It appears that the news cycle can absorb only 3 news stories and, currently, it’s fully stocked.
1. Of great national importance, it may start snowing in New York soon. Weather in New York is always of great national importance.
2. Something happened with a football last weekend. I don’t understand exactly what, but I’m told it’s of existential importance. This is also a national story.
3. In Chicago, Ernie Banks is still dead.
Should anything else happen, we’ll find out after the local elections in February.
Hello: One more thing to your list:
4. The Democrats and Republicans regularly still say bad things about each other.