E-paper highlights: Feb. 16-21, 2023, Echo Journal e-paper headlines

Here are highlights of what was published in the Echo Journal e-papers online in the past week. Each e-paper includes pages of bonus news from around the world, including top international, national and sports news.

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• Possible explanations for mystery objects downed by United States.
• Former U.S. Ambassador to the United Nations Nikki Haley announces her run for the 2024 Republican presidential nomination.
• Hollywood actress Raquel Welch dies at 82.
• Brian Flores is introduced as Minnesota Vikings defensive coordinator.

• Police say shooter may have felt “slighted” before mass shooting at Michigan State.
• President Biden will speak to China’s president, Xi Jinping, about balloon incident.
• U.S. lawmakers seek answers from egg companies on record high prices.
• At 80, President Biden is healthy and “fit for duty,” doctor says after physical.
• Comfort cookies: Snuggle up with Cherry White Chocolate Chip Cookies. 

• White House defends response to Ohio train derailment, chemical spill.
• Death toll surpasses 45,000 in Turkey and Syria after earthquake.
• U.S. food benefits for the poor to shrink as pandemic provisions end. 

• Family says former President Carter is in hospice.
• Study says catching COVID-19 gives you “durable” protection from the virus, but for how long?
• Anthony Edwards, Timberwolves teammates share mutual love.

• He’s just “Mr. Jimmy:” Plains, Georgia, prepares to say goodbye to the former president
• U.S. plans new sanctions on Russia.
• Ricky Stenhouse Jr. wins longest-ever Daytona 500.

• President Biden meets with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy at the Ukrainian presidential palace in Kyiv, Ukraine.
• Fresh earthquake hits Turkey and Syria.
• Vegetarian vocabulary: Terms every gardener should know.
• Former Vikings owner Red McCombs dies at 95.

• Find this week’s Echo Journal pages filled with your local news, along with extra home and abroad pages of national, world and sports news.