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Tens of thousands of residents across Mississippi are still without power or heat following that winter storm that swept through parts of the Deep South over the weekend.

Mississippi Public Broadcasting's Will Stribling reports.

Mississippi and Tennessee account for the majority of power outages from last weekend's storm, and forecasters are warning of another storm expected to move into the region this weekend.

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Partial government shutdown seems increasingly likely as the Senate heads towards a crucial vote Thursday on legislation that would fund the Homeland Security Department and other government agencies.

Senate Democrats say they will not agree to extend DHS funding without enforceable limits on President Trump's immigration crackdown.

Republicans will need Democratic votes to keep the government open when funding runs out on Saturday.

Amazon is cutting about 16,000 jobs in the latest round of tech industry layoffs.

The layoffs were announced in a blog post Wednesday.

They affect nearly 10% of Amazon's corporate workforce.

Amazon laid off some 14,000 workers in October.

Meanwhile, Facebook parent company Meta posted stronger than expected fourth quarter results Wednesday thanks to a surge in advertising revenue.

Microsoft also beat Wall Street expectations.

A new study suggests humpback whales are teaching each other how to do a complicated feeding technique.

NPR's Nate Rott reports.

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The Justice Department alleges in new charges that 16 protesters in Minnesota assaulted or impeded federal immigration officers during the Trump administration's operations there.

Matt Sepik of Minnesota Public Radio reports that defense attorneys say the evidence is thin.

Now to the weather.

Another winter storm is headed for the eastern United States, and NPR's Debbie Elliott reports that frigid temperatures persist in the south as the region digs out of last weekend's snow and ice storm.