January 19, 2026 2:42 am
In the wake of this extreme cold snap, some Warming Centers across Washington County will be open and operating for the next few days. Washington County Emergency Management officials say they have been notified that various senior centers around the county will be open along with warming centers in fire departments in Cecil Township, Bentleyville, Charleroi, Denbo and Richeyville.
January 19, 2026 5:16 am
WASHINGTON (AP) — On the anniversary of his inauguration, President Donald Trump is heading to the World Economic Forum in Davos, an annual gathering of the global elite. He plans to use a key address there Wednesday to lay out his plans to make housing more affordable. The Swiss mountain town, where ski chalets go for $4.4 million, is a strange backdrop for the speech. But Trump — who has spent a lot of time surrounded by billionaires during his first year back in the White House — is counting on wealthy business leaders to create economic growth. However, headlines about Trump’s push to acquire Greenland threaten to overshadow his proposals.
January 19, 2026 5:16 am
DAVOS, Switzerland (AP) — California Gov. Gavin Newsom has slammed Europe’s response to U.S. President Donald Trump on the sidelines of the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland. Newsom told Europeans to stand up to Trump for the U.S. president’s tariff threats over support of Greenland.
January 20, 2026 5:17 am
WASHINGTON (AP) — A federal judge has refused to temporarily block the Trump administration from enforcing a new policy requiring members of Congress to give a week’s notice before they can visit immigration detention facilities. U.S. District Judge Jia Cobb concluded that the Department of Homeland Security didn’t violate an earlier court order when it reimposed a seven-day notice requirement for congressional oversight visits to Immigration and Customs Enforcement facilities. Cobb said she wasn’t ruling on whether the new policy passes legal muster. Rather, she said, plaintiffs’ attorneys representing several Democratic members of Congress used the wrong procedural vehicle to challenge it.
January 20, 2026 5:14 am
ST. PAUL, Minn. (AP) — Federal immigration agents have detained a U.S. citizen in Minnesota at gunpoint without a warrant. That’s according to ChongLy “Scott” Thao, who says agents forced open his door, entered with guns drawn and led him outside in his underwear in freezing conditions. The detention is part of a larger surge of federal agents in the Twin Cities, leading to backlash over warrantless arrests and aggressive tactics. The Department of Homeland Security says the operation targeted two sex offenders. Thao disputes this, saying he lives with his family, none of whom are listed as offenders. Thao plans to file a civil rights lawsuit.
January 20, 2026 4:38 pm
(AP) – International health officials will meet in a few months to reevaluate the United States’ measles-free status. Experts fear the vaccine-preventable virus has regained a foothold and that the U.S. may soon follow Canada in losing the achievement of having eliminated it. The evaluation comes a year after the West Texas measles outbreak began. Scientists are investigating whether multiple U.S. outbreaks are linked. But regardless of the U.S. elimination status, doctors and scientists say the country has a measles problem. At the April meeting, international health officials also will review Mexico’s measles-free status. Its measles outbreak is connected to last year’s Texas outbreak.
January 19, 2026 5:18 am
MELBOURNE, Australia (AP) — Australia’s Parliament has begun debating new anti-hate speech and gun laws after two shooters killed 15 people at a Jewish festival in Sydney last month. The proposed laws would restrict gun ownership and introduce a government-funded buyback scheme. Anti-hate speech laws would also target groups like Hizb ut-Tahrir. Home Affairs Minister Tony Burke said the alleged gunmen, Sajid Akram and his son Naveed, would not have had guns under the new laws. Parliament is expected to pass the legislation by Wednesday. The states of Tasmania and Queensland and the Northern Territory are resisting the federal push for a new gun buyback.
January 19, 2026 5:42 pm
HUDSONVILLE, Mich. (AP) — More than 100 vehicles smashed into each other or slid off the interstate in Michigan as snow fueled by the Great Lakes blanketed the state. The massive pileup Monday prompted the Michigan State Police to close both directions of Interstate 196 just southwest of Grand Rapids. The State Police say there were numerous injuries but no deaths reported. The crash is just the latest impact of the major winter storm moving across the country. The National Weather Service issued warnings about either extremely cold temperatures or the potential for winter storms across several states.
January 19, 2026 10:33 am
(AP) – U.S. Donald Trump has linked his aggressive stance on Greenland to last year’s decision not to award him the Nobel Peace Prize, telling Norway’s prime minister that he no longer feels “an obligation to think purely of Peace.” That’s according to two European officials who were not authorized to comment publicly and spoke on condition of anonymity. Trump’s message to Jonas Gahr Støre appears to ratchet up a standoff between Washington and its closest allies over his threats to take over Greenland. But British Prime Minister Keir Starmer sought to de-escalate tensions on Monday.
January 19, 2026 4:59 am
Dangerously cold wind chills will start on Tuesday, so grab the extra layers and try to limit time outdoors. A Cold Weather Advisory has been issued with wind chills as low as -10 to -15 expected early Tuesday morning and continued cold through Tuesday afternoon. Temperatures will climb a bit Wednesday as the next system moves in, bringing more snow showers and another drop in temperatures later this week. The wintry weather pattern sticks around through the weekend as well with more snow showers expected.
