AP Top Headlines at 9:22 a.m. EDT

Dr. Anthony Fauci has invoked the Fifth Amendment and declined to answer questions from senators in a Republican-led committee hearing about his handling of the COVID-19 pandemicIran has launched a barrage of missiles at American forces in the Middle EastUkraine says its forces have hit two of Russia’s major oil refineries in their latest long-range strikesSoldiers and emergency workers are combing through a badly damaged shopping mall and collapsed houses looking for trapped survivors Wednesday after a powerful earthquake that killed at least 18 people in southwestern JapanExperts say the world is experiencing two opposing fire trends because of human impactA massive wildfire in southwest France has forced over 220,000 people to evacuateSeveral families have returned to their village in s