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| Work Heavy snow and frigid Arctic blast put 70 million across the US under winter storm warnings  Julie Walker contributed to this report from New York. She can be reached at https://x.com/jwalkreporter. Dave Collins contributed from Hartford, Connecticut. Bruce Shipkowski contributed from Toms River, New Jersey. |
| Work More than 250 flights delayed, another handful canceled at DIA as freezing weather continues in Denver  New Jersey’s airport closed Sunday for winter weather and was expected to reopen Monday morning, according to FAA officials. Denver passengers headed to New York were experiencing up to 3-hour travel delays at DIA and travelers en route to Philadelphia were seeing average delays of up to 45 minutes, according to FAA officials. |
| Work Spiritually Speaking: Sin Manager  Explore the meaning of sin and morality, and how to master it through faith in God. Learn about the consequences and the power of confession. |
| Work College Football Playoff National Championship: Ohio State and Notre Dame equally excited to play in Atlanta  Ohio State Buckeyes and Notre Dame Fighting Irish gear up for the College Football Playoff National Championship in Atlanta. |
| Work TikTok is back online after Trump pledged to restore it  TikTok returns to the US after President Trump's efforts to save the app. The app was down for a few hours, but is now back online for users. |
| Work Downtown Belongs to MAGA Today - Washingtonian  The rally was scheduled to begin at 3 PM, but as that time came and went it seemed unlikely that most of the people outside would make it inside. On the Metro, some people who’d bailed tried to figure out how to get back to where they were staying. Not long after that, heavy snow began to fall. |
| Work Colorado snow totals for Jan. 19, 2025  How much snow did you get? Here’s a full list of all the reported snow totals in Colorado. |
| Work Colorado weather: Colder temperatures still to come, snow returns Sunday to Denver  The coldest temperatures of the 4-day arctic blast will come Monday night into Tuesday morning, he said. Wind chill temperatures will hit minus 25 over the Eastern Plains and up to minus 50 in the mountains and mountain valleys. |
| Work How the Yates household of Dick, J.D., Kelly and Trey became the first family of Colorado rodeo  “I’ve had weak moments when I get out of line, do things I shouldn’t, maybe react negatively when I don’t get the desired outcome,” Trey said. “Ultimately I can be emotional, but I always keep in mind that no matter the success we’ve had, we all got each other’s back. That’s one thing I’m very blessed with in rodeoing — I have the best support system I could possibly have.” |
| Work Fort Collins high school teacher charged with sexually assaulting student, police say there could be more victims  “We understand the impact this news may have on our community, and our priority remains the safety and well-being of our students,” Poudre School District officials said in a statement. “Counselors and support resources are available for students, staff and families who may need assistance.” |
| Work Lindsey Vonn falls while on pace for top-5 finish at super-G in Cortina but avoids injury again  Added Vonn’s good friend Sofia Goggia, who won on Saturday: “She’s not used to being in certain situations anymore. … Ideally she would go out for more training, but her training sessions are races.” |
| Work Gov. Polis to attend Trump's inauguration ceremony as chair of National Governors Association  “I truly hope that President-elect Trump and Congress can work together quickly to secure the border, stop human trafficking and stop the illegal flow of guns and drugs,” Polis said earlier this month. “As a state, we welcome more federal help to detain and deport dangerous criminals. I also hope Congress finally provides legal pathways for ‘Dreamers’ and those who seek to come out of the shadows to help make Colorado greater.” |
| Work Colorado releases 15 wolves from Canada in second round of historic reintroduction  The informational void led to speculation and misinformation online. People followed CPW vehicles they believed carried wolves and, on one occasion, another media outlet reported the incorrect identification of a private ranch where wolves were believed to have been released — a claim the rancher has repeatedly denied. |
| Work Barkley runs for 78- and 62-yard TDs in the snow and Eagles top Rams 28-22 to head to NFC title game  Verse egged on fans during pregame warmups and relished the boos that rained him on in the light snow. Once the game started, the Eagles showed on the big screen Verse on the bench and fans booed again. |
| Work Palestinians trek across rubble to return to their homes as Gaza ceasefire takes hold  The United Nations has said that reconstruction could take more than 350 years if Gaza remains under an Israeli blockade. Using satellite data, the United Nations estimated last month that 69% of the structures in Gaza have been damaged or destroyed, including more than 245,000 homes. With over 100 trucks working full time, it would take more than 15 years just to clear the rubble away. |
| Work An 'emergency' fix at city offices stretched over 5 years -- and it still isn't done  “There is asbestos involved/ implicated in the elevator improvements, so the work can only be done in 24-hour chunks when there are no other employees in the building,” he said in a text message. But “the city’s public works/ facilities functions remain understaffed and overextended, so I wouldn’t be shocked if there were timing issues there.” |
| Work Michael Smolens: California vs. Trump 2.0  The president-elect’s planned policies may have much broader impact on the Golden State this time around. |
| Work Home insurance was already hard to get. Then came L.A.'s fires. Here's what the data show, and what else to know.  Amid expected fire losses in the billions of dollars, here’s a primer on how to navigate the San Diego County insurance market and new regulations aimed at keeping carriers from leaving. |
| Work Biden pardons the late Black nationalist Marcus Garvey as well as 4 others and commutes 2 sentences  —Robin Peoples, who was convicted of robbing banks in northwest Indiana in the late 1990s and was sentenced to 111 years in prison. The White House said in a statement that Peoples would have faced significantly lower sentences today under current laws. |
| Work Unpaid bills, a dead deal and a looming due date. It's crunch time for the Campus at Horton  Developer Stockdale Capital Partners insists that 2025 will mark a visible turning point for the project that has been beset by challenges, some out of its control. |
| Work Donald Trump has sweeping plans for a second administration. Here's what he's proposed  “I don’t consider them leaders,” Trump said of Pentagon officials that Americans “see on television.” He repeatedly praised authoritarians such as Hungary’s Viktor Orban and Russia’s Vladimir Putin. |
| Work 18 homelessness programs are at risk of being cut. That may not be the biggest problem.  The other programs relying on unstable funding are the Housing and Disability Advocacy Program, the Local Rental Subsidy Program, Community Harm Reduction Team, Housing Our Youth, Housing Navigation and Case Management Services, Bringing Families Home, Landlord Incentive Program, Community Care Coordination Straight to Home, Flexible Housing Pool, Innovative Housing and Services for LGBTQ+, Specialized Funding for Imminent Needs, Home Safe, LGBTQ+ Enhanced Affirming Services and No Place Like Home. |
| Work Escondido gets only one proposal to run troubled arts center  The city was looking for a new manager because of ongoing budget deficit; CSUSM looked, but didn’t leap |
| Work Raucous MAGA rally punctuates events celebrating Trump on the eve of his inauguration  The scene was far different than in August, when two Trump campaign staff members reportedly verbally “abused and pushed” aside a cemetery official who tried to stop them from filming and photographing in Section 60. |
| Work What to watch at Trump's inauguration: Big Tech CEOs, Carrie Underwood and foreign leaders  Argentina’s president, Javier Milei, and Italy’s premier Giorgia Meloni, accepted Trump’s offer. The offices of Ecuadorean President Daniel Noboa and Paraguayan President Santiago Peña have also said they were invited and were planning to attend. |
| Work Then and now: What has changed as Trump returns to the White House  “Supporting families, fighting illegal migration and standing up for the sovereignty of our nations. This is the common ground for cooperation between the conservative forces of Europe and the U.S.,” Orbán said after meeting with Trump at Mar-a-Lago last year. |
| Work Biden urges Americans to 'keep the faith' as he spends final full day as president in South Carolina  “In 2020, it was the voters of South Carolina who proved the pundits wrong, breathed new life into our campaign, and set us on the path to winning the presidency,” Biden said in a statement after winning the primary for the second time. “Now in 2024, the people of South Carolina have spoken again and I have no doubt that you have set us on the path to winning the Presidency again — and making Donald Trump a loser — again.” |
| Work Trump promotes new meme coin before taking office on pro-crypto agenda  Trump’s social media company, Truth Social, has also defied traditional notions of value. Despite struggling to raise revenue, the company is currently valued at more than $8 billion as Trump’s supporters help boost the stock price and his net worth along with it. |
| Work Trump's inauguration will be first attended by foreign leaders  On a phone call Friday between Trump and Xi, the Chinese president urged the incoming U.S. leader to approach the Taiwan issue “with prudence” because it is about China’s sovereignty and territorial integrity. Beijing claims the self-governed island as Chinese territory and vows to annex it by force if necessary. |
| Work Vance will make his mark as the first millennial vice president and the potential MAGA torchbearer  “Hopefully everyone is cool with me skipping the inauguration so I can go to the national title game,” Vance joked on X, sharing a mock comic strip featuring two red buttons — “Attend your own inauguration” and “Go watch the Buckeyes win a national title” — and a sweating superhero torn between them. |
| Work Chicago prepares for deportation arrests targeting hundreds after Trump takes office  At a news conference Saturday, Democratic U.S. Reps. Jesus Garcia and Delia Ramirez urged immigrants in Chicago to remain calm and exercise their rights, particularly to remain silent and refuse to allow officers into their homes without warrants. |
| Work Trump-allied group's warnings may signal legal blueprint to attack 'sanctuary' jurisdictions  “Stephen Miller is going to be the deputy chief adviser to the president,” said R. Linus Chan, an attorney who works with immigrants detained by ICE, and a professor at the University of Minnesota Law School. “So you can’t really just ignore him.” |
| Work Civil rights leaders and King family mark MLK Day as a special call to action as Trump takes office  “This is where the civil rights movement stands today. We will err and falter as we climb the unfamiliar slopes of steep mountains, but there is no alternative, well-trod, level path,” King wrote. “There will be agonizing setbacks along with creative advances. Our consolation is that no one can know the true taste of victory if he has never swallowed defeat.” |
| Work German ambassador warns Trump will test the US constitutional order, report says  “The Americans chose President Trump in a democratic election. Of course, we will also work closely with the new U.S. administration in the interests of Germany and Europe,” it said, according to dpa. |
| Work Immigrants in Chicago and other US cities brace for expected Trump deportation arrests  Carlos said the family’s contingency planning for deportation includes finding someone to manage their bank accounts, home and car. They’ve also installed a camera on their suburban Chicago home and plan to screen all visitors. |
| Work Editorial: The challenge now is deciding how to rebuild safely in areas destroyed by fire  The Los Angeles Times’ editorial board determines the positions of The Times as an institution. It operates separately from the newsroom. You can read more about the board’s mission and its members at About The Times Editorial Board. |
| Work SoCal faces most urgent warning for strong winds, extreme fire danger  Colleen Shalby is a reporter for the Los Angeles Times. She has covered education, the pandemic, the vaccine rollout and breaking news throughout California. She was part of the team that was a 2020 Pulitzer Prize finalist for coverage of a dive-boat fire off the Santa Barbara coast. Shalby grew up in Southern California and graduated from George Washington University. She previously worked for PBS NewsHour and joined The Times in 2015. |
| Work For first responders, trauma could linger long after L.A. County wildfires are out  Kevin Baxter writes about soccer and hockey for the Los Angeles Times. He has covered seven World Cups, five Olympic Games, six World Series and a Super Bowl and has contributed to three Pulitzer Prize-winning series at The Times and Miami Herald. An essay he wrote in fifth grade was voted best in the class. He has a cool dog. |
| Work In the calm before new fire warnings, SoCal emergency responders dig in for a ground war  Libor Jany covers the Los Angeles Police Department. Before joining the Los Angeles Times in 2022, he covered public safety for the Star Tribune in Minneapolis. A St. Paul, Minn., native, Jany studied communications at Mississippi State University. |
| Work He pulled up to Palisades fire with a fire engine and an offer to help. It was fake, police say  Nehl has not been accused of stealing from unoccupied homes in the Pacific Palisades area, but the source with knowledge of his arrest said deputies found tools in his fire truck that could be used by burglars. They also seized a map showing burn areas and radios tuned to frequencies used by city and county fire departments, the official said. |
| Work Winter Storm Is Bringing at Least 6 Inches of Snow to the Northeast  It has been years since New York City has seen as much snowfall as forecasts are predicting for this weekend. A couple of inches of snow fell on the city this time last year, breaking a streak of nearly two years without significant accumulation. The city saw less than eight inches of snow all of last year, and less than three inches of snow between 2022 and 2023. |
| Work Andre Soltner, Famed Chef at New York's Lutece, Dies at 92  In 2008, when the food critic Gael Greene named the most influential restaurants of the previous 40 years in New York, Lutèce led the list. It “set the gold standard for what a French restaurant should be in America,” she wrote in New York magazine. On a previous occasion, she had written that Mr. Soltner was “the best French chef in New York, the rare merger of classical training, technical wizardry, dedication and creative zest.” |
| Work Significant Winter Storm Moves Into the Mid-Atlantic and Northeast  The New York City metropolitan area, Long Island, southern Westchester and coastal Connecticut are under winter weather advisories until 4 a.m. on Monday. Snowfall accumulations of three to five inches are expected, which may lead to slippery travel and snow-covered roads through Sunday afternoon and night. |
| Work David Schneiderman, Village Voice Editor and Publisher, Dies at 77  He entered the faction-ridden newsroom on 11th Street and University Place, where journalists defended their right to inject opinion into their copy and to refuse editing, as a coat-and-tie-wearing former editor of The New York Times, a favorite Voice foil. |
| Work Gazans and Israelis Dare to Hope as Cease-Fire Takes Hold  But underlying the relief was the knowledge that this phase of the cease-fire is to last just 42 days and free only some of the hostages, and that big diplomatic hurdles lie ahead if it is to be extended. Israel and Hamas reached the deal in part by putting off their most intractable disputes until a nebulous “second phase” that neither side is sure it will reach. |
| Work Adams Accuses Former Prosecutor of Bringing Case to Help His Own Career  The piece did not directly mention the prosecution of Mr. Adams. But its publication, along with a new website highlighting Mr. Williams’s achievements, got New York’s political world buzzing, with some wondering whether he might run for office, most likely governor. |
| Work Researchers seek to expand citizen scientist testing of UK river quality  Citizen science testing of river water quality will expand this year in an attempt to make the data part of official monitoring of waterways, the head of an independent environmental research group has said. |
| Work Have Fresh Graduate Tech Jobs Become A Casualty Of AI?  As many have noticed, there has been a slew of layoff announcements recently. While layoffs in general appear to be increasing, this article focuses on technical jobs. Technical layoffs create a conundrum for computer science graduates. |
| Work The mad dash to protect environmental data from Donald Trump  With Donald Trump stepping back into office, advocates are warning that access to important environmental and public health datasets could be at risk. Information about climate change vanished from federal websites under Donald Trump, who has repeatedly called climate change "a hoax. |
| Work AstraZeneca, Daiichi Sankyo win first U.S. approval for key cancer drug  The FDA on Friday announced it had approved the drug, to be marketed as Datroway, for certain advanced breast cancer patients. Datroway, also called datopotamab deruxtecan, or Dato-DXd, was approved in Japan for a form of breast cancer last month, its first regulatory green light. |
| Work Trump's economic plans face 'highly unusual' bond market as national debt continues to balloon  Renewing the tax cuts for another 10 years would add $5 trillion to the debt, and there’s not much Congress can cut without enraging one interest group or another. Elon Musk’s efficiency commission might identify plenty of potential cost savings, but almost all of it would require deeply unpopular congressional legislation. |
| Work Employees of failed startups are at special risk of stolen personal data through old Google logins | TechCrunch  “When the founder has to deal with shutting the company down, they’re probably not in a great head space to be able to think about all the things they need to be thinking about,” Ayrey says. |
| Work Trump says he will delay TikTok ban, suggests a joint venture with US ownership | TechCrunch  Anthony Ha is TechCrunch’s weekend editor. Previously, he worked as a tech reporter at Adweek, a senior editor at VentureBeat, a local government reporter at the Hollister Free Lance, and vice president of content at a VC firm. He lives in New York City. |
| Work Biden posthumously pardons civil rights leader Marcus Garvey  Biden also pardoned immigrant rights activist Ravi Ragbir, who was convicted of a nonviolent offence in 2001 and was sentenced to two years in prison and was facing deportation to Trinidad and Tobago; Kemba Smith Pradia, who was convicted of a drug offense in 1994 and sentenced to 24 years behind bars, but has since become a prison reform activist; and Darryl Chambers, a gun violence prevention advocate who was convicted of a drug offense and sentenced to 17 years in prison, but who now studies and writes about gun violence prevention. |
| Work Price of new Trump crypto meme coin soars ahead of inauguration  The meme coin’s website included a disclaimer stating: “Trump Memes are intended to function as an expression of support for, and engagement with, the ideals and beliefs embodied by the symbol “$TRUMP” and the associated artwork, and are not intended to be, or to be the subject of, an investment opportunity, investment contract, or security of any type. GetTrumpMemes.com is not political and has nothing to do with any political campaign or any political office or governmental agency.” |
| Work The world braces for Trump, hoping for the best, unprepared for the worst  Turnbull advises that as the executive orders pour out of the White House next week – many of them hostile to the US’s allies – the test will be first to stand up to the bullying, but then to convince him there is common ground, for there is only one question – commercial and political – that Trump ever asks: “What’s in it for me?’ |
| Work California wind forecast worsens as red flag fire weather warning expected on Monday  “These dry and windy conditions, coupled with dry and receptive fuels, will result Extremely Critical conditions supportive of rapid wildfire onset and spread,” the National Weather Service storm predication center stated on Sunday. |
| Work Lebedevas London Live TV channel closes after decade of mounting losses  Last year, Ofcom extended the current licences for local TV operators to the end of 2026. By the end of March, all operators have to submit their plans to Ofcom, which has indicated concerns over the cutting back of local content. Ofcom will then assess whether to renew each station's licence to 2034. |
| Work Treasury seeks to keep water firm fines earmarked for sewage cleanups  “This government has wasted no time in placing water companies under special measures through the water bill, which includes new powers to ban the payment of bonuses for polluting water bosses and bring criminal charges against lawbreakers. |
| Work aA real lack of empathya: womenas experiences of expressing milk at work  I think it helped that most of the people working in HR are women and understand that you shouldn't have to go to the toilet to express because it's quite dirty and unhygienic. Sarah, 38, works in manufacturing, Berkshire |
| Work Trump ally says Peter Mandelsonas US ambassador job will not be blocked  Trump will be inaugurated in Washington DC on Monday at a ceremony attended by Priti Patel, the shadow foreign secretary, and Farage, but not Starmer. Downing Street says a UK prime minister would not normally attend an inauguration - though Giorgia Meloni, the far-right Italian prime minister, has been invited. |
| Work West Midlands teacher was aforced into hidinga after doctored video alleged she made racist slur  McAleenan said it was not exaggeration to say Bennett was forced into hiding. "She had to stay at home, people had to go out and buy food for her. She received a tsunami of abuse. She was really worried and had to have security cameras fitted in her house." |