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Without adequate resources, Texans in need of mental health services can end up in jail instead – sometimes with deadly consequences. Alex Stuckey, investigative reporter for the Houston Landing, has more.

Ahead of their NFC Championship Game clash, former college coaches and teammates look at back the first time the Eagles and 49ers quarterbacks squared off.

Atlantic Theater Company (Neil Pepe, Artistic Director; Jeffory Lawson, Managing Director) has announced an extension for the world premiere musical Cornelia Street. The production, which will begin performances this Friday, January 20th and open on Tuesday, February 14th, will now play through Sunday, March 5th, Off-Broadway at Atlantic Stage 2.

Nationally renowned UT physics professor Roy Schwitters has died at age 78. He was a leader "in the field of experimental high-energy physics."

From the commentary: The major reason U.S. death rates are comparatively high is probably the high number of high-risk, susceptible patients in its population — ... than in most other countries.

As 2020 ended, the U.S. accounted for 25% of the world’s COVID-19 cases. Now it accounts for just over 15%, and the fraction is dropping steadily.

U.S. COVID deaths are still high, but lets learn from forecasters mistakes.

I have followed the Twitter Files as posted by Matt Taibbi, Michael Shellenberger, Bari Weiss, and David Zweig in a series of Notes on the Twitter Files. Taibbi has now posted a set of capsule summaries of each of the 12 installments posted on Twitter so far at his TK News site on Substack. It is posted here in accessible form. Most of Taibbis posts at TK News are behind

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It is not always possible to predict the outcome of an event, from a football game to the pandemic, before it ends.