President Obama plans to nominate a replacement for Supreme Court Justice Antonin Scalia, who was found dead Saturday at age 79, after the Senate returns from recess on Feb. 22, the White House saidSunday. Republican lawmakers and presidential candidates are vowing to block Obama’s nominee, and calling for letting the next president nominate the new justice. The White House said it expects the Senate toconsider Obama’s nominee “consistent with their responsibilities laid out in the United States Constitution.”
Several Eastern U.S. cities were hit by record cold on Sunday, followed by snow and sleet on Monday. The temperature fell to 1 below zero in New York City’s Central Park, three degrees below the former record set during World War II. Bridgeport, Connecticut, also…