Janine Herbst

is well underway.

Snow, sleet and rain have been falling across Texas, Oklahoma and Arkansas, working into Tennessee and Louisiana.

And here's Frank Morris reports crews could take days to clear the roads.

You're listening to NPR News.

The massive winter storm is also pushing natural gas prices higher, up more than 50 percent this week.

The cold cuts into supplies as storms halt production and moisture inside can freeze the pipes and cause failures.

Meanwhile, extreme cold can also disrupt operations at refineries, which would mean less gasoline available for drivers.

For now, though, supplies are fine and gas prices are up just a few cents over last week.

The Trump administration is canceling solar projects in Puerto Rico, despite ongoing power outages and a failing electric grid.

NPR's Windsor Johnston reports the projects were meant to serve around 30,000 low-income households in rural parts of the U.S.

territory.

Live from NPR News in Washington, I'm Janine Herbst.

A Border Patrol agent has shot and killed a man in Minneapolis whom officials say was apparently a U.S.

citizen.

Senator Amy Klobuchar identified him as 37-year-old Alex Preddy.

Immigration officials say they were targeting a person they say is an undocumented person, and the man who died approached them with a weapon.

Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem says officers tried to disarm him, but the man allegedly violently resisted.

Governor Tim Walz says video show that's not true.

Minneapolis Mayor Jacob Fry blames the Trump administration.

Three people have been shot, two died.