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There is still a question of whether Jeff Davis Parish will see snow, sleet or ice this week but one thing is for certain, it is going to be cold.

WASHINGTON (AP) — Presidentelect Donald Trump will take the oath of office from inside the Capitol Rotunda on Monday due to forecasts of intense cold weather. The Republican president- elect says the weather forecast for Washington, D.C., with the windchill factor, could take temperatures into severe record lows. Trump says there's an Arctic blast sweeping the country and he doesn't want to see people hurt. The Rotunda is prepared as an alternative for each inauguration in the event of inclement weather. The swearingin was last moved indoors in 1985, when President Ronald Reagan began his second term. Monday’s forecast calls for the lowest inauguration day temperatures since that day.

NEW ORLEANS (AP) — As New Orleans prepares to host the Super Bowl next month, Louisiana authorities cleared homeless encampments around the stadium on Wednesday and relocated many to a temporary warehouse facility that costs millions of dollars to operate.

WASHINGTON (AP) — The Supreme Court seems open to a Texas law aimed at blocking kids from seeing online pornography. But the justices could still send it back to a lower court for more consideration of how the age verification measure affects adults’ freespeech rights. Texas is among more than a dozen states with similar laws aimed at blocking young children and teenagers from viewing pornography. The states say they're trying to protect children from near-instantaneous access to porn on smartphones. Chief Justice John Roberts said Wednesday access to pornography has “exploded.” An adult-entertainment industry trade group called The Free Speech Coalition says the Texas law wrongly affects adults by requiring them to submit personal identifying information online.

LAKE ARTHUR — Due to an emergency water outage, a boil advisory continues to be in effect for certain areas in Lake Arthur until further notice.