'Groundhog Day': House adjourns without a speaker

<p>Republican leader Kevin McCarthy has lost six rounds of votes to become speaker of the <a href="https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/politics/2023/01/04/live-updates-kevin-mccarthy-speaker-of-the-house-vote/10985244002/" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">House</a>.</p><p>California declares a <a href="https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/2023/01/04/san-francisco-bay-area-brace-severe-weather-flooding-rain/10983813002/" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">state of emergency</a> and evacuations as a storm brings massive waves and flooding.</p><p>There's a new COVID-19 variant and it's five times more <a href="https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/health/2023/01/04/new-covid-variant-xbb/10984383002/" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">contagious</a> than an earlier omicron variant.</p><p>Abortion <a href="https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/health/2023/01/03/abortion-access-expands-fda-rule-allowing-pharmacies-offer-pills/10985514002/" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">pills</a> for early pregnancy will be made available at some pharmacies around the country.</p><p>USA TODAY Trending Reporter Orlando Mayorquin looks at a lawsuit against Apple that alleges the Apple Watch's <a href="https://www.usatoday.com/story/tech/2022/12/27/apple-watch-blood-oxygen-oximeter-dark-skin-lawsuit/10955942002/" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">blood oxygen</a> reader is ineffective on people of color.</p><p><br></p><p>Episode Transcript <a href="https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation/2023/01/05/mccarthy-denied-6th-time-new-contagious-covid-variant-5-things-podcast/10994121002/?utm_source=podcast&amp;utm_medium=show_description&amp;utm_campaign=5Things" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">available here</a></p><p>Also available at <a href="https://art19.com/shows/5-things" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">art19.com/shows/5-Things</a></p><p>See Privacy Policy at <a href="https://art19.com/privacy" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">https://art19.com/privacy</a> and