WASHINGTON (AP) — The new year’s winter weather is threatening icy shock waves for the eastern two-thirds of the country.

The first cold blast set records Thursday in Minnesota and is expected to strike the Eastern U.S. on Friday with possibly single-digit temperatures in places. Boston’s reading could fall to zero.

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