cnn newsroom starts right now. good morning, it s saturday, december 24th. merry christmas eve. i m whitney wild in for amara walker. and i m martin savidge in for boris sanchez. and you re in the cnn newsroom. we begin with a frustrating start to a holiday weekend. more than 200 americans are under winter alert with an arctic blast with heavy snow and ice. the storm has placed enormous strains on america s energy infrastructure. this morning where more than 500,000 homes and businesses are without power. and authorities in tennessee have ordered 15-minute rolling blackouts to manage demands. now, officials in states are blaming the winter storm for 15 deaths. they re reminding drivers, if you don t need to travel, stay off the road. across the country, snow, ice and powerful winds have caused multivehicle crashes and left drivers stranded on roads and highways. many spent hours in freezing conditions but it is not just the snow and ice. in new jersey, in several co
University of New Orleans professor Madeline Foster-Martinez, a native of New Orleans, is using her engineering and environmental science acumen to help fight coastal land erosion in Louisiana.
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Spring gets into full swing this week with St Patrick’s Day parades across the city, and there’s Italian-American parades and the Black Masking Indian’s Super Sunday in Uptown.
Spring gets into full swing this week with St Patrick’s Day parades across the city, and there’s Italian-American parades and the Black Masking Indian’s Super Sunday in Uptown.