Portions of several major interstates and two major bridges over the Mississippi River remained closed due to icy conditions on Thursday.INTERSTATESINTERSTATE 12: Closed, in both directions, from the I-10/I-12 split to Airline Highway in Baton Rouge.

The Louisiana Department of Transportation and Safety is beginning to plow snow off roads. However, many major roads are iced over.

Officials are asking Panhandle residents to avoid being on the roads. Freezing temperatures mean icy, dangerous conditions.

Trump made an immigration crackdown a major promise of his victorious 2024 election campaign, leaving the fate of U.S. refugee programs up in the air. More than 100 years after the construction of the engineering marvel that linked the Atlantic and Pacific oceans — and 25 years after the canal was returned to Panama by the US — the Panama Canal faces renewed intimidation from US President Donald Trump.