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On Wednesday, the Electric Reliability Council of Texas (ERCOT) issued a winter weather watch through Sunday in preparation for the forecasted “very substantial” arctic cold front. As the state plans for the severe weather, officials are reassuring Texans that last year’s events won’t be repeated this time around. In February 2021, more than 240 Texans died after over 4.5 million homes and businesses lost power for days during the state’s worst infrastructure failure in history....

No. 3 Michigan State (17-1 SU, 10-5-2 ATS) goes for its ninth cover in 10 games when it hosts Indiana (12-6 SU, 8-8-1 ATS) at the Breslin Center (7 p.m. ET, ESPN). Line: Michigan State -12.5 The Spartans likely will play their fourth straight game without senior big man Adreian Payne, who has a sprained right foot. But it hasn’t bothered them much. Michigan State outrebounded Illinois 38-25 on Saturday night as Gary Harris (23 points) and Branden Dawson stepped up....

Beard was arrested early on Monday, December 12, and charged with assault on a family member, according to the Austin American-Statesman. He was later released on a $10,000 bond and suspended without pay “until further notice” from the university. An affidavit states that just after midnight, an officer who responded to a 911 call was met by a woman who said she was the fiancé of Beard, and that the couple had relationship issues for several days and were upset with each other....

According to data published by the Ministry of Health, Italy saw its highest single-day increase in cases of the novel virus on March 21, with 6,557 new diagnoses. Texas and Italy reported similar weekly average increases in cases surrounding their respective peaks, with both identifying at least 3,500 new infections per day. Italy’s record increase came roughly two weeks into the country’s national lockdown, which Prime Minister Giuseppe Conte originally implemented March 9....

The Telugu Yoddhas, on the other hand, are yet to confirm their place in the next round. They are third in the Ultimate Kho Kho 2022 points table right now, having earned 13 points from eight matches. A win in tonight’s match against Gujarat Giants should be enough for the Yoddhas to qualify for the playoffs. Gujarat will look to experiment a bit and test their bench strength ahead of the UKK 2022 playoffs....

“We lowered the flags for a few Asian prostitutes who was shot by a white male but hell no on the police officer and the others from yesterday,” Pennington wrote in the now-deleted post. He was referring to the six Asian women shot and killed at three spas last week. Eight people in total died in the attacks. The suspect in the shootings, Robert Aaron Long, 21, is white. The victims were mothers and business owners, not prostitutes....

A federal grand jury indicted Carpenter (aka Abu Hamza) for allegedly leading Ahlut-Tawhid Publications, an international organization that translates and publishes ISIS and pro-ISIS materials. The indictment also alleged that Carpenter shared some translated materials with an undercover FBI agent who Carpenter believed was associated with ISIS. Authorities arrested Carpenter on March 24, 2021. He faced a detention hearing on Monday. His trial begins June 1, according to the Department of Justice (DOJ)....

During his weekly news conference on Monday, Jones was asked several times about how junior defensive lineman Shy Tuttle suffered an injury to his orbital bone last week, which forced him to miss the Volunteers’ game against UMass. Rumors swirled that he had gotten into a fight with a teammate. MORE: What every SEC fan base is saying after Week 4 Jones apparently had enough of this line of questioning, responding with a two-minute rant against the media and their line of questioning....

The Metro Nashville Education Association (MNEA) organized what they called a “Die In Vigil” at the Nashville Farmers’ Market on July 27. In a statement, the MNEA said that while they are grateful that Metro Nashville Public Schools have provided “sound judgment” and allowed the next school term to start virtually, they are “dismayed at the lack of state leadership to keep students, educators, and our families safe” in the rest of Tennessee....

Former world number one Hewitt, a four-time champion at the pre-Wimbledon warm-up event, was scheduled to face 10th seed Dimitrov in the third match on the main show-court in west London. But a series of showers meant the first match on the court, sixth seed Sam Querrey’s encounter with Aljaz Bendene, was yet to finish by 1500GMT. Querrey, a surprise winner of Queen’s in 2010, or Bendene will play Hewitt or Dimitrov in the last 16....

Sharapova missed a large part of the 2013 season because of injury but the American world number one said the Russian's supposed rustiness was not noticeable during her 6-2, 7-6 (9-7) victory. Williams will face Victoria Azarenka in the final on Saturday, hoping to have improved her first-serve percentage after an erratic showing on Friday. "Yes it definitely could've gone either way, Maria (Sharapova) was playing really well--it's a wonder that she took some time off," Williams said....

"I'm really just dead. I need some weeks off where I don't think about tennis and kind of regroup," Williams said after the match. "I've had a long couple of years, and I'm really a little fatigued." Williams, the top seed and defending champion in Charleston, was looking for her second straight title and her third this year after winning a record seventh Sony Open last weekend. But with only 18 minutes gone in the match, she was down 0-5 on the green clay at the Family Circle Tennis Center....

World No.1 Rafael Nadal and No.2 Novak Djokovic along with retired Argentine David Nalbandian faced off Wednesday night in Massu’s honour, reports Xinhua. “I can’t believe it. On my farewell night Nadal and Djokovic are here to help me say goodbye and someone who was World No.3 like Nalbandian. I don’t know to react,” Massu said prior to the event. “It will be my last match and thousands of memories will pass through my head — the trips, the matches, the Davis Cup, everything that tennis gave me, thanks to god,” the double Olympic medal winner said....

RELATED: Terraria: How To Beat The Wandering Eye Fish However, these 3 critters of the Underworld (the Lavafly, Magma Snail, and Hell Butterfly respectively) will need a special tool to be obtained in Terraria, so be sure to make it before setting forth to find and capture any Underworld critters. What Tools Are Needed To Catch Underworld Critters The only tool (besides the Golden Bug Net) that will help the player catch Underworld critters in Terraria is the Lavaproof Bug Net, as the 3 fiery little fiends will burn through any other kind of net....

The receiver, who earlier this month failed to make the Pro Football Hall of Fame in his first year of eligibility, spoke at the Texas radio festival Ticketstock 2016 last weekend and touched on a variety of subjects. He was asked specifically about social media and its benefits, and he offered up this response, via the Dallas Morning News: MORE: DeAngelo Williams takes Twitter dig at Bill Belichick We’ve certainly seen plenty of situations where athletes use social media as a platform to address issues, so Owens makes some good points....

The error, moreover, was no small thing: by confusing the timing of phone calls made by White House officials attempting to discredit former U.S. ambassador Joseph Wilson, the anonymous official stoked the scandal, mistakenly portraying what was a crass case of political hardball into one of potential criminality. The “senior administration official” is not the original leaker who first told columnist Robert Novak that Wilson’s wife, Valerie Plame, was a CIA “operative” specializing in weapons of mass destruction....

Villa joint-favourites for Championship crown New Aston Villa captain Terry claimed his first tournament success since leaving Chelsea as Villa beat Duisburg and Hertha Berlin to claim the crown in Germany on Sunday. But the best was yet to come as the defender and his team-mates lifted one a highly peculiar trophy, which features a player bursting his way out of a giant football. It might look like something out of the film ‘Alien’, but Terry and Villa are up and running ahead of the new Championship season....

The electric car maker has launched Steam integration inside its Model S and Model X electric cars, with thousands of games now playable. The gaming system uses the massive computing power inside a Tesla model to power its functions. “We are seeing a unique shift to a more immersive in-car experience, including more electric vehicles taking the road, which creates more opportunity for downtime whether watching a movie or playing a video game when charging vehicles,” Christian Steinmann, the CEO of ClearMotion, a company that builds car user experiences, told Lifewire in an email interview....

Tesla will issue an Internet software update that will lock the touch screen games while the car is in motion. The first update was sent Wednesday in the company’s holiday software delivery, and all remaining vehicles are expected to receive the update Thursday. Previously, when people in Tesla vehicles attempted to open one of the handful of games included in the system, players were asked to confirm that they were not driving the car, but there was nothing in place to actually stop a driver from answering falsely and playing the games, the New York Times reported....

Thor: Love and Thunder picks up right after the events of Avengers: Endgame and follows Chris Hemsworth’s titular God of Thunder. Throughout the duration of the movie, Thor is on a quest for self-discovery and inner peace, wishing to take a step back from the huge responsibility of constantly saving the world. Yet, the God of Thunder’s plans are quickly demolished by a vicious, galactic killer named Gorr the God Butcher (Christian Bale)....