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The Des Moines International Airport closed Saturday night after a Delta jet slid off the runway while landing.
Officials say no one was injured.
The accident was caused by snow falling in the Midwest.
A major storm is moving through the region at this hour.
In northern Iowa, eight inches of snow was on the ground by Saturday morning.
It's officially Christmas music season, and if you need proof, the music is now on Billboard's Hot 100 chart, as NPR's Isabella Gomez Sarmiento reports.
Planners of the Winter Olympics in Italy next year say there are no backup plans if the event's ice hockey arena isn't open in time.
Construction is behind schedule, and the first test event for the ice won't even take place until early January.
The first Olympics game at the main hockey arena is for the women's preliminary round that begins on February 5th.
Live from NPR News, I'm Dale Willman.
Four people are dead and 10 others wounded following a shooting in Stockton, California, Saturday.
Police say the shooting took place just before 6 p.m.
The victims included both adults and children, and police say the shooting may have been targeted.
The incident remains under investigation.
President Trump is telling pilots to treat the airspace over and around Venezuela as closed.
He made that announcement in a post on social media and offered no other details.
NPR's Tamara Keith reports it marks another move in the administration's pressure campaign on the government of Nicolas Maduro.
A vigil was held for National Guard members Sarah Beckstrom in her home state of West Virginia Saturday night.