WML Tuesday: New Year's Eve, Winter Weather, & the Military Bans an App

Bill Steffen joins us to talk about the Winter Weather Advisory and what we should be seeing in the next few days.

Kevin Yoder from the Yoder Team joins us to talk about 2 neighborhoods making leaps in the housing market.

Trent Knibbe from the Affordable i-Store joins us as well to talk new tech and what new app is being banned by the military.

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 If you’re headed out this morning, give yourself plenty of time and take it slow. 

Overnight snow has caused several inches of accumulation and crews are working to clear the roads.

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Starting Wednesday, Jan. 1, abled-bodied adults ages 19 through 21 who are enrolled in "Healthy Michigan" will have to report 80 hours of work or job searching per month. If they don't, an individual could lose their health care coverage. 

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Dozens of Iraqi Shiite militia supporters – many in uniforms – gained entry to the U.S. Embassy compound in Baghdad on Tuesday after they smashed down a gate and stormed inside, the Associated Press reported.

An AP reporter at the scene saw flames rising from inside the compound and at least three U.S. soldiers on the roof of the embassy. The embassy was evacuated but it was not immediately clear if there were staffers holed up inside.

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The US Armyhas banned members from using the popular video app Tik Tok on government-owned phones, citing national security concerns. The app is used to create and share short videos, usually set to music, that can rack up millions upon millions of views. It's also owned by a Chinese company, and lawmakers from both sides of the aisle have called for stricter regulations among concerns the app could be used to collect American citizens' personal data. (Tik Tok agreed to pay millions in fines to the US in early 2019to settle allegations it collected personal information from users under the age of 13.) The Navy enacted a similar Tik Tok ban in mid-December. 

Ford says reservations for its first edition electric Mustang are full

Sorry,you're going to have to wait to get first dibs on the next fancy car.

A dating app blocked Sharon Stone because users thought her profile was fake 

Can you blame themfor thinking it was too good to be true? 

Trump and Obama tied for the most admired men this year, according to new poll

Go ahead andbring this fact up at your late holiday family gatheringand see what happens.