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Most of the United States is being assailed with extreme winter weather this week as Arctic air blasts south from Canada, snow tracks up the Northeast coast and a potentially crippling winter storm takes aim at the South.

January is quickly coming to a close but that doesn’t mean that the new content is slowing down. It’s been a good month among the best streaming services, with lots of high-profile returning series and some great movies,

The new Apple TV+ series stars Leo Woodall as a math genius, and President-elect Donald J. Trump is inaugurated for his second term.

Mac Miller, Lucy Dacus, Central Cee, Jason Isbell, and Bartees Strange all made some of the best new music of the week.

Bitter cold temperatures have forced schools to close in the Midwest and winter storm warnings were in effect in eastern states

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An Arctic blast can plummet temperatures by 30 to 40 degrees this coming week, and the Florida Department of Transportation is preparing.

Meanwhile, if you want to stream something without paying a rental fee, twisting-thriller “Blink Twice” hits Prime Video and comedy “Saturday Night” lands on Netflix. The latter is the perfect watch ahead of SNL’s big 50th birthday bash.

OpenAI’s ChatGPT made it to the final after beating MetaAI and Copilot to face off with Stockfish, a model specifically designed to be a whiz at chess. Unsurprisingly, ChatGPT lost after Stockfish cornered its king.

President Donald Trump's second term as president begins as he is sworn in along with Vice President JD Vance. Trump has announced a $500 billion private investment in AI infrastructure and immediately signed numerous executive orders.

Products were recalled because of concerns over salmonella and listeria contamination and undeclared allergens.