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Bill Chappell

Snow falls on the U.S. from Louisiana to Michigan, with more to come

A boy plays with snow at the Martin Luther King Jr. Memorial, after the start of a wreath-laying ceremony honoring the legacy of the late civil rights leader in Washington, D.C. on Monday's holiday. (Andrew Caballero-Reynolds/AFP via Getty Images)

Parts of the South woke up to a blanket of snow on the Martin Luther King Jr. holiday, joining a large swath of other Lower 48 states that are in the icy grip of winter. Arctic air has brought breathtaking cold to much of the U.S. — and it's not going away any time soon.

Schools that closed for the holiday were free to marvel at the snowfall along with everyone else.

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