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An intense atmospheric river moves into California, threatening to flood roads and trigger mudslides  CNN California storm brings rare “high risk” of flooding to LA  Axios Major Flood Danger In California From Atmospheric River | Weather.com  The Weather Channel San Jose declares local

Solar power in Kansas: How one couple’s land lease became a fight  USA TODAY The War On Renewables Heats Up Across America  CleanTechnica U.S. Clean Energy Goals at Risk Due to Local Restrictions  BNN Breaking Inside how wind and solar energy are being

Hage Geingob, Namibia’s President, Dies at 82  The New York Times Namibia Interim President Says No Plan to Run in This Year’s Election  U.S. News & World Report Namibian President Hage Geingob dies in a hospital where he was receiving treatment  NPR Namibia’s

White House Declines Request for Joe Biden Super Bowl Interview  Hollywood Reporter

“All systems are go for one of the most dramatic weather days in recent memory,” the National Weather Service said Sunday morning. (Image credit: Noah Berger/AP)

Consider only the highest-quality polls, and the Republican’s advantage melts away

Ayo Edebiri quizzes Nikki Haley on Civil War on ‘Saturday Night Live’  The Washington Post Nikki Haley makes surprise appearance on ‘SNL,’ hits Donald Trump’s ‘mental competency’  Fox News Nikki Haley makes surprise appearance on SNL, mocking Donald Trump and Joe Biden  NPR

Nikki Haley makes surprise appearance on ‘SNL,’ hits Donald Trump’s ‘mental competency’  Fox News Nikki Haley makes surprise appearance on SNL, mocking Donald Trump and Joe Biden  NPR Nikki Haley to GOP: Let’s wait to see if Donald Trump is convicted  USA TODAY

The Homeland Security secretary isn’t doing his job.

Iran issued a warning Sunday to the U.S. over potentially targeting two cargo ships in the Mideast long suspected of serving as forwarding operating bases for Iranian commandos, after the U.S. and the United Kingdom launched a massive airstrike campaign