High winds and heavy snow turned much of the Midwest into a frosty mess on Friday. Roads and sidewalks across the region became treacherous, forcing some highways to close and grounding thousands of flights. A mass of frigid Arctic air trailed behind the storm, biting at fingers, reddening cheeks and threatening a dangerously cold holiday…
Heavy snow was falling Friday morning across much of the Midwest and the Great Plains, including in major cities like Chicago.
Senator Chuck Schumer, Democrat of New York and the majority leader, on Wednesday warned that some liberals and young people were “unknowingly aiding and abetting” antisemitism in the name of social justice, fueling a dangerous rise in bigotry against Jews amid Israel’s war against Hamas. In a deeply personal speech from the Senate floor aimed…
As Hurricane Idalia strengthened into a Category 4 storm early Wednesday, it posed the most immediate threat to the Gulf Coast of Florida, but forecasters also issued a hurricane warning for coastal communities in Georgia and South Carolina. Idalia continued moving toward the Big Bend area of Florida on Wednesday morning and was expected to…
Gov. Josh Green of Hawaii said on Friday that he had authorized a review of the emergency response to the devastating fires that decimated the town of Lahaina, even as he said that unusually powerful winds and fast-moving flames had complicated the effort. Pressed in an interview on CNN about the lack of audible sirens…
Gov. Josh Green of Hawaii said on Friday that he had authorized a review of the emergency response to the devastating fires that decimated the town of Lahaina, even as he said that unusually powerful winds and fast-moving flames had complicated the effort. Pressed in an interview on CNN about the lack of audible sirens…
CARPINTERIA, Calif. — As California reeled from another bout of extremely wet weather on Monday night, most of Los Angeles County was under a flash flood warning — an unusual twist for a dry, sunny place where the concern is typically a lack of water. The flash flood warning for southwestern Los Angeles County was…