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Jan. 18, 2022, 1:36 p.m.

Jan. 18, 2022: Tonga's volcanic eruption, MLK and voting rights, news summary

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Summary

Here's a rundown of today's featured stories, including the news summary from the previous night. Choose one of the following stories or topics from the news summary to view and answer the questions below. SOCIAL STUDIES : MLK Jr. would be ‘greatly disappointed’ by Senate inaction on voting reform, son says VIDEO | TRANSCRIPT | DAILY NEWS LESSON STEM : The latest on the state of Tonga after volcanic eruption, tsunami swept islands VIDEO | TRANSCRIPT and  Everything you need to to know about at-home COVID testing, masks VIDEO | TRANSCRIPT ELA & ARTS : New museum aims to showcase history of creative labor by actors of color VIDEO | TRANSCRIPT NEWS SUMMARY : Major U.S. airlines and cargo lines warned of a crisis when cellphone providers deploy new, faster 5G wireless internet service on Wednesday; 40 other countries use 5G without aviation interference problems. Australia and New Zealand sent out surveillance flights to Tonga in the wake of an enormous undersea volcano eruption on Saturday. The U.S. and its Asian allies condemned North Korea's fourth firing of ballistic missiles in January. VIDEO | TRANSCRIPT Discussion questions using the Journalist's Five Ws plus an H:
  • Who are some of the individuals or groups of people mentioned in the news summary?
  • What stories are covered?
  • Where do some of the stories take place?
  • When did those stories occur?
  • Why did the event(s) take place?

*Bonus: How do you think the NewsHour’s producers decided which stories made it into the news summary?

Media literacy : Who else do you think should have been interviewed in the story you watched?

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