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Also: American novelist Philip Roth dies; President Trump will travel to New York to discuss combating gangs; and thousands of unionized casino workers in Las Vegas authorize a potential strike.

Also: Inspectors in Syria are still trying to visit the site of an alleged chemical weapons attack; more flooding is feared in Hawaii; and tumbleweeds pile up dramatically in southern California.

Also: Storm cleanup in the East, while a blizzard hits the Plains; President Trump meets Israel's leader today; and West Virginia teachers are still off the job.

Also: The Senate passes Sen. McCaskill's bill about sexual assaults in the military; author Joe McGinniss dies; and in Venezuela, a student leader is killed in anti-government clashes.

Also: The Deep South braces for a rare blast of winter weather; some Republican lawmakers shift on immigration; central banks move to boost emerging markets; and while the crisis in Ukraine continues, an anti-protest law there has been abolished.

Also: Relief deliveries are cut off to Eastern Ghouta, Syria; a second nor'easter aims for the Northeast; and the World Cheese Championship opens in Wisconsin.

The House committee investigating the January 6 insurrection held its first public hearing Thursday. Republican Liz Cheney broke with virtually all of her GOP colleagues to help lead the probe.

In softcover fiction, Jill McCorkle's cluster of retirees faces death with humor and sorrow. In nonfiction, Lawrence Wright peeks into the world of Scientology, Simon Garfield charts a history of maps, Jonathan Cott recalls his friendship with John and Yoko, Duncan Wall spins yarns about the circus and Mark Binelli welcomes us to his Detroit.

A Secret Service spokesman disputes the Department of Homeland Security inspector general's account, saying its request came after a mobile phone migration had started, but no messages were lost.