Over 75% of the US expected to face freezing temperatures this week as rare winter storm barrels toward the South
Most of the United States is being assailed with extreme winter weather this week as Arctic air blasts south from Canada, snow tracks up the Northeast coast and a potentially crippling winter storm takes aim at the South.
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Frigid storm drops rare snow on Houston and New Orleans as Florida readies plows in the Panhandle
As heavy snow, sleet and freezing rain hit parts of the Deep South, a blast of Arctic air plunged much of the Midwest and the eastern U.S. into a deep freeze.
Deep South braces for a rare winter storm threatening heavy snow, sleet and ice
Residents across parts of the Gulf Coast and South are bracing for a rare winter storm expected to drop heavy snow and create treacherous conditions, including freezing rain and sleet.
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Texas could join Louisiana with a law to require the Ten Commandments in classrooms
Similar proposals are in multiple states after a court ruling in 2022, though opponents say the move would impose one religious view on people with different religious traditions
Which states have the strongest gun laws in 2025? Massachusetts moves up, Louisiana falls
Several states have new gun laws going into effect in 2025. Everytown for Gun Safety released a new ranking Wednesday of the laws in all 50 states.
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Construction Has Begun For Lewiston, Maine’s Popeye’s
A Popeyes Louisiana Kitchen is now under construction at 841 Lisbon St. in Lewiston, within the footprint of Gendron Place.
Here are the snow totals for the record-setting winter storm in the southern US
From Florida to Texas, large chunks of the southern United States were blanketed in snow Tuesday during a historic snowstorm.
Rare winter storm brings heavy snow, sleet, ice to Texas, northern Gulf Coast
The storm has prompted the first ever blizzard warnings for several coastal counties near the Texas-Louisiana border
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A rare blizzard blasts Gulf Coast, bringing first snow in years to parts of the South
A winter storm prompted a National Weather Service office in Louisiana to issue a first-ever blizzard warning. The storm is causing dangerous conditions from Texas to North Carolina.
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Philip Carter, former editor and investor in Gambit, Gris-Gris and Maison Blanche, dies
Philip Dutart Carter, the scion of a notable journalism family who invested in alternative weekly newspapers in Louisiana before turning his hand to real estate, died Jan. 5 at his Camden, Maine, home. He was 85. His daughter, Cecilia Carter Monahan, confirmed the death.
Video roundup: A look at winter weather across the US
From snowball fights with nuns to Texas sledding and furry friends frolicking in the snow, see how people are reacting to winter weather in various parts of the U.S.
How Trump has reshaped the political map
As Donald Trump returns to the White House, he has built the most formidable foundation of Republican electoral strength since the Ronald Reagan era in the 1980s.