Obama considering executive action on gun control ... Southern MO and IL still face flood threat ... Rose Parade day

HONOLULU (AP) — President Barack Obama may take executive action to crack down on who can buy a gun. He's meeting Monday with Attorney General Loretta Lynch to discuss what can be done. Obama says in his weekly radio address that he gets many letters from parents, teachers and children about the "epidemic of gun violence" that he can't "sit around and do nothing."

ST. LOUIS (AP) — As towns southwest of St. Louis watch floodwaters start to recede, communities farther down the Mississippi River are bracing for high water. In Ste. Genevieve, Missouri, the Mississippi is expected to crest late today or tomorrow, about 2 feet short of a 1993 record. But a floodwall is protecting Cape Girardeau, where a record-tying crest is expected by the weekend. Towns in southern Illinois also are being threatened.

PASADENA, Calif. (AP) — More than 700,000 people are expected to turn out for the 127th Rose Parade later this morning in Pasadena, California. The really die-hard fans claimed their spots along the parade route yesterday. They endured cold temperatures overnight by gathering around heaters and barbecues.

BERLIN (AP) — German authorities are still investigating, after yesterday's terror attack warning that focused on several locations in Munich, including two train stations. Government officials say a friendly foreign intelligence service had warned Germany of an imminent attack at midnight by between five and seven Islamic State militants from Syria and Iraq planning to carry out suicide bombings.

EDMOND, Okla. (AP) — A 4.2 magnitude earthquake has shaken the Oklahoma City area this morning. It's the latest in a series of quakes that prompted state regulators to call for more restrictions on oil and gas operators. There are no reports of injury or damage. The state has become one of the most earthquake-prone areas in the world. Many of the tremors happen in areas where injection wells pump salty wastewater — a byproduct of oil and gas production — into the earth.

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