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US Health and Human Services head declares public health emergency for Texas

Power was restored to more homes and businesses Thursday in states hit by a deadly blast of winter that overwhelmed the electrical grid and left millions shivering in the cold this week. But the crisis was far from over in parts of the South, where many people still lacked safe drinking water.Fewer than a half-million homes in Texas remained without electricity, although utility officials said