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Millions of Americans braced Tuesday for a dangerous polar vortex which began to settle over a broad swath of the United States, threatening to set new records for cold as schools and businesses closed and authorities warned of frostbite. Temperatures in almost a dozen states stretching over 1,200 miles from the Dakotas to Ohio were forecast to be the coldest in a generation, if not on record. The National Weather Service (NWS) forecast temperatures between -10 to -40 degrees Fahrenheit (-23 to -40 Celsius) by Wednesday, with wind chill making it seem as cold as -65 degrees Fahrenheit in one area of Minnesota. from Yahoo News - Latest News & Headlines https://yhoo.it/2RpKcFq via IFTTT

Philippines security forces investigating a deadly twin bombing at a church on a predominantly Muslim southern island are zeroing in on what they say is an affiliate of the militant Abu Sayyaf Group. Grace Lee reports. from Yahoo News - Latest News & Headlines https://yhoo.it/2FVBvS6 via IFTTT

The 54-year-old officer was one of four shot on Monday evening after Dennis Tuttle, 59, opened fire on police after they broke open the door of his home to serve a narcotics warrant, Acevedo told reporters. The first officer to enter the home in southeast Houston was attacked by a large pitbull dog, which he shot to death, Acevedo said. When the wounded officer fell on a sofa, Tuttle's partner, Rhogena Nicholas, 58, tried to pick up the fallen officer's shotgun but was shot by other police entering the home, Acevedo said. from Yahoo News - Latest News & Headlines https://yhoo.it/2TkiRX6 via IFTTT

Kamala Harris has been considered a potential presidential candidate almost from the day she entered politics as a district attorney. Now that her campaign is actually underway, how will she perform under the microscope of the national press? from Yahoo News - Latest News & Headlines https://yhoo.it/2RWhVvc via IFTTT

It is the second deadly mining disaster involving Vale in only about three years and the company has come under intense scrutiny since images of death and destruction began flooding the airwaves on Friday. While Vale has taken steps in recent years to shield itself from state intervention, the government is still indirectly the company’s largest shareholder through a Banco do Brasil pension fund, known as Previ. from Yahoo News - Latest News & Headlines https://yhoo.it/2Tl8r9w via IFTTT

The actor who plays Joaquin "El Chapo" Guzman in the Netflix hit "Narcos: Mexico" made an appearance in a federal courtroom in Brooklyn on Monday, taking advantage of an unusual opportunity to study his character in real life. El Chapo, sitting just a few meters (yards) away, gave him a big smile. "I came to study a man who in a certain sense is a myth, a legend," Edda told reporters. from Yahoo News - Latest News & Headlines https://yhoo.it/2TlCWfB via IFTTT

There's a big difference between "climate" and "weather" from Yahoo News - Latest News & Headlines https://yhoo.it/2FXuVdT via IFTTT