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A frigid blast of winter weather across the U.S. plunged Texas into an unusually icy emergency Monday that knocked out power to almost 4 million people and shut down airports and roads.
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Weather

Millions Lose Power In Texas, Northern Mexico As Blackouts And Bitter Cold Continue

Feb 16, 2021
Texas Gov. Greg Abbott deployed the Texas National Guard to move people without heat and power into shelters.

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Air Date: Tuesday, February 16, 2021

How Las Vegas Developed A World Class Japanese Dining Scene

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  • Coming up on Tuesday's program...

  • From humble beginnings, the Japanese food scene in Las Vegas has blossomed. It is now one of the most loved types of cuisine in the city, but how is it weathering the pandemic?

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Former GOP Sen. David Perdue from Georgia, seen here during a campaign rally in December, has filed paperwork with the FEC to potentially run for Senate again.

Former Sen. David Perdue Files For Potential 2022 Comeback Bid In Georgia

Feb 16, 2021
The former senator, who lost to Sen. Jon Ossoff in one of two Georgia runoff elections, would seek the seat of Sen. Raphael Warnock next year. He filed paperwork with the Federal Election Commission.
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Weather
Megan Pennartz and her dog Jensen go sledding in Fort Worth, Texas, on Monday.

Winter Storm Not Over Yet For Much Of The Country

Feb 16, 2021
Heavy snowfall and frigid temperatures across the U.S. have kept winter storm warnings in effect from Washington to the Great Lakes into northern New England and a large section of the South.
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Planet Money

What McDonald's Shows About The Minimum Wage

Feb 16, 2021
McDonald's is one of the nation's largest employers of low-wage workers. And because it's everywhere, it's a great place to test the effects of minimum wage laws.
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Pop Culture Happy Hour
Sam (Colin Firth) and Tusker (Stanley Tucci) take one last trip in Harry Macqueen's <em>Supernova</em>.

The Intimate, Quietly Moving 'Supernova' Lets Its Stars Shine

Feb 16, 2021
A gay couple (Colin Firth and Stanley Tucci) take a trip through Great Britain's Lake District as they deal with the knowledge that one of them is dying.
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Weather

3 Dead, 10 Injured After Tornado Touches Down In Coastal North Carolina

Feb 16, 2021
Emergency services responded overnight to reports of people missing or trapped in their homes after a tornado touched down in beach communities in North Carolina.
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Europe

Coronavirus Ends Lunchtime Rule For French Workers

Feb 16, 2021
To promote social distancing during the pandemic, workers in France will now be allowed to eat lunch at their desks. Labor codes had forbade meals in the workplace.
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National
A man receives an injection during the Tuskegee Syphilis Study in the 1930s. The U.S. Public Health Service recruited hundreds of rural Black men in 1932 in Tuskegee, Ala. They would offered free meals and checkups, but never explained that participants

In Tuskegee, Painful History Shadows Efforts To Vaccinate African Americans

Feb 16, 2021
A lingering mistrust of the medical system among many Black people is rooted in the infamous 20th century U.S. study of syphilis that left Black men in Tuskegee, Ala., to suffer from the disease.
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Carnival Was Cancelled, But The Soca Hits Kept Coming

Feb 16, 2021
Listen to a playlist of dance music designed to bring Trinidad and Tobago's annual party to your living room.
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