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Celebs due at Trump demonstration
NEW YORK -- New York Mayor Bill de Blasio, the Rev. Al Sharpton and celebrities including Mark Ruffalo, Michael Moore and Rosie Perez are planning to rally New Yorkers to stand up to President-elect Donald Trump on the eve of his inauguration.
That's according to organizers of Thursday's event, spearheaded by groups including Greenpeace and the liberal organization MoveOn.
Organizers say they expect thousands of participants. The demonstration aims to kick off organizing to oppose to Trump policies and support cities taking their own approach on immigration, climate change and other issues.
Ruffalo says in a statement that participants want to send a message that they'll "fight, at every step, discrimination and harmful policies."
Demonstrators plan to gather outside the Trump International Hotel and Tower. It's a half-mile from Trump Tower, his home.
Midsection grapples with ice storm
KANSAS CITY, Mo. -- Parts of the central U.S. grappled Saturday with a second day of road-glazing ice and braced for more of the treacherous, below-freezing wintry weather expected to close out the holiday weekend.
The storm created travel headaches for many people who opted to go out despite pleas by authorities to stay put. The Oklahoma Highway Patrol said Interstate 40 was closed in two places in western portions of the state because of wrecks, including the jackknifing of several tractor-trailers in icy conditions in Caddo County. There were no immediate reports of injuries.
Saturday's storm followed another a day earlier that dumped freezing rain from Oklahoma to southern Illinois. The National Weather Service said swaths of Kansas and Missouri -- both broadly still under ice storm warnings Saturday -- could see a third wave of sleet and freezing drizzle Sunday. Complicating matters were temperatures forecast in many cases to remain near or below freezing.
Ice buildups of one-quarter to slightly less than a half inch were expected late Saturday and Sunday morning from southeastern Kansas to central Missouri. Lesser ice accumulations were forecast for Saturday around St. Louis.
State troopers in Missouri and other affected states were pressing motorists to limit travel to only necessary outings, allowing road crews the space to treat the slippery mess. Many appeared to heed that advice, drawing kudos from the Missouri Department of Transportation.
Very overdue library book returned
SAN FRANCISCO -- A book of short stories titled "Forty Minutes Late" has been returned to a San Francisco library -- 100 years late.
The San Francisco Chronicle reports that Bay Area resident Webb Johnson returned the book Friday. There was no fine.
Johnson's great grandmother had checked it out from the city's old Fillmore branch in 1917. She passed away a week before the due date, and the Fillmore branch is no longer around.
Johnson found the 1909 book, by F. Hopkinson Smith, in an old steamer trunk in 1996. He assumed the library wouldn't want it back, but a recently announced "fine forgiveness program" that runs through Feb. 14 inspired him to return it.
Head city librarian Luis Herrera said the library was glad to, finally, get the book.
Guest lineups for today's news shows
WASHINGTON -- Guest lineups for today's TV news shows:
¯ ABC's "This Week" -- Reince Priebus, incoming chief of staff to President-elect Donald Trump; Sen. Bernie Sanders, I-Vt.; Rep. Jason Chaffetz, R-Utah
¯ NBC's "Meet the Press" -- Priebus; Sen. Diane Feinstein, D-Calif.; Rep. John Lewis, D-Ga.
¯ CBS' "Face the Nation" -- Vice President-elect Mike Pence; Sen. Joe Manchin, D-W.Va.; former House Speaker Newt Gingrich.
¯ CNN's "State of the Union" -- Denis McDonough, chief of staff to President Barack Obama; Sen. Rand Paul, R-Ky.
¯ "Fox News Sunday" -- Pence; CIA Director John Brennan
By The Associated Press