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A major storm brought record rainfall, heavy snow and damaging winds to parts of California. The Los Angeles area saw record rainfall on Friday, and it came along with 50- to 70-mile-per-hour winds. Burbank, California, saw 4.6 inches of rain, stranding cars in floods and causing dozens of flight delays and cancellations. Rain and snow will not be letting up on Saturday. More flooding rain is possible in the Los Angeles area, while in the mountains, incredibly heavy snow is leading to treacherous travel. More in link in bio. #news #weather #snow #rain #california

Spencer Matthews was ten years old when his parents called him up to their bedroom at Eden Rock, the luxury hotel they were renovating on the Caribbean island of St Barts. They had some devastating news. His older brother Michael, who only a few days earlier had become the youngest Briton to summit Everest, was missing. He was just 22 years old.⁠ ⁠ 🔗 Read the full story via the link in bio

"There are four lanes on “the Waitrose roundabout”. If the left-hand lane is lane one, I positioned myself where I normally go, on the left hand side of lane three, one of the two lanes that enables you to turn right. I looked to my right and waited for a gap. I saw a gap, I set off — and that is the last thing that I remember."⁠ ⁠ Dan Walker explains how he is lucky to be alive after being run over on a roundabout.⁠ ⁠ 🔗 Read the full article via our link in bio

A couple polar bears at the Oregon Zoo enjoyed the snowy conditions from a recent winter storm, playing around in the fresh snowfall. 🐻‍❄️ ❄️

The Uvalde school district has moved to restore the official blemish they had placed on the record of former police Chief Pete Arredondo. The district filed for a rehearing following reports this week showing that Arredondo had won an appeal by default when the district did not respond to his official objection last year. Arredondo was fired by the school district in the wake of the botched police response to the May 24 shooting at Robb Elementary School that claimed the lives of 19 students and two of their teachers. The default decision, reached on Jan. 31 when the district didn't reply to Arredondo's appeal, upgraded his discharge status to honorable. More in link in bio. #uvalde #robbelementary #PeteArredondo #news

After a controlled burning of the hazardous waste from a portion of the derailed Norfolk Southern trains, some residents are wondering what the lasting impacts could be.

A roundup of 101 of nytcooking’s best chocolate recipes are at the link in bio — tag the chocolate fans in your life to let them know. Photos by christophertestani, with food styling by simoncooks; ryanliebe, with food styling by bwashbu; jimwilson125 and Liebe, with food styling by Andrews.

"I'd spit in his eye" - ordinary Ukrainians tell CNN their message for President Putin and the Russian people

The middle school teacher said he hopes his viral TikTok can spark a conversation and encourage people to see they can be "part of a solution" and advocate for change. MORE AT LINK IN BIO.

Ben, the Saint Louis Zoo’s resident Andean Bear, has had a busy February. The 4-year-old bear escaped his habitat to wander the zoo for about 50 minutes before he was back in his enclosure. However, this wasn't the first time he escaped this month. More in LINK IN BIO. #animals #zoo #bear #bearescape

"This is a healing step" in the wake of a "crime that shook our community," University of Idaho president Scott Green said in a letter to students and staff. Green said a memorial, including a garden, will be designed on the university's campus. MORE AT LINK IN BIO.

Monica Macias lives in London and works in a clothes shop. No one would guess that her father was an African dictator and her adoptive father was the supreme leader of North Korea “I struggled because I wanted to become Korean. Sometimes I felt like an animal in the zoo.” 🔗 Read the remarkable account of Monica Macias’s childhood via the link in our bio.

Police, rabbis urge vigilance after extremists call for "Day of Hate" Saturday

Russia interrupts UN minute's silence to mark anniversary of Ukraine war https://t.co/mjJdcTg8vM

This is a vegetarian reimagination of stroganoff that is rich and decadent, thanks to the magic of mushrooms, which deliver walloping umami. https://t.co/TkxXcaxIOO https://t.co/1RoUouXAvA