Ed Kalecki

A massive storm aimed at California may help the state, which has been struggling with a snow drought through much of the winter.

At least 12 inches of snow is expected to fall between...

3,000 and 4,000 feet across mountains in northern and eastern California through next week.

Up to 8 feet are forecast to fall at higher elevations as a winter storm watch covers much of the area.

The snow drought is hurting much of the U.S.

West, including California, which depends on snow for its annual water supplies.

Storms have either brought too much rain, even at high elevations, or, as was the case through most of January, they haven't arrived at all.

The Trump administration is moving ahead with a plan to remake the U.S.

immigration detention system.

Bloomberg's Amy Morris has details from Washington.

Checking the medal count at the Winter Olympics, Norway leads with 20, Italy is second with 18, the U.S.

third with 17.

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Secretary of State Marco Rubio says Europe's fate is intertwined with the U.S.

while faulting the continent for what he said was a drift away from their shared Western values.

The double-edged message offered some reassurance to allied leaders gathered at the Munich Security Conference, but did little to temper their push for more independence from Washington.