Today's Top Headlines

Tuesday, January 21

In a historic political comeback, Donald Trump was officially sworn in as the 47th president of the United States Monday.

During his inaugural address, Trump outlined specific policies that he vowed to take executive action on immediately, and got right to work signing several executive orders over a wide range of issues.

His policy promises and actions included tariffs, declaring a national emergency at the southern border and sweeping immigration changes. The Boston Herald reported that Boston could see ICE raids as soon as this week.

Cold temperatures are the focus over the next couple of days. While this chunk of cold air is part of the polar vortex, it’s not going to hang over us forever, and it appears that it won’t rival the cold we saw almost two years ago when we hit ten below in Boston on Feb. 4.

But it’s no picnic, either. Highs will top out near 20 degrees Monday, and only hit the upper teens on Tuesday. This is after morning low temperatures in the single digits.

Wind won’t be a huge factor, but any steady breeze will cut right to the bone as wind chills dip to the single digits and teens below zero at times. Thankfully, there’s hardly a wind Tuesday as high-pressure crests right overhead. Breezes turn to the southwest Thursday and bring in slightly “milder” air. We should be near freezing in most spots.

Communities across Massachusetts are doing what they can to keep people safe during what is expected to be one of the coldest weeks of the entire year.

In Boston, all Boston Centers for Youth and Families will be open as warming centers during the extreme cold.

City officials are urging anyone without warm housing or shelter to seek it out at one of these centers because these temperatures are dangerous.

A U.S. Border Patrol agent died in the line of duty, along with another person, in a shooting on Interstate 91 in Vermont near the Canadian border Monday, federal officials said.

Another person was hurt and in custody, the FBI said, saying in a statement its Albany office “is investigating an alleged assault on a federal officer in connection with a fatal shooting involving a U.S. Border Patrol Agent Monday afternoon on Interstate 91 in Coventry, Vermont.”

There was no further danger to the public but the highway will remain closed during the investigation, the FBI said.

The parents of a 6-year-old girl with nonverbal autism found dead in a pond last week thanked their community of Norton, Massachusetts, for their support at a candlelight vigil.

It was an emotional evening, with warm embraces on a bitter cold night at St. Mary’s Church, where the parents of Josie Pinto took to the stage to share profuse thanks for all those who helped try and find their daughter when she first went missing Friday afternoon

“All the police officers and firefighters who helped so diligently to try to find my baby, we want to say thank you,” Josie’s father said.

Ryan Day has given the Buckeyes a day to remember.

Ohio State on Monday won the national championship after taking down the Notre Dame Fighting Irish 34-23. It is the program’s ninth claimed title and the first since the 2014-15 season.

The Fighting Irish opened with a lengthy drive that resulted in a touchdown, going 18 plays for 75 yards with Riley Leonard taking it home from a yard out. The drive took off over nine minutes from the clock.