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Tuesday, January 27

Good morning Wypierdalaj,

The storm that wouldn’t quit, finally has. Thanks to two cycles of snow, we managed to crack the top 10 all-time snowstorms in Boston!

This was a remarkable feat after such a long snow drought in previous years. Other select locations also saw nearly two feet in some spots after the last flakes moved out overnight.

We’re left with plentiful sunshine and fewer places to walk and park. Temperatures remain on the cold side over the next few days. Beware of pockets of drifting snow as this very airy snowpack tries to “migrate” across roads, fields, and frozen bodies of water.

If you predicted the New England Patriots and Seattle Seahawks would meet in Super Bowl 60, step right up and claim your prize.

Anyone? Going once, going twice…

We didn’t think so.

Crews have been working through the night to contain a water main break in Attleboro, Massachusetts, where freezing temperatures are making clean up efforts difficult.

The good news is that water is expected to be fully restored soon, after a 12-inch pipe broke on South Main Street, otherwise known as Route 152.

The main broke at around 7 p.m. Monday night, and since then, people have had to deal with low to zero water pressure.

Multiple people were killed when a small business jet crashed and caught fire at Maine’s Bangor International Airport on Sunday, prompting a massive emergency response.

Officials gave a brief update on the crash Monday morning, but didn’t say whether anyone was injured. But the FAA’s preliminary report posted online about an hour later said that seven people suffered fatal injuries and one was seriously injured. “AIRCRAFT CRASHED UNDER UNKNOWN CIRCUMSTANCES ON DEPARTURE, CAME TO REST INVERTED AND CAUGHT ON FIRE,” the report reads.

However, the airport and Bangor police released an updated statement on Monday afternoon that appeared to correct the FAA’s information.

The Patriots’ plane has touched down in New England, a victorious homecoming after beating out the Denver Broncos for the AFC Championship on Sunday.

Fans braved the freezing temperatures for a chance to catch a glimpse of the team as they arrived at T.F. Green Airport in Warwick, Rhode Island on Monday, and more gathered at Gillette Stadium to await the buses. A major snowstorm delayed the team from returning immediately after the game.

“It seems like we’ve been – it’s weird to say the Patriots have been the underdogs – but the underdogs this year and everything that has happened, that Mike Vrabel has done for this team to turn it around, it’s been magical to watch,” said a woman named Tara, who came out because she had the day off.

Three of the world’s biggest tech companies face a landmark trial in Los Angeles starting this week over claims that their platforms — Meta’s Instagram, ByteDance’s TikTok and Google’s YouTube — deliberately addict and harm children.

Jury selection starts this week in the Los Angeles County Superior Court. It’s the first time the companies will argue their case before a jury, and the outcome could have profound effects on their businesses and how they will handle children using their platforms. The selection process is expected to take at least a few days, with 75 potential jurors questioned each day through at least Thursday. A fourth company named in the lawsuit, Snapchat parent company Snap Inc., settled the case last week for an undisclosed sum.

At the core of the case is a 19-year-old identified only by the initials “KGM,” whose case could determine how thousands of other, similar lawsuits against social media companies will play out. She and two other plaintiffs have been selected for bellwether trials — essentially test cases for both sides to see how their arguments play out before a jury and what damages, if any, may be awarded, said Clay Calvert, a nonresident senior fellow of technology policy studies at the American Enterprise Institute.