Wicked Winter News Today

top of the hour. im jim sciutto. in short, it is cold. the powerful winter storm battering the u.s., expected to grow even stronger and colder today, covering nearly half of the u.s. population. parts of the country could see the coldest christmas in decades. sub-zero temperatures hitting hard out west. here is the owner of a local towing company in montana speaking with cnn this morning. >> it is cold up here. if you aint prepared for it, it could be really bad. ive been here 20 years...

newsroom," a sigh of relief. warmer temperatures are moving east, but the extreme winter weather threat is not yet over for millions of americans. ill tell you about vladimir putin saying hes ready to negotiate over ukraine only if russia gets what it wants. the ukrainians response to that ultimatum, and china once again down-playing its rapidly spreading covid outbreak. the end of brutal freezing temperatures might be in sight. relief possibly on the way for millions of americans af...

and this is "cnn newsroom." the extreme winter weather threat is most certainly not over yet for millions of americans. relief is around the corner eventually. vladimir putin says he is ready to negotiate over ukraine so long as russia gets what it wants. you will hear ukraines response to that ultimatum. and china is downplaying the rap pedally spreading covid-19 outbreak. the countrys overwhelmed health care system tells a very different story to the official numbers. it is mon...

Are -- [ inaudible ]. i ask my colleagues here to just show you what the conditions are like here on the ground in buffalo. what weve seen is this restrictions put if place by authorities because of the concern of these white-out conditions. we started this morning at about 6:00 a.m. with barely a drizzle. temperatures in the upper 30s. and boy did the situation just begin to deteriorate extremy quickly. officials here have instituted a travel ban meaning only essential travel is allowed on the ...

The local yacht-rock/smooth jazz/hip funster band Conman Bolo has been entertaining the 707 since the kids were all still music majors at what is now...

This time of year, I like to savor the sun as much as possible, even if it's perpetually hanging too low in the sky and...

The version of Regency England that viewers are accustomed to, both onscreen and in books, is one that excludes BIPOC and queer characters. Piper Huguley, a Black English professor and author of both contemporary and historical romance that features Black characters, believes that the genre’s popularity and homogeneity come from an unhealthy relationship between publishers and readers. “If a publisher only prints out a certain kind of thing, then the readers are only going to want that,” ...

Working toward the northeast again, notice the amounts are generally going to be very limited. two to four inches widespread. new york city should stay out of the bulk of it, maybe one inch for new york. boston could get a couple of inches. coastal maine, four to six inches. again, not a blockbuster event, but all of this, of course, is going to be coming down for a lot of folks during the morning commute. we know the commute going to be impacted. how about the windchill advisories? in place, wi...

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