Storm makes for treacherous travel as snow and ice track through the mid-Atlantic

(AP) — A storm system is bearing down on the mid-Atlantic states, covering roads with snow and ice and leading to school closures and worries about possible power outages. Travel became treacherous Tuesday, with several accidents reported along some snow-slickened roads in southern West Virginia. In Virginia, where Gov. Glenn Youngkin declared a state of emergency, the state Department of Transportation advised motorists to stay off the roads. Winter storm warnings extend from Kentucky to southern New Jersey. Forecasters say significant ice is possible in Virginia’s Roanoke Valley. A separate storm system is expected to dump heavy snow from Kansas and Missouri to the Great Lakes starting Tuesday night.

New York City mayor vows to regain public’s trust after DOJ orders halt to prosecution

NEW YORK (AP) — New York City Mayor Eric Adams thanked the Justice Department for ordering a halt to his criminal corruption case and castigated the prosecution as “cruel” while vowing to regain the trust of voters ahead of his upcoming election. In his first public comments following a Justice Department memo ordering federal prosecutors to dismiss the bribery charges, Adams said Tuesday that he was eager to move forward from the saga that put him, his family and the city through what the mayor called “an unnecessary ordeal.” Acting Deputy Attorney General Emil Bove said the charges were disrupting the mayor’s ability to assist in President Donald Trump’s crackdown on immigration and crime.

Russia has released detained American teacher Marc Fogel, the White House says

WASHINGTON (AP) — The family of American teacher Marc Fogel says it’s “beyond grateful, relieved and overwhelmed” that he’s heading home after his release from Russia. The White House announced Tuesday Fogel had been released. President Donald Trump’s special envoy Steve Witkoff left Russian airspace with Fogel on Tuesday. Trump national security adviser Michael Waltz says the U.S. and Russia “negotiated an exchange” but did not say if the U.S. released anybody in return. Waltz describes the development as “a sign we are moving in the right direction to end the brutal and terrible war in Ukraine.” Trump has promised to find a way to end the conflict. Fogel is from Pennsylvania.

Lawsuit: Trump admin.owes US business millions in unpaid bills amid USAID shutdown

WASHINGTON (AP) — A new lawsuit accuses the Trump administration of stiffing U.S. businesses of hundreds of millions of dollars in unpaid bills for work that has already been done amid its dismantling of the U.S. Agency for International Development. The lawsuit was filed Tuesday in federal court in D.C. on behalf of an organization representing 173 American small businesses, large U.S.-based suppliers, a Jewish group working for displaced people and others. It says President Donald Trump’s foreign aid funding freeze has left hundreds of millions of dollars of owed bills unpaid and goods stuck in the supply chain.