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Live from NPR News, I'm Giles Snyder. President Biden says the nation is with New Orleans as the city mourns the 14 people killed in the New Year's truck attack. My wife, Jill, and I are here to stand with you, to grieve with you, to pray with you, to let you know you are not alone. Biden spoke Monday evening during a prayer service at a cathedral in the city's French Quarter. Afterwards, hundreds filled the streets for the annual Joan of Arc Parade, the first parade of the carnival season. Organizers said they wanted the event to convey the spirit

of New Orleans as the city struggles with the violence of the New Year's attack. Congress peacefully certified President-elect Donald Trump's victory in the November election on Monday, but Trump lost an attempt to delay his criminal sentencing in New York City. NPR's Jimena Bastille reports on the date set for later this week. Judge Juan Marchand denied a request from Trump lawyer Todd Blanch to delay the sentencing in his hush money trial. In May, a request from Trump lawyer Todd Blanch to delay the sentencing in his hush money trial. In May, a jury found Trump guilty of 34 felony counts of falsifying business records, and

Marchand later confirmed Trump did not have presidential immunity in the case. Blanch argued in a filing on Sunday that the court should pause all proceedings while Trump's legal team appeals the immunity decision. But Marchand said Trump's lawyers repeated past claims he had already rejected. Trump's sentencing is set for January 10th, just 10 days before he is sworn in to the Oval Office. Jimena Bustillo and PR News, New York. A deadly earthquake has struck Tibet.

China's official Xinhua news agency says more than 50 people are dead and many others are trapped amid dozens of aftershocks. The U.S. Geological Survey says the quake had a magnitude of 7.1 and that its epicenter was about 50 miles northeast of Mount Everest. Forecasters say that winter storm that's made for treacherous driving conditions and left behind more than 200,000 power outages from Missouri to Virginia. We'll be moving off into the Atlantic tonight, leaving behind frigid temperatures for the next couple of days. In Baltimore, the storm brought the heaviest snowfall in years, as Emily Hofstetter of Member Station WYPR reports. Newly arrived from Seattle, Baltimore resident Rosie McKinley and her wife decided to dig out their cross-country skis.

Still wrapped in saran wrap from the move. But we got them out this morning and we've gone down a few alleyways. They plan to explore their new city before residents get the sidewalks cleared. Meanwhile, coffee shop manager Daniel Adei, who was originally from Ghana, is dealing with his first major snow event. If you don't work far or live far from the area, it's not really crazy like that. But if you have to work long distance, then it gets crazy. The Maryland state government was closed Monday due to snow.

For NPR News, I'm Emily Hofstadter in Baltimore. This is NPR News, I'm Emily Hofstadter in Baltimore. This is NPR. Health officials in Louisiana are reporting the country's first death linked to bird flu. The patient has not been identified, but officials say the person was over the age of 65 and had underlying medical conditions. Federal and state officials say the risk to the general public remains low, but nearly 70 people in the US have contracted

bird flu since April. Two pharmaceutical companies based in India have been indicted for allegedly smuggling ingredients into the US that are used in the production of the deadly opioid fentanyl. Federal prosecutors in New York announced separate indictments on bonding against Athos chemicals and ro Roxeter chemicals. A founder of Roxeter was arrested on similar charges over the weekend. A new study of mice shows how luck can shape an individual's life trajectory. Imperial Jonathan Lambert explains how the research suggests that competition raises

the stakes of getting lucky. When scientists consider why some animals do better than others, they often point to genes or the environment. But sometimes critters just get lucky. To study the role of luck, researchers raised groups of genetically identical mice in outdoor enclosures, allowing them to assess the impact of chance experiences, like happening to get to food first. When competition for resources was high,

some individuals ended up doing significantly better than others over the course of their lives, the researchers report in the journal Science. That divergence largely didn't happen when competition was low, suggesting that competition can magnify the importance of luck. Jonathan Lambert, NPR News. And I'm Giles Snyder. This is NPR News.