
Texans face yet another day of misery as families struggle with unheated homes and water problems
CNN
The misery for millions caused by unseasonably cold weather and widespread power outages in Texas is far from over as freezing temperatures are forecast again for Thursday.
However, officials with the agency responsible for most of the state's power system said the outlook was improving -- and outages had dropped by at least 20% late Wednesday, according to Poweroutage.us. The Electric Reliability Council of Texas (ERCOT), the target of much of the anger over the power collapse, said local utilities may be able to return to rotating outages instead of extended outages "by morning."
The family of Virginia Giuffre — one of the women who accused Jeffrey Epstein of sex trafficking and who died by suicide earlier this year — said Thursday that she would have wanted documents related to the disgraced financier to be made public, as the Trump administration faces mounting pressure around the case.

Army Secretary Dan Driscoll on Wednesday ordered the US Military Academy at West Point to rescind an offer of employment to a former top national security official who served under President Joe Biden, announcing the move in a post on X — the latest example of the Pentagon’s political leadership dictating staffing and curriculum at the nation’s military academies.