The missing part of the Alaska Airlines aircraft that blew off mid-flight has been found in a backyard in Portland, Oregon. The incident has led to the nationwide grounding of specific Boeing 737 MAX 9 aircraft—and a raft of flight cancellations.
A fast-moving winter storm is sweeping across the nation, with the Southern plains expected to see blizzard conditions and the Southeast flooding. Parts of New Mexico, Colorado, Oklahoma, Texas, Kansas, and Nebraska could get up to a foot of snow. This afternoon, Louisiana, Mississippi, and Alabama will feel the force of the storm.
Dr. Anthony Fauci is appearing before Congress on Jan. 8 and 9 to answer questions related to his changing position on masks, how the agency he headed funded risky research in China, and how he downplayed post-infection immunity.