Rare Power Crisis, Rush Limbaugh Dies & Risky Mars Landing- Thursday, February 18th, 2021
The NewsWorthy
Erica Mandy
4.7 • 1.3K Ratings
🗓️ 18 February 2021
⏱️ 13 minutes
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Summary
The news to know for Thursday, February 18th, 2021!
We're talking about:
- the power crisis mostly impacting Texas: it continues to be dire for millions of people
- a third of the country dealing with extreme winter weather
- why the UK is planning to infect dozens of people with COVID-19 on purpose
- the legacy of a right-wing radio superstar who passed away
- who will face tough questions about last month's stock market frenzy
- NASA attempting its toughest landing on Mars yet that's been years in the making
All that and more in around 10 minutes...
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Sources:
Winter Storm Latest: USA Today, AP, NPR, Texas Tribune, PowerOutage.US
How to Help: Salvation Army, American Red Cross, Austin Urban League
Biden Admin Expands Testing, Sequencing: Politico, NBC News, FOX News, White House
UK Exposes Healthy Volunteers to COVID-19: ABC News, CNBC, Reuters, UK Gov
Stock Market Frenzy Congressional Hearing: NY Times, CBS News, Axios, The Hill
Perseverance to Land on Mars: WaPo, Reuters, AP, NASA
Rush Limbaugh Dies: NY Times, AP, USA Today, Rush Limbaugh Website
Naomi Osaka Beats Serena Williams: ESPN, CBS Sports, USA Today
Pay for Parking/Transit in Google Maps: CNBC, TechCrunch, The Verge, Google
Thing to Know Thursday: Winter Freeze Impacts Gas Prices: NBC News, Reuters, FOX Business, AAA
Transcript
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| 0:00.0 | Today is Thursday, February 18th. |
| 0:02.2 | What to know about the power crisis, |
| 0:03.8 | mostly impacting Texas. |
| 0:05.5 | It continues to be dire for millions of people |
| 0:08.3 | all while a third of the country deals with extreme winter weather. |
| 0:11.8 | Also, why the UK is now planning to infect dozens of people |
| 0:14.8 | with COVID-19 on purpose. |
| 0:17.2 | Plus, the legacy of a right-wing radio superstar who passed away. |
| 0:21.2 | Who will face tough questions today about last month's stock market frenzy? |
| 0:25.0 | And NASA attempts its toughest landing on Mars yet |
| 0:27.9 | that's been years in the making. |
| 0:31.9 | Welcome, welcome to The Newsworthy. |
| 0:33.9 | All the day's news in around 10 minutes. |
| 0:36.2 | Fast, fair, fun, and on the go. |
| 0:38.8 | I'm Air Commandy. |
| 0:39.8 | Thanks so much for being here. |
| 0:41.4 | You're ready? |
| 0:42.3 | Let's do this. |
| 0:47.0 | Millions of Americans are waking up to yet another day |
| 0:49.4 | without electricity or heat during the unprecedented winter weather. |
| 0:53.4 | Most of them are in Texas, where the power grid is just not built |
| 0:56.3 | to withstand such extreme cold temperatures. |
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