Dave Mattingly

As NPR's Elena Moore reports, this was the first national conference hosted by the organization since its founder, conservative activist Charlie Kirk, was shot and killed in Utah in September.

Flood watches and warnings are in effect across nearly all of California this morning because of rains from an atmospheric river.

Heavy snow was forecast in the Sierra Nevadas.

In Washington state, Governor Bob Ferguson describes the flooding in his state this way.

This month's flooding in Washington state has killed at least one person and damaged thousands of homes.

This is NPR News from Washington.

They're down to the final eight teams in the college football playoffs.

Tenth-ranked Miami will play second-ranked Ohio State on New Year's Eve.

The other three quarterfinal games will be played on New Year's Day.

No.

6 Ole Miss will play third-ranked Georgia.

No.

5 Oregon faces fourth-ranked Texas Tech.

And No.

9 Alabama will take on top-ranked Indiana.

The championship game will be played January 19th in Miami.

Texas A&M is celebrating its first national championship in women's volleyball.

As Greg Eklund reports, the ninth-ranked Aggies upset second-ranked Kentucky.

Wall Street begins the shortened trading week coming off a positive day for stocks.

The Dow added 183 points on Friday to close above the 48,000 mark.