Midwest braces for life-threatening polar blast

Wind chills in northern Illinois could fall to minus 55. No Images? Click here   By Paul Vale     Tuesday, January 29 MIDWEST HIT BY POLAR BLAST Extremely cold, record-breaking temperatures are settling across parts of the Midwest, with forecasters describing the subzero weather on the way as potentially life-threatening. [AP] [Tweet | Share on Facebook] SCIENTISTS: GET USED TO IT Scientists say to get used to the extreme temperatures, and blame the dreaded vortex on a sudden blast of warm air in the Arctic. President Donald Trump used the freezing weather to once again dismiss climate change as a myth, calling for “Global Warming” to “come back fast.” [AP] BOLTON MULLS TROOP DEPLOYMENT White House officials insist that “all options” ― including using the military ― are on the table to remove Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro from power. And if national security adviser John Bolton’s notebook is to be believed, that could mean deploying “5,000 troops to Colombia.” [HuffPost] CALIF. UTILITY FILES FOR BANKRUPTCY PG&E Corp. has filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection, succumbing to liabilities from the recent wildfires in Northern California. [Reuters] JUSTICE DEPARTMENT INDICTS HUAWEI The Justice Department has filed fraud charges against Chinese tech giant Huawei. A 13-count indictment unsealed in New York includes charges of bank fraud, conspiracy to commit wire fraud, and violating the International Emergency Economic Powers Act. [AP] PELOSI SETS SOTU DATE House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) has officially invited Trump to give the State of the Union address on Feb. 5. [HuffPost]       VOTERS WANT TRUMP’S TAX RETURNS Most people want Democrats to get copies of Trump’s tax returns and make them public. Sixty percent of Americans say Democrats should use their power to obtain and release Trump’s tax returns, according to a poll. [HuffPost] TRUMP ALLY JOINS BOARD OF OLIGARCH’S COMPANY A member of Trump’s transition team was named as a board member of a company owned by Russian oligarch Oleg Deripaska the day after the Trump administration lifted sanctions against Deripaska’s companies. [HuffPost] FACETIME BUG ALLOWS EAVESDROPPING Apple said a flaw in its FaceTime software allowed for brief eavesdropping. [HuffPost] HECKLER TO SCHULTZ: ‘DON’T HELP ELECT TRUMP’ A heckler lashed out at former Starbucks CEO Howard Schultz during a book event at a Manhattan Barnes & Noble. “Don’t help elect Trump, you egotistical billionaire asshole!” the heckler shouted. “Go back to getting ratioed on Twitter. Go back to Davos with the other billionaire elite who think they know how to run the world!” [HuffPost] BLOOMBERG: SCHULTZ WOULD SPLIT VOTE A Schultz run for president as an independent would split the Democratic vote in favor of Trump’s re-election, billionaire Michael Bloomberg warned. [HuffPost] U.S. AGREES FRAMEWORK FOR AFGHAN PEACE Officials from the United States and the Taliban have agreed in principle to a framework that could eventually bring the long-running war in Afghanistan to an end. [CNN]       A woman in New York City is recovering in a hospital after she was rescued from the elevator where she was stuck for three days. Cops had to rescue this toddler who got stuck in his own toy. At Sunday night’s SAG Awards, the casts of diverse watershed movies “Black Panther” and “Crazy Rich Asians” came together for an epic photo. A Massachusetts teacher became visibly emotional after dozens of students dropped by his wedding rehearsal for a powerful performance. Five Houston police officers were wounded in a shooting at a suspected drug house Monday, police said. Here are the movies coming to Netflix this week. Here are 12 ways couples in long-distance relationships can stay connected. A Washington state baker is apologizing for Valentine’s Day heart-shaped cookie with “Build that Wall” in frosting letters. Right-wing radio host Rush Limbaugh likened Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-N.Y.) and the Democratic Party to genocidal dictators. This 10-year-old catches her newborn baby sister in a viral birth photo. A Trump winery in Virginia has applied to the U.S. Labor Department to hire 23 foreign workers. Here are 15 salads even a “manly” man could eat. BuzzFeed will pay laid-off staffers for their accrued time off after all, CEO Jonah Peretti told staff in a company-wide email. Insurance claims from California’s deadly November 2018 wildfires have topped $11.4 billion, making the series of blazes one of the most expensive in state history. “Leaving Neverland,” a documentary exposé screened at the Sundance Film Festival, offers devastatingly powerful and convincing testimony that Michael Jackson was guilty of child sexual abuse. 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