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Workers clear snow on the tarmac at Ronald Reagan National Airport, with the U.S. Capitol dome in the background, Jan. 24, 2016 in Arlington, Va.(Photo: Alex Brandon, AP)
Blizzard is over, but travelers' woes continue<span style="color: Red;">*</span>
The<span style="color: Red;">*</span>Blizzard of 2016 dumped ice and snow on airports from the Carolinas to New England, and<span style="color: Red;">*</span>though the snow finally stopped, airlines are scrambling to get their<span style="color: Red;">*</span>flights back on track<span style="color: Red;">*</span>— and that will be no easy task.<span style="color: Red;">*</span>Several of the USA’s busiest airports lost an entire day’s schedule during the peak of the storm. More than 1,300 flights scheduled for Monday have already been canceled.<span style="color: Red;">*</span>Overall, more than 12,000 flights were<span style="color: Red;">*</span>canceled nationwide since Friday, causing<span style="color: Red;">*</span>a ripple effect that extended throughout the airlines' networks. The good news? Airlines are waiving their change fees.
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Watch a 24-second time lapse video of a Woodstock, Md. neightborhood buried in 30 inches of snow during winter storm Jonas. Doug Kapustin, USA TODAY
Egyptian government cracks down on 5th anniversary of uprising<span style="color: Red;">*</span>
Monday marks the fifth anniversary of the uprising that toppled longtime Egyptian ruler Hosni Mubarak. Security forces have cracked down on anti-government activists in recent days and past anniversaries of the event have sparked violent clashes between protesters and police. Rights activists say the government<span style="color: Red;">*</span>has returned to Mubarak-era practices like torture, random arrests and, more recently, forced disappearances. President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi has praised the country's police and vowed a firm response to any threat to the country's stability.
Trial opens for ex-cop accused of killing women found<span style="color: Red;">*</span>in suitcases
The trial begins Monday in the case of<span style="color: Red;">*</span>Steven Zelich, a<span style="color: Red;">*</span>former Wisconsin police officer accused of killing two women and ditching their bodies in suitcases.<span style="color: Red;">*</span>Zelich, 54, is charged with first-degree intentional homicide and hiding a corpse in the<span style="color: Red;">*</span>death of 19-year-old Jenny Gamez, of Cottage Grove, Ore. He is also charged with murder in the killing of 37-year-old Laura Simonson the following year, but she died in Minnesota, so the charges were filed there.<span style="color: Red;">*</span>Zelich allegedly put both bodies in suitcases in his car's trunk and<span style="color: Red;">*</span>dumped them on the roadside when they began to smell, where highway workers mowing grass found them in June 2014.
Steven Zelich appears in court in Kenosha, Wis. Aug. 5, 2014. , File)<span style="color: Red;">*</span>(Photo: AP/Sean Krajacic, Kenosha News)
Investigators examine debris possibly linked to<span style="color: Red;">*</span>Flight MH370
Malaysia said it will send a team of investigators Monday to inspect debris found on the southern coast of Thailand for a possible link to MH370, the Malaysia Airlines flight that vanished almost two years ago. The<span style="color: Red;">*</span>large piece of white, curved metal was found<span style="color: Red;">*</span>by a fishermen<span style="color: Red;">*</span>in Thailand's<span style="color: Red;">*</span>Nakhon Si Thammarat province.<span style="color: Red;">*</span>Flight MH370 disappeared after taking off from Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, on March 8, 2014, bound for Beijing with 239 people aboard. In September, French<span style="color: Red;">*</span>prosecutors said a wing part found on Reunion Island in the Indian Ocean in July following months of aerial and sea searches came from the plane.
A Thai Royal Air Force officer inspects a piece of suspected airplane wreckage at a beach in Pak Phanang district, Nakhon Si Thammarat province, southern Thailand, on Jan. 24, 2016.<span style="color: Red;">*</span>(Photo: EPA)
Warriors and Spurs meet in clash of NBA titans
The Golden State Warriors and San Antonio Spurs, the two top teams in the NBA, face off Monday night at 10:30 ET on NBATV. The<span style="color: Red;">*</span>two teams on a record-setting<span style="color: Red;">*</span>pace<span style="color: Red;">*</span>have yet to meet this season, and the notion of seeing both squads at full strength is<span style="color: Red;">*</span>enough to make you feel like it's<span style="color: Red;">*</span>late May already.<span style="color: Red;">*</span>The Warriors led by Stephen Curry will look to improve their home court record of 38 consecutive regular season home wins. The Spurs, who are 38-6 this season, will be without star Tim Duncan, who is sidelined with a sore knee.
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San Antonio Spurs forward Tim Duncan will not play against the Golden State Warriors on Monday, the team announced. Time_Sports
And<span style="color: Red;">*</span>the essentials:
Weather: Rain is headed for the Gulf Coast and the<span style="color: Red;">*</span>Pacific Northwest Monday.
Stocks:<span style="color: Red;">*</span>U.S. stock futures pointed lower Monday, while Asian stocks rose as oil rebounded from 12-year lows and expectations of monetary stimulus in Europe and Japan.
TV Tonight:<span style="color: Red;">*</span>Wondering<span style="color: Red;">*</span>what to watch this weekend? TV critic Robert Bianco looks at<span style="color: Red;">*</span>Crazy Ex-Girlfriend, The X-Files<span style="color: Red;">*</span>and<span style="color: Red;">*</span>Jane the Virgin.<span style="color: Red;">*</span>
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