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Week In Photos: Synagogue Standoff; Philly Fire Victims Mourned
Americans celebrate MLK Day, key voting rights bill stalls in the Senate, government offers free N95 masks, and Meat Loaf dies.
![Mourners embrace during funeral services Monday at Temple University for the victims of a deadly row house fire in Philadelphia. Officials said it was the city's deadliest single fire in at least a century.](https://patch.com/img/cdn20/ap/22881893/20220119/113006/styles/patch_image/public/ap22017684655650___19112909149.jpg)
ACROSS AMERICA — The week began with the somber remembrance of Martin Luther King Jr. and a reflection on how Black rights have evolved in the United States since the 1960s and how much work still needs to be done.
At the same time, sweeping voting rights legislation collapsed in the U.S. Senate after two Democratic senators refused to vote along with their party contemporaries.
Also, NBC announced it will not send announcers and most hosts to the Beijing Winter Olympic Games due to continued concerns over the rising COVID-19 cases worldwide.
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The Biden administration is making 400 million free N95 masks available to Americans as the country continues to deal with the omicron coronavirus variant.
As the week drew to a close, the deaths of rock legend Meat Loaf and comedian Louis Anderson were announced.
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