Storm Fern, ICE protests and ex-Olympian alleged drug kingpin arrested
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Hi, I'm your weekend host, Sharon Reich-Garson. It's Saturday, January 24th. Today, winter storm Fern barrels across the U.S., putting two-thirds of the country under its icy grip and 14 states on alert. In Minnesota, thousands brave negative temperatures to take part in an ice-out protest. Plus, heat cuts hit Kiev as high-stakes talks in Abu Dhabi show no movement. This is Reuters World News, bringing you everything you need to know from the front lines in 10 minutes, seven days a week.
What impact is winter storm Fern having across the U.S.?
Winter storm Fern is spreading snow, sleet, and freezing rain across the eastern two-thirds of the U.S., with government warnings stretching from the southern Rockies to New England. At least 14 states and D.C. have declared weather emergencies. Forecasters say the setup echoes the 2021 ice storm in Texas, which brought widespread outages, though officials say they're preparing systems now. Airlines are canceling flights to and from New York and Newark for Sunday and Monday as heavy snow is expected there. And U.S. carriers are issuing waivers as weather disrupts hubs across the South, East and Central U.S. The low hits 8 degrees Fahrenheit in Oklahoma City, where snow is already falling, and forecasters say up to 12 inches plus a glaze of ice are possible.
And in Washington, D.C., outreach teams are distributing supplies and urging people indoors.
Toiletries, toothbrushes, toothpaste, socks.
Human Services Director Rachel Pierre says capacity isn't the problem. The concern is that someone may really not understand how cold it is and not come in.
Be sure to check Reuters.com for updates and stay safe. To Minneapolis now, where thousands hit the street in negative 20 degrees Fahrenheit on Friday to join a statewide ice-out protest. Organizers say up to 50,000 people turned out, a figure Reuters couldn't verify. Let them pray! At Minneapolis-St. Paul International Airport video shows dozens of clergy members kneeling in the road singing and praying while police tell them to move. They didn't. Reuters reporters on the ground watched as officers zip-tied and arrested clergy one by one. Organizers say around 100 faith leaders were taken into custody. The protest follows a week in which ICE detained several children in Minneapolis, including a five-year-old.
Border Patrol Commander Greg Bovino has defended the agency's actions. Organizers believe this was the largest show so far of public opposition to the federal surge in Minnesota. The FBI says a top 10 fugitive is now in U.S. custody. Ryan Wedding, a former Canadian Olympic snowboarder turned alleged cartel in Kingpin, has been arrested in Mexico City and flown to Los Angeles after years on the run. U.S. officials allege he worked with the Sinaloa cartel, moving hundreds of kilos of cocaine into North America and directing multiple murders in Colombia and Canada. He's charged with running a transnational trafficking enterprise and is due in federal court in L.A. on Monday. FBI Director Kash Patel has described Wedding as the modern-day El Chapo.
He's a modern-day El Chapo. He is a modern-day Pablo Escobar. And he thought he could evade justice. But these brave men and women put together a prosecution package.
Agents say dozens of his alleged associates are already in custody, and more arrests are expected. Now to Ukraine, where Russia's overnight strikes on the country's energy system left nearly 6,000 buildings in Kyiv without heat, as temperatures hover around 14 degrees Fahrenheit. Many apartments are already freezing, with the city's main heating grid still crippled from earlier strikes. All of this is happening as Ukrainian and Russian negotiators meet in Abu Dhabi with no signs of compromise. Moscow still demanding Ukraine surrender all of the Donbas, a red line Kyiv says it won't cross. President Zelensky says territory remains the sticking point and that a U.S. security deal for Ukraine is ready once President Trump sets a date to sign.
Negotiators are back at the table today. Donald Trump had a busy and often chaotic first year back in office, but this year he'll face voters in November's midterms who'll decide whether his party gets to retain power in Washington.
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