Live from NPR News in Washington, I'm Janine Hurst.

Dozens are dead, more than 100 are injured after a deadly fire at a ski resort in the Swiss Alps.

Many of the victims were celebrating the new year at a bar that caught fire.

Switzerland's president calls it one of the worst tragedies in the country's history.

MPR's Ruth Sherlock has more.

Officials say they are opening an investigation, and they haven't yet identified the cause of the fire.

They do say this was not a deliberate attack.

Two eyewitnesses told French media that waitresses had put what they described as birthday candles

in champagne bottles,

and that had set the ceiling, which is made of wood, ablaze.

There's a video that shows on social media,

and it shows flames appearing to spread across the bar.

In peers Ruth Sherlock reporting,

they're also investigating whether the bar was overcrowded.

Mayor Zora and Mamdani was sworn in today in New York City on a bitterly cold day with a crowd of tens of thousands.

He spoke of a united New York City and pledged to serve those who voted for him and those who didn't.

Empires Cadya Riddle has more.

Mayor Zoran Mamdani promised New York that he would bring them together and uphold his ambitious campaign promises for things like free buses and childcare.

Though he pledged to serve all New Yorkers, he emphasized his commitment to and appreciation for the city's working class. I stand alongside countless more New Yorkers

watching from cramped kitchens in flushing and barbershops in East New York from cell phones

propped against the dashboards of parked taxi cabs at LaGuardia. He also seemed to reach beyond his

base, saying, quote, if you are a New Yorker, I am your mayor.

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