??? A busy Monday
Big Monday
Jan. 20 — It's a busy Monday as Martin Luther King Jr. Day, Inauguration Day, a polar vortex, and the College Football National Championship coincide. Banks, the stock market, and the USPS are closed today.
?? Sunny and bitterly cold with a high of 30° today. More below.
??? We've got a guide to some of the MLK Day events happening around the Metro today, but some have been postponed due to the weather.
?? Ohio State faces Notre Dame at Mercedes-Benz Stadium at 7:30 p.m. in the College Football National Championship (ESPN). If you have one of the pricey tickets, you're encouraged to take MARTA.
??? Rabbi Alvin Marx Sugarman, longtime leader of The Temple, the oldest Jewish congregation in Atlanta, died on Jan. 17.
?? The Sandy Springs-based Community Assistance Center is offering free tax prep for households earning under $67,000 annually.
????? Seventeen Atlanta-based companies are included on the Human Rights Campaign Foundation's annual Corporate Equality Index.
???? Gov. Brian Kemp has established a state commission to promote next year's 250th anniversary of the signing of the Declaration of Independence.
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??? President-elect Donald Trump will be sworn in as president today at noon in the Capitol Rotunda. The ceremony was moved indoors due to the weather.
?? After going dark on Saturday night, TikTok returned to phones yesterday after Trump said he would pause a ban on the app with an executive order.
?? Four teams remain in the NFL Playoffs. The Chiefs advanced to their seventh straight AFC title game and will face the Bills, while the Commanders will play in their first NFC championship game since 1991 against the Eagles.
?? Here's what's in today's newsletter:
? More snow?
? Bernice King on MLK Day
? Global Headlines
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1. Dangerously cold temps move into Georgia, snow expected Tuesday
?? Dangerously cold air moved into Georgia overnight, with temperatures in the teens this morning.?An Extreme Cold Warning is in effect for North Georgia due to below-zero wind chills. As we hit send on today's newsletter, it feels like it's 5°.
A winter storm is expected to impact North and Central Georgia on Tuesday and early Wednesday.? A Winter Storm Watch will go into effect tomorrow morning as forecasters say 1-3 inches of snow could fall in the Metro area.
???Winter Storm Enzo has much of the South bracing for winter weather, with snow and ice possible from Savannah, GA west to Texas. Yesterday's NFL Playoff games in Philadelphia and Buffalo were played in the snow.?
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2. Bernice King on the urgency of Martin Luther King Jr. Day
??? As Atlanta celebrates the Martin Luther King Jr. holiday, Dr. Bernice King, CEO of the King Center, spoke with Kristi York Wooten in the GPB Talk Studio.?
In a wide-ranging interview, the daughter of Martin and Coretta Scott King discusses the relevance of her father’s messages of nonviolence in today’s world, her remembrances of former President Jimmy Carter, MLK Day falling on the same day as the presidential inauguration, and why the power of words matters in the 21st century.
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???The Atlanta Symphony Orchestra's?"King Celebration Concert" will stream today on the GPB website at 3 p.m. and on demand. You can hear the concert tonight at 8 p.m. on GPB Classical. Find out how this year's concert came together here.?
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3. Gaza truce begins as first 3 hostages are released; Annual Davos conference
????????? Three Israeli women — Romi Gonen, Emily Damari, and Doron Steinbrecher — were freed from Hamas captivity in Gaza yesterday, the first releases under?a three-phase ceasefire deal?that also saw Israel free 90 Palestinians from prison.
???? More than 80 people?were killed in Colombia?amid clashes between rebel groups after peace talks collapsed between the government and the National Liberation Army (ELN).
????A police volunteer in India?received a life sentence for raping and murdering a junior doctor, sparking protests over women's safety in India's medical facilities.
???? Two senior Iranian?judges were killed in Tehran's supreme court?when a gunman opened fire before taking his own life.
???? The annual meeting of global political and business leaders in?Switzerland begins today. Informally nicknamed “Davos” for the town in which it’s held, this year’s event will tackle the theme “Collaboration for the Intelligent Age.”?
???? This week the Equal Marriage Law?takes effect in Thailand, making it the first Southeast Asian country to legalize same-sex marriage.
???? Burkina Fasoabolished colonial-era judicial wigs?and its president called for practices that reflect the nation's cultural identity rather than its French and British colonial past.
???? Over 200 psychiatrists in New South Wales?threatened to resign?over a wage dispute, as they sought an increase to match salaries in other Australian states. ?
????Save the date for March 7 and?the?World Affairs Council of Atlanta's?10th Annual International Women’s Day breakfast featuring Edible Brands’ Asma Farid. She’ll share her inspiring story from growing up in Pakistan to launching multinational businesses in the U.S.
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?? Today's newsletter was edited by Julie E. Bloemeke.
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