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Senate Democrats say they would risk a partial government shutdown by the end of the week rather than approve a spending bill that includes funding for immigration customs enforcement.

NPR's Sam Greenglass reports the standoff on Capitol Hill comes just days after a Border Patrol agent shot and killed a U.S.

citizen in Minneapolis.

The Northeast is getting hit with a final punch of a massive winter storm that swept across much of the South and East with snow, sleet and ice over the weekend.

And PR's Joel Rose reports many roads were forced to shut down and thousands of flights were canceled.

That's NPR's Joel Rose reporting.

In the south, ice brought down trees and power lines, cutting electricity to hundreds of thousands of utility customers.

Behind the system, Arctic air is sweeping in, with some areas reporting record low temperatures.

For the first time ever, an ounce of gold costs more than $5,000.

As NPR's Maria Aspin reports, the record-breaking surge in gold prices comes as investors worry about almost everything else.

On Wall Street, the Dow was up 336 points.

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Rescue efforts are underway in the southern Philippines after a ferry carrying hundreds of people capsized and sank overnight.

Officials say the vessel abruptly tilted and took on water, killing at least 18 people.

The Coast Guard says the ferry appeared to suffer a technical failure before sinking.

Defending women's singles champion Madison Keyes is out of the Australian Open following a defeat to fellow American Jessica Pagula in the fourth round.

Christina Kukia reports from Melbourne.

The European Union has launched a formal investigation into Elon Musk's social media platform X after its AI chatbot Grok surfaced non-consensual, sexualized, deepfake images.

Regulators say they're also expanding an ongoing probe into X's recommendation algorithms.