“CBS Evening News” headlines for Friday, Jan. 17, 2025

Here’s a look at the top stories making headlines on the “CBS Evening News with Norah O’Donnell.”

What to expect as temperatures plunge next week

The snow and wind will affect more than the presidential inauguration. Lonnie Quinn has the latest on the timing of next week’s “big chill.”

What did America look like 100 years ago?

President Biden warned of the rise of an oligarchy in his farewell address, comparing influential billionaires of today to the “robber barons” of 100 years ago. American historian H.W. Brands…

Wildfires add strain to Southern California’s housing crisis

As firefighters continue their progress containing the Los Angeles wildfires, a new crisis is emerging: Southern California’s housing shortage. As Tom Hanson reports, it was already serious. Now, it’s dire.

Blind college student chosen as color commentator for NBA G League team

At a basketball game for the Delaware Blue Coats of the NBA G League, alongside the radio play-by-play announcer, color commentator Allan Wylie calls them as he sees them —…

Los Angeles wildfires exacerbate the region’s housing crisis

The wildfires have destroyed more than 12,000 structures, and a Southern California housing shortage that was already serious has been made even more dire.

What Supreme Court ruling means for TikTok users

Over 100 million TikTok users in the U.S. could be in for a rude awakening this weekend if the app shutters due to a law passed last year. As Kelly…

How a blind college student became a radio broadcaster for an NBA G League team

Allan Wylie, a freshman sports communication major at Rowan University in New Jersey, is a color commentator for the Delaware Blue Coats of the NBA G League.

Why these foreign leaders’ invites to Trump inauguration are raising eyebrows

A high-ranking Chinese Communist Party official is set to attend President-elect Donald Trump’s inauguration as a special representative of Chinese President Xi Jinping — a highly unusual charm offensive at…

Trump moves inauguration indoors over dangerous cold blast

A dangerously cold blast of air is forcing President-elect Donald Trump’s second inauguration to take place indoors. The last time this happened was 40 years ago, when Ronald Reagan was…