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News brief: Ukraine-Belarus border, Winter Olympics, storm hits Memphis hard

5:56am February 04, 2022

Russian troops hold military exercises in Belarus, across the border from Ukraine. The Beijing Winter Olympics officially open Friday. A storm brings freezing rain and snow to millions of Americans.

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Storm brings freezing rain and snow to millions of Americans

5:19am February 04, 2022

As a winter storm moves across the United States, Memphis, Tenn., has been one of the hardest hit places. Nearly a third of the Memphis areas lost power.

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Massive winter storm causes travel issues and power outages in parts of the U.S.

5:44pm February 03, 2022

by David Schaper

A widespread winter storm is dumping snow and causing freezing rain though large parts of the United States, leading to travel disruptions and some power outages.

Snow falls on a ground crew working outside a parked plane at Dallas Fort Worth International Airport in Grapevine, Texas, on Thursday.

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A winter storm packing snow and freezing rain knocks out power and disrupts flights

4:26pm February 03, 2022

by The Associated Press

More than 200,000 homes and businesses lost power and thousands of flights were canceled as states from New Mexico to Maine were placed under winter storm warnings and watches.

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News brief: life in Ukraine, ex-Chicago cop leaves prison early, winter storm,

7:36am February 03, 2022

Amid Russia-Ukraine crisis, more U.S. troops will go to Europe. Ex-Chicago police officer who killed a Black teenager will leave prison early. A huge storm is sweeping across the nation's midsection.

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A new storm hits Texas but not everyone is over last year's ordeal

5:04am February 03, 2022

NPR's Rachel Martin talks to Michael Evans, mayor of Mansfield, Texas, about the arrival of a potentially dangerous storm, and what's changed since last February's catastrophic ice and snow storm.

Groundhog Club handler A.J. Dereume holds Punxsutawney Phil, the weather prognosticating groundhog, Wednesday during the 136th celebration of Groundhog Day on Gobbler's Knob in Punxsutawney, Pa.

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These 2 groundhogs have conflicting weather predictions — so take your pick

3:01pm February 02, 2022

by Rachel Treisman

On the day when America puts its faith in the paws of furry forecasters, prominent groundhogs Punxsutawney Phil and Staten Island Chuck do not agree on how many more weeks of winter there will be.

People walk on Boston Common in Boston after a snowstorm on Sunday. A powerful nor'easter last weekend brought blinding blizzard conditions with high winds causing widespread power outages to much of the Mid-Atlantic and New England coast. The storm dropp

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Another winter storm now threatens a large swath of the Central and Eastern U.S.

8:55am February 02, 2022

by Peter Granitz

The National Weather Service predicts a prolonged, major winter storm that could travel across parts of the Midwest into the Northeast later this week.

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Texans brace themselves for a major winter storm — and the threat of another blackout

4:33pm February 01, 2022

by Kristen Cabrera

An approaching winter storm has Texans worried about a repeat of the massive, deadly blackout a year ago. Energy experts say that's not likely this time.

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Milltown's popular Groundhog Day festivities are canceled this year, following the death of the local celebrity, who for the last several years has been given the task of predicting whether there will be an early spring or six more weeks of winter.

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A celebrity groundhog dies shortly before his big day

4:07pm February 01, 2022

by Bill Chappell

New Jersey's Milltown Mel "recently crossed over the rainbow bridge," his handlers say — and they scrambled to find a replacement rodent for Groundhog Day, to no avail.