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The first person-to-person case announced Thursday involves a man in his 60s with underlying health issues who is married to a Chicago-area woman who contracted the virus while traveling in Wuhan, China, and was diagnosed upon her return.…

Our global climate, in some areas, is warmer by about one degree over the past hundred or so years, but in some areas, like the Antarctic, the ice cap has been increasing and it has been getting colder. Does this climate…

DENVER - Thousands of travelers found themselves out of luck after airlines were forced to cancel more than 1,000 flights due to inclement weather Wednesday. The Rockies and upper Midwest are expected to bear the full brunt of…

The 3.2-acre plot is next to a large tract of protected wetland along Accabonac Harbor. The demolition is part of an effort taking place in coastal communities around Long Island that bore the full brunt of Superstorm Sandy almost seven…

MIAMI - Americans in most states are getting ready to “spring forward” and set their clocks an hour ahead Sunday, but how did daylight saving time start? Many people think that daylight saving time, abbreviated DST, can trace its…

OREGON - An Oregon man says he survived for five days while trapped by heavy snow in his car by eating only Taco Bell hot sauce packets. Heavy snows trapped Jeremy Taylor and his dog, Ally, in Taylor’s car on a U.S.…

LEE COUNTY - At least 23 people were killed after two powerful tornadoes ripped through communities in southeast Alabama Sunday afternoon, and officials said the death toll could rise as search efforts resume. “I cannot recall, at…

NEW YORK - More than 220 Americans experienced the coldest weather in decades over the past few days as a “polar vortex” brought Arctic air rushing south, forcing schools and factories to close, grounding flights and stopping mail…

NEW YORK - New evidence casts further doubt on model-based predictions that global warming could halt the Gulf Stream currents as part of an alarming scenario that inspired the 2004 disaster film, “The Day After Tomorrow.” For…

Stunning: New York Storm So Bad Town Pulls Snow Plows Off Roads WATERTOWN - New York’s winter storm unleashed such a torrent of snow that one town took its snow plows off the roads over safety concerns. Department of Public Works…