Friday, January 22, 2016

Blizzard Forecast Prompts Warnings From East Coast Officials and other top stories.

  • Blizzard Forecast Prompts Warnings From East Coast Officials

    Blizzard Forecast Prompts Warnings From East Coast Officials
    WASHINGTON — With forecasters warning of a ‘‘potentially crippling winter storm’’ that could dump two feet or more of snow on the mid-Atlantic region beginning Friday afternoon, millions of people along the East Coast are bracing for a weekend of travel disruptions and possible power losses. Governors and mayors warned residents to stay indoors and off the roads. Roughly 4,500 flights have been canceled; American Airlines said Thursday it was canceling all Saturday flights to Washington and Ph..
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  • New York Today: Bracing for a Blizzard

    New York Today: Bracing for a Blizzard
    Updated at 9:55 a.m. Good morning on this wintry Friday.Today will be mostly sunny, with a high near 31 degrees, and winds at around 11 miles an hour.But that’s not important.Snow, possibly a good amount of it, is coming to town.A blizzard warning is in effect from 4 a.m. on Saturday to noon on Sunday. In Washington D.C., where a blizzard warning is in effect, the storm is supposed to start tonight, bringing two feet of snow.The snow will probably begin to fall early on Saturday morning, follo..
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  • Your Friday Briefing: Blizzard, Flint, New England Patriots

    Your Friday Briefing: Blizzard, Flint, New England Patriots
    Photo Shopping for shovels in Washington, D.C., on Thursday, before the first major storm of the season. Credit Drew Angerer for The New York Times (Want to get this briefing by email? Here’s the sign-up.) Good morning.Here’s what you need to know:• Blizzard alert.The East Coast is bracing for its first major storm of the season. More than two feet of snow could hit Washington, and the storm will move north, with about a foot of snow expected in New York.More than 50..
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  • As Snowstorm Nears, Blizzard Warnings Issued From Virginia to ...

    As Snowstorm Nears, Blizzard Warnings Issued From Virginia to ...
    By Scott Calvert and Jon Kamp Updated Jan. 22, 2016 12:51 p.m. ET A massive winter storm barreled toward the nation’s capital Friday, threatening to dump two feet of snow while causing power outages and travel delays. Blizzard warnings were in effect from Virginia to New York, and forecasters said coastal flooding could occur along the Atlantic coasts of New Jersey, Delaware and Virginia. Airlines canceled thousands of flights while Washington, D.C., where snow i..
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  • Winter Storm on East Coast: Live Updates

    Winter Storm on East Coast: Live Updates
    PhotoMuriel E. Bowser, Washington’s mayor, on Wednesday.Credit Cliff Owen/Associated Press With as much as two and a half feet of wet, heavy snow expected to begin falling by early afternoon, Washington officials issued stark warnings to residents Friday, telling them to get inside by 3 p.m. and hunker down for a long, difficult – and possibly deadly – weekend of power outages, downed trees and even collapsed roofs. “We see this as a major storm,’’ Mayor Muriel E. Bowser said at a news conferen..
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  • New York to weathercasters: 'Get it right!'

    New York to weathercasters: 'Get it right!'
    Here’s a friendly reminder to our beloved weathercasters who’ve been sounding the alarm this week with dire predictions of the epic nor’easter barreling down on us: Hell hath no fury like a New Yorker scorned … with an inaccurate forecast. So I hope, for their sake, that they’re right. That we get whomped by a foot of snow this weekend after canceling our plans, scurrying to buy new shovels and stockpiling salt and milk. (Why is buying milk in a snowstorm even a thing?) After all, we’re in for ..
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  • Degrading video sparks arrest and outrage in New York

    Degrading video sparks arrest and outrage in New York
    Story highlightsViral video shows a woman being forced to walk the streets of New York without clothes and being called namesThe woman's boyfriend, Jason Melo, 22, turned himself in to police on WednesdayMelo has a string of charges against him, including coercion and assaultCalling her degrading names and telling her she should stand in a pile of trash, the man threatens to post the video online -- a threat that he makes good on. The video has drawn outrage from thousands of viewers online and ..
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  • Esa-Pekka Salonen Says Being New York Philharmonic's Maestro ...

    Esa-Pekka Salonen Says Being New York Philharmonic's Maestro ...
    Photo Esa-Pekka Salonen Credit Christopher Gregory for The New York Times Esa-Pekka Salonen, the innovative Finnish conductor who is the composer in residence at the New York Philharmonic, will not be the orchestra’s next music director, disappointing some fans and a number of prominent critics who had favored him for the post. That leaves two conductors who are considered leading contenders for the position: Jaap van Zweden, the music director of the Dallas Symphony..
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  • Thousands of Flights Canceled, Delayed Ahead of Major Blizzard

    Thousands of Flights Canceled, Delayed Ahead of Major Blizzard
    As a possibly historic blizzard prepares to pummel the eastern United States, thousands of flights have been canceled around the country and public transit is shutting down in cities bracing for impact. Snow, ice and strong winds will all cause problems for travelers. AIR TRAVEL More than 2,800 U.S. flights have been canceled already Friday and 1,200 are delayed, according to the flight tracking site FlightAware. Another 3,100 flights have been canceled for Saturday, including all flights into ..
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  • Uber will only cap surge pricing during the blizzard if New York ...

    Uber will only cap surge pricing during the blizzard if New York ...
    Uber says it will cap surge pricing in New York City during this weekend's upcoming blizzard, but only under two conditions. "If a state of emergency is declared, or the attorney general advises us the agreement has been triggered, then we will be capping uberX at 3.5x [the normal fare] and Uber BLACK at 2.8x, per the terms of the agreement," a spokesperson for Uber told The Verge. uberX could be capped at 3.5x the normal fare So far, no state of emergency has been declared in New York. Other c..
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