The news to know for Thursday, February 18th, 2021! We're talking about: the power crisis mostly impacting Texas: it continues to be dire for millions of people a third of the country dealing with extreme winter weather why the UK is planning to infect dozens of people with COVID-19 on purpose the legacy of a right-wing radio superstar who passed away who will face tough questions about last month's stock market frenzy NASA attempting its toughest landing on Mars yet that's been years in the making All that and more in around 10 minutes... Head to www.theNewsWorthy.com/shownotes to read more about any of the stories mentioned. This episode is brought to you by BLUblox.com/newsworthy and Fitbod.me/newsworthy Support the show and get ad-free episodes here: www.theNewsWorthy.com/insider         Sources: Winter Storm Latest: USA Today, AP, NPR, Texas Tribune, PowerOutage.US  How to Help: Salvation Army, American Red Cross, Austin Urban League Biden Admin Expands Testing, Sequencing: Politico, NBC News, FOX News, White House UK Exposes Healthy Volunteers to COVID-19: ABC News, CNBC, Reuters, UK Gov Stock Market Frenzy Congressional Hearing: NY Times, CBS News, Axios, The Hill Perseverance to Land on Mars: WaPo, Reuters, AP, NASA Rush Limbaugh Dies: NY Times, AP, USA Today, Rush Limbaugh Website Naomi Osaka Beats Serena Williams: ESPN, CBS Sports, USA Today Pay for Parking/Transit in Google Maps: CNBC, TechCrunch, The Verge, Google Thing to Know Thursday: Winter Freeze Impacts Gas Prices: NBC News, Reuters, FOX Business, AAA