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The Fire Department said there were 26 people in the two-unit building, which was owned by the Philadelphia Housing Authority.

Japan’s electronics giant introduced a new version of a prototype S.U.V. that runs on batteries.

Chicago Public Schools officials canceled classes on Wednesday after the teachers’ union criticized the district’s response to the Omicron variant, saying classroom conditions were unsafe.

The group called OPEC Plus is expected to approve increased oil output, but its members have lately been falling short of production quotas.

The nation’s top disease expert said Americans should pay less attention to rising case numbers and focus more on the strain to hospitals.

A growing number of districts have postponed reopening after the holiday break or switched to remote instruction. The nation’s largest school system, in New York City, vowed to keep students in classrooms.

Some businesses are changing their vaccination policies to require booster shots, while others are prioritizing coronavirus tests.

Hospitalizations are increasing, but not at the exponential rate that cases are growing. It is unclear how ballooning cases will impact students and businesses as both reopen this week after the holiday.

A new year brought Omicron troubles with it. Pandemic restrictions pared back South Africa’s already modest funeral for Archbishop Desmond Tutu.

The grass fires were fed by winds that reached 110 m.p.h., and billowing smoke grounded aircraft in the region.