In our news wrap Monday, parts of Northern California and Nevada are buried under heavy snow after a major winter storm over the weekend. Thousands of people in Northern Brazil are bracing for a new round of flooding after two dams burst Sunday. President Biden signed a defense bill authorizing $770 billion in Pentagon spending. This year's holiday spending showed the biggest increase in 17 years.

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