to higher ground. (Japan Meteorology Agency via AP)

An undersea cable fault could cut Tonga from the rest of the world for weeks

Amid the 7.6-magnitude quake, the single fiber optic cable that the archipelago relied on for global communications ruptured.

FILE - Vogue magazine editor at large André Leon Talley attends a post-Fashion Week panel discussion on the lack of black images in the current fashion output Sept. 14, 2007, in New York. Talley, the towering former creative director and editor at large of Vogue magazine, has died. He was 73. Talley's literary agent confirmed Talley's death to USA Today late Tuesday, Jan. 18, 2022. (AP Photo/Mary Altaffer, File)

Influential fashion journalist André Leon Talley dies at 73

André Leon Talley, the towering former creative director and editor at large of Vogue magazine, has died. He was a regular in the front row of fashion shows in New York and Europe.

FILE - New York Attorney General Letitia James acknowledges questions from journalists at a news conference on May 21, 2021, in New York. The New York attorney general’s office said its civil investigation has uncovered evidence that former President Donald Trump's company used “fraudulent or misleading” asset valuations to get loans and tax benefits. In a court filing late Tuesday, Jan. 18, 2022, James’ office said evidence showed that the Trump Organization routinely misrepresented the value of its properties and golf clubs in financial statements. (AP Photo/Richard Drew, File)

New York's attorney general says Trump's company misled banks, tax officials

Letitia James' office gave its most detailed accounting yet of its probe into allegations that Trump's company repeatedly misstated the value of assets to get favorable loans or slash its tax burden.

FILE - This undated file photo provided by the Bentley Historical Library at the University of Michigan shows Dr. Robert E. Anderson. The University of Michigan has agreed to a $490 million settlement with hundreds of people who say they were sexually assaulted by the former sports doctor at the school. Attorney Parker Stinar says Wednesday, Jan. 19, 2022, that 1,050 people will share in the settlement, which was reached the night before. (Robert Kalmbach/Bentley Historical Library University of Michigan via AP)

U. of Michigan reaches $490M settlement over sexual abuse by a former sports doctor

The University of Michigan has agreed to a settlement with more than 1,000 people who say they were sexually assaulted by Dr. Robert Anderson at the school during his nearly four-decade career.

WASHINGTON, DC - NOVEMBER 18: Russian Ambassador to the United States Anatoly Antonov speaks during a discussion about the legacy of Anatoly Dobrynin at the Woodrow Wilson Institute on November 18, 2019 in Washington, DC. Dobrynin was the Soviet Ambassador to the United States during the terms of six U.S. presidents, from 1962 to 1986. (Photo by Mark Wilson/Getty Images)

As tension over Ukraine continues, Russia says it has no plans to stage an attack

Amid diplomatic efforts aimed at preventing a feared Russian invasion of Ukraine, Russia's embassy in Washington called to "end the hysteria," reiterating that Moscow plans no such military move.

Dr. LouAnn Woodward, vice chancellor for health affairs and dean of the School of Medicine at the University of Mississippi Medical School, displays two of the acceptable N95 face masks that are included in the new COVID-19 vaccination policy, Friday, July 16, 2021, during a news conference in Jackson, Miss. The new policy encourages all employees, students and anyone who works or learns in a UMMC facility or clinic to get fully vaccinated, with limited exceptions, or to wear an N95 mask at all times while at any UMMC facility. (AP Photo/Rogelio V. Solis)

The Biden administration will give out 400 million free N95 masks

The high-quality masks will go to pharmacies and community health centers starting this week in an effort to control the spread of COVID-19.

Members of the Kyiv Territorial Defense Unit take part in a Saturday-morning training on January 15, 2022 at an unfinished asphalt plant on the outskirts of Kyiv, Ukraine. New members, who've not yet trained with the unit, must begin with the basics, and wooden mock weapons, regardless of their experience level. (Pete Kiehart for NPR)

Thousands of Ukrainians are training to protect their cities in case Russia invades

Ukraine's Territorial Defense Forces were set up to train part-time reservists but last year the drills were opened to ordinary citizens — to foster popular resistance if the military is overwhelmed.

Carhartt blowback shows the tightrope companies face over vaccine mandate decisions

Despite the Supreme Court striking down a vaccine-or-test rule for private employers, the workwear retailer is moving ahead with a mandate. The decision has fueled an outcry among some conservatives.

Starbucks drops COVID vaccine mandate after Supreme Court ruling

The coffee giant said it was responding to last week's Supreme Court ruling that rejected the Biden administration's plan to require vaccines or COVID testing at companies with more than 100 workers.

U.K. Conservatives may oust Boris Johnson — here's how they can do that

If Johnson does not heed calls to resign — and he insists he won't — he could be toppled through a no-confidence vote.

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