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The winter storm working its way across the U.S.

this weekend will put stress on the nation's electric grid.

NPR's Camilla Dominovsky reports it comes five years after a major winter storm caused widespread blackouts in Texas.

Thousands of protesters filled the streets for blocks in downtown Minneapolis, many chanting for federal immigration officials to get out of the city.

This despite sub-zero temperatures, as NPR's Kat Lonsdorf reports.

Over at Minneapolis-St.

Paul International Airport, police arrested about 100 clergy members who chanted in protest, calling on ICE to end its operations in Minnesota.

In Washington, D.C., thousands of people attended an anti-abortion rights rally.

Vice President J.D.

Vance touted new policies aimed at restricting abortion access and promoting traditional families.

NPR's Tamara Keith reports.

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Public health officials in South Carolina are now reporting 700 confirmed cases of measles in what is currently the largest outbreak in the nation.

As NPR's Maria Godoy reports, that includes 54 new cases since Tuesday.

The immensely popular TikTok video app, used by more than 200 million Americans, has new non-Chinese investors.

allies of President Trump, billionaire Michael Dell, Larry Ellison of tech giant Oracle, and MGX, an Emirati investment firm.

The Chinese owner ByteDance agreed to let these new owners create a U.S.

TikTok to avoid a permanent ban by Congress with new, quote, defined safeguards in Oracle's cloud environment.