Monday, January 15
π¨NATION
π Congress leaders agree on stopgap bill extending government funding to March (NPR)
π South braces for snow and ice as new storm collides with Arctic cold (CNN)
π Iowa principal who risked his life to protect students dies 10 days after high school shooting (NBC NEWS)
π Texas "physically barred" Border Patrol agents from trying to rescue migrants who drowned, federal officials say (CBS NEWS)
π AROUND THE WORLD
π Taiwanese voters dismisses Chinese warnings and hand ruling party another presidential election win (CNN)
π Denmarkβs King Frederik X takes the throne after abdication of Queen (CNN)
π Volcano erupts in Iceland, flowing lava reaches fishing town (REUTERS)
π North Korea launches ballistic missile, thought capable of hitting distant US bases (NPR)
π±BUSINESS, SCIENCE & TECH
π Peregrine moon lander heads back toward Earth and should burn up in the atmosphere (NPR)
π Biotech and pharma companies are betting on a promising class of cancer drugs to drive growth (CNBC)
π Alaska Airlines begins preliminary inspections on its grounded Boeing 737 Max 9 fleet (FOX BUSINESS)
π Hertz dumping 20,000 electric cars from fleet in massive selloff (FOX NEWS)
π¬ SPORTS & ENTERTAINMENT
π 'Mean Girls' is the Queen Bee of the box office, opens to $28 million (CNBC)
π Chiefsβ Patrick Mahomes has helmet shattered during playoff game vs. Miami (AP)
π Ellen DeGeneres says Prince Harry and Meghan Markle adopted one of her chickens (PEOPLE)
π Michigan quarterback J.J. McCarthy declares for NFL draft (NBC NEWS)