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Statement from President Joe Biden on Additional Clemency Actions  The White House Biden commutes nearly 2,500 more sentences in final days of presidency  Fox News Biden sets presidential record on pardons and clemency  Axios Biden to Commute Drug Offender Sentences  The New York Times

A polar vortex is set to grip much of the U.S. What does that mean?  NPR Polar vortex set to freeze the U.S. as far as the Deep South  CBS News How the polar vortex fuels intense winter weather in the US  BBC.com

The state has been slow to adopt rules to protect Florida’s endangered springs. While a boom in residential construction has increased the amount of groundwater being taken from the aquifers. (Image credit: Zack Wittman for NPR)

Opinion | Standing Up to Donald Trump’s Fear Tactics  The New York Times

Inauguration Day marks the first time in more than 20 years that Kamala Harris will not be in public office. “It is not my nature to go quietly into the night,” she told allies on Thursday. (Image credit: Mandel Ngan)

Democratic lawmakers had urged President Biden to use his clemency powers to address disparities in sentences for offenses involving crack cocaine. (Image credit: Kent Nishimura)

The Australian Open’s animated tennis livestreams are making a splash. U.S. leagues have used similar technology to put Simpsons on the football field and superheroes on ice skates. (Image credit: Australian Open TV/Screenshot by NPR)

Khan has denied wrongdoing and insisted since his arrest in 2023 that all the charges against him are a plot by rivals to keep him from returning to office. (Image credit: K.M. Chaudary)

Dozens of planes have been forced to divert or fly holding patterns to avoid potential debris from the SpaceX rocket that blew up.

Vice President Han Zheng is set to be highest-level Chinese official ever to attend a presidential swearing-in, signaling Beijing’s willingness to engage the new administration.