
Texans face yet another day of misery as families struggle with unheated homes and water problems
CNN
The misery for millions caused by unseasonably cold weather and widespread power outages in Texas is far from over as freezing temperatures are forecast again for Thursday.
However, officials with the agency responsible for most of the state's power system said the outlook was improving -- and outages had dropped by at least 20% late Wednesday, according to Poweroutage.us. The Electric Reliability Council of Texas (ERCOT), the target of much of the anger over the power collapse, said local utilities may be able to return to rotating outages instead of extended outages "by morning."
US officials are furiously trying to avert a potential monthslong closure of the Strait of Hormuz, privately acknowledging that reopening the key waterway is a problem without a clear solution and dependent at least in part on what lengths President Donald Trump is willing to go to force the Iranian regime’s hand, multiple administration and intelligence officials tell CNN.

Supreme Court revives First Amendment lawsuit from street preacher who called concertgoers ‘sissies’
The Supreme Court on Friday revived a First Amendment lawsuit from a street preacher who used a loudspeaker to call people “whores,” “Jezebels” and “sissies” as they tried to enter an amphitheater to attend concerts in a suburban Mississippi community.











