Korva Coleman

Many people are attending parades, hoping to catch throws, including beads.

Traditional plastic beads can be toxic and bad for the environment.

As the Gulf State's newsroom's Drew Hawkins reports, some crews are moving away from plastic beads and using locally recycled glass.

Winter storm warnings and advisories are up for large parts of the West this morning.

There are avalanche warnings in northern Idaho and Montana.

Heavy snow is falling on the mountains of California, Nevada, and Utah.

I'm Corva Coleman, NPR News, from Washington.

Live from NPR News in Washington, I'm Korva Coleman.

President Trump welcomes Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu to the White House today.

They're expected to discuss Iran.

NPR's Franco Ordonez reports this comes after Trump declared very good talks were happening with Iran about its nuclear program.

Two former assistant U.S.

attorneys in Minnesota are now defending two independent black journalists.

The journalists were charged in connection with the demonstration at a church last month in St.

Paul.

Minnesota Public Radio's Matt Sepik has more.

Authorities in western Canada say at least nine people have been killed and more than two dozen injured in a shooting yesterday.

It took place at a school and at a home.

Craig McCullough reports from Vancouver, British Columbia.

The victims were discovered at the two separate locations.