Snow and ice hit the South, while wildfires rage on in California. Active duty troops are being sent to the border. And a royal settlement. |
👋 Hiya! Rebecca Morin here. This week has been crazy, hasn't it? Let's get to – *checks notes* – Wednesday's news. |
But first: Let's dance. 💃 Bad Bunny's new album doesn't just have the Puerto Rican reggaeton star's fans dancing. Watch how it's got their parents and abuelos moving, too. |
Snow blankets South; new wildfires ignite |
The remnants of a deadly winter storm rolled through the Florida panhandle Wednesday after bringing freezing temperatures and snow through the Gulf Coast region. On the other side of the country, several wildfires are still plaguing parts of Los Angeles and San Diego, although firefighters made progress on some of the blazes. |
Snow fallout: The rare winter storm turned deadly in several states. In Texas alone, there were seven deaths reported. There were two likely deaths related to the weather in Alabama. In Georgia, a "critical needs" patient went outside and died of hypothermia. More than 130,000 homes and businesses were without power Wednesday across Texas, Louisiana, Alabama, Georgia and Florida. 👉Follow today's coverage. |
New fires in California: While firefighters made progress in containing the Palisades and Eaton fires, another blaze named the Hughes Fire broke out Wednesday morning northwest of Los Angeles. In San Diego's Rancho Bernardo community, the Bernardo Fire was growing quickly and surrounding areas were issued evacuation orders or warnings. Southern California remains on high alert as red flag warnings are still in effect. 👉The latest on the wildfires. | Smoke and flames rise as firefighters battle the Hughes Fire near Castaic Lake, north of Santa Clarita, California, on Wednesday. David Swanson, REUTERS |
The U.S. military will deploy active duty forces to the U.S.-Mexico border soon as a result of several executive actions President Donald Trump made on Monday. |
How many troops? Around 1,500 active-duty troops are expected to be deployed to the southern border, according to The Associated Press. There are already 2,500 members of the National Guard and Army Reserve at the border assisting U.S. Customs and Border Protection with logistics and other support duties. |
Has this happened before? This isn't the first time that active-duty troops have been ordered to the border. President Joe Biden's administration deployed troops there, and Trump did the same during his first term. 👉 What to know. | President Donald Trump delivers remarks in the Roosevelt room at White House on Tuesday. Carlos Barria, REUTERS |
Don't scroll yet! A deal to keep TikTok alive in the United States could be coming as soon as the end of the week, said General Atlantic CEO Bill Ford, who is on the board of directors for ByteDance, Tiktok's Chinese parent company. |
TikTok back up: Trump on Monday issued an executive order that paused enforcement of a ban on the mega-popular social media app in the U.S. for 75 days. Congress last year passed a bipartisan law that required ByteDance to sell TikTok's U.S. assets to keep the app functioning in the United States. Trump during his first term also tried to ban TikTok. |
Who will buy it?: Trump said he is open to billionaire Elon Musk, one of his close allies, or Larry Ellison, co-founder of the software company Oracle, to acquire the app, which has 170 million American users. 📱 Here's what we know about a potential deal. |
Prince Harry vs. Murdoch settled |
A royal headache is now a royal win. Prince Harry's legal battle against Rupert Mudoch's U.K. newspaper group has come to an end after the publisher admitted to unlawful actions at its Sun tabloid. |
The lawsuit: Harry sued the News Group Newspapers, publisher of The Sun, for unlawfully obtaining private information about him from 1996 until 2011. In the settlement, the publisher also admitted the organization had intruded into the private life of his late mother, Princess Diana. The publisher had agreed to pay the prince substantial damages. 👑More on the settlement. |
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