Lesley Smith

WE’RE GOING DANCING 💃🤩

Absolutely breathtaking scenes are unfolding over Malangen, Norway, as the aurora borealis puts on one of its most spectacular performances in recent memory. The night sky erupts into an explosion of color, with vivid reds, electric greens, soft yellows, and hints of pink radiating outward like cosmic brushstrokes across the stars. The aurora moves in powerful, swirling waves, creating a dramatic sense of motion and depth that feels almost otherworldly. Below, the frozen landscape and snow-covered mountains rest in perfect stillness, providing a striking contrast to the sky’s dynamic energy. Reflections shimmer across calm waters, doubling the visual impact and adding a dreamlike symmetry to the scene. The clarity of the night air and the intensity of the light make the colors appear incredibly rich and immersive. This awe-inspiring display is a powerful reminder of nature’s raw beauty, turning Malangen into a living canvas of light, wonder, and pure magic. 🌌✨

Northern lights in Qaqortoq, South Greenland, this evening. January 20, 2026 📸: Josefsen photo

Due to federal budget cuts, PBS News had to make the difficult decision to rework our staffing and programming. This Sunday, our PBS News Weekend team will sign off the air.

Roald Dahl on Measles: Olivia, my eldest daughter, caught measles when she was seven years old. As the illness took its usual course I can remember reading to her often in bed and not feeling particularly alarmed about it. Then one morning, when she was well on the road to recovery, I was sitting on her bed showing her how to fashion little animals out of coloured pipe-cleaners, and when it came to her turn to make one herself, I noticed that her fingers and her mind were not working together and she couldn’t do anything. 'Are you feeling all right?' I asked her. 'I feel all sleepy,' she said. In an hour, she was unconscious. In twelve hours she was dead. The measles had turned into a terrible thing called measles encephalitis and there was nothing the doctors could do to save her. That was...in 1962, but even now, if a child with measles happens to develop the same deadly reaction from measles as Olivia did, there would still be nothing the doctors could do to help her. On the other hand, there is today something that parents can do to make sure that this sort of tragedy does not happen to a child of theirs. They can insist that their child is immunised against measles. ...I dedicated two of my books to Olivia, the first was ‘James and the Giant Peach’. That was when she was still alive. The second was ‘The BFG’, dedicated to her memory after she had died from measles. You will see her name at the beginning of each of these books. And I know how happy she would be if only she could know that her death had helped to save a good deal of illness and death among other children. Roald Dahl, 1986

An offensive and deeply destructive action by the White House. When the people of Western Colorado need assistance the most — as recovery from the Elk & Lee fires continues — President Trump abandons them in a blatant act of retaliation against our state. Shameful.