The investigation continues into the terrorist attack in New Orleans. Victims have been identified, Bourbon Street reopened with patrons lining the streets and cheering for police, and the Sugar Bowl was played as fans chanted U.S.A from the stands.

The big story heading into the weekend in our area is the winter storm heading our way, packing ice and snow. The only thing trending more than the storm is the inappropriate storm map circulating on social media. Evergy is telling customers to prepare for possible outages.

There is no drama like Hollywood drama and Blake Lively and Justin Baldoni are providing plenty of that with their competing lawsuits. She claims sexual harassment and extreme emotional distress while on the set of “It Ends With Us”. Baldoni is suing the NY Times for libel based on those claims.

More Hollywood drama will come this weekend with the Golden Globes on Sunday. Films like “Wicked” and the Bob Dylan biopic “Complete Unknown” are up for several awards including Best Picture. Comic Nikki Glasier will host Sunday at 7 on CBS and Paramount+.

And say hello to “Generation Beta.” Babies born this year and over the next 14 years will be “Gen Beta” and will usher the world into the 22nd century. This gives you plenty of time to think of creative memes teasing them, like “You want to confuse Gen Beta, tell them to draw a picture without using AI.

and THAT’S TRENDING.