Buffalo's response to the deadly blizzard has come under scrutiny.

I'm Jeff Pierre and this is the seven from the Washington Post.

It's Thursday, December 29th.

Let's get you caught up with today's seven stories.

A six-day driving ban was just lifted in Buffalo, New York. It's taken almost a week for the city

to dig itself out from the winter storm that had many people trapped in their

homes and running out of food. Residents and some officials say that the city wasn't prepared to handle this kind of emergency

and should have done things differently.

So what made this blizzard so devastating?

Among other things, the historic nature of the storm bad timing with the holidays and

not enough emergency management resources. Number two, the U.S. announced coronavirus testing rules for travelers coming from China.

The requirement is that all visitors over the age of two will have to show a negative

COVID test before entering the country. It's expected to go into effect on January 5th.

This is happening because China is facing a wave of

COVID cases after lifting its strict pandemic rules, but some experts say that

this kind of requirement isn't really necessary or effective now that vaccines are widely available. Here's number three. An incoming congressman is facing an investigation in New York.

We're talking about George Santos here. He's a Republican from Long Island.

He pulled out a surprise victory in a key house race last month.

Since then, there have been revelations that Santos made false claims about his business experience,

educational background, and family ancestry. The Nassau County District Attorney announced

yesterday that she's opening an investigation.

But for now, Santos is said to become a member of Congress next week. Ukraine was hit by a big wave of missile attacks this morning. That's story number four.

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