A woman is lit by sunlight Wednesday while sitting inside a coffee shop in San Francisco. A brutal winter storm knocked out power in California, closed interstate highways from Arizona to Wyoming and prompted more than 1,200 flight cancellations Wednesday — and the worst won't be over for several days. Godofredo A. Vásquez/AP hide caption

West Virginia's legislature has passed a bill that would allow concealed carry of firearms on public college campuses, including West Virginia University (pictured here). Ray Thompson/AP hide caption

The winter storm is expected to bring "a large swath of heavy snow from the West Coast to the Northeast" this week. Stephen Maturen/Getty Images hide caption

Fire officials said the Tesla driver was killed and a passenger was critically injured Saturday when the car plowed into the firetruck parked on a Northern California freeway. Contra Costa County Fire Protection District via AP hide caption

Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg, pictured in 2018, announced that Instagram and Facebook are launching a paid verification service called 'Meta Verified.' Marcio Jose Sanchez/AP hide caption

Japan conducted a recount of its number of islands amid criticism that the figures weren't correct. Geographers are expected to add more than 7,000 islands to the count. Eugene Hoshiko/AP hide caption

Michael Jordan (pictured in January 2020) is celebrating his 60th birthday on Friday by making a $10 million donation to Make-A-Wish America. Thibault Camus/AP hide caption

The new Sony PlayStation 5 gaming console is seen for sale on the first day of its launch, at an electronics shop in Kawasaki, Kanagawa prefecture on November 12, 2020. CHARLY TRIBALLEAU/AFP via Getty Images hide caption

A man watches a meteor during the Geminid meteor shower over Brimham Rocks in North Yorkshire. Danny Lawson/PA Images via Getty Images hide caption