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The East and South were braced for record-breaking, dangerously-low temperatures Tuesday as the "polar vortex" responsible for the coldest Arctic outbreak in at least 20 years forced millions to stay inside. Temperatures in New York City fell to 11 degrees, Philadelphia 7 degrees, and Washington, D.
A "polar vortex" locking the United States in a deep freeze hit the Mid Atlantic with its most ferocious temperatures early Monday.
The U.S. has basically gone into hibernation — thanks to the coldest Arctic outbreak in at least 20 years, which promises to keep wind chills Tuesday as low as 40 below in parts of the country.
A lawyer for an Indian diplomat accused of submitting false documents to get a work visa for her Manhattan housekeeper — an Indian national she allegedly paid less than $3 per hour — is seeking to postpone proceedings in a visa fraud case that has sparked an international spat.
TALLAHASSEE — Organizers of a Florida campaign for medical use of marijuana say they expect to submit enough voter signatures this week to get the issue on ballots in time for the November election.
The former Seattle school teacher who made headlines in the 1990s after sleeping with a 12-year-old student was briefly jailed Monday after missing a court appearance in connection with her driving without a license.
North Carolina prosecutors promised Monday to get to the truth — "wherever the truth leads"— in the death of a mentally ill teenager whose family claims police shot him in cold blood over the weekend.Keith Vidal, 18, of Boiling Springs Lakes, was shot and killed Sunday afternoon, authorities said.
Prosecutors promised Monday to get to the truth "wherever the truth leads" in the case of a mentally ill North Carolina teenager whose family claims police shot him in cold blood.
A right-to-life battle over a 13-year-old California girl declared brain dead last month has sparked a national debate over whether a person in her state should be kept alive.Jahi McMath underwent a tonsillectomy Dec. 9 at Children’s Hospital Oakland to treat her sleep apnea.
A man missing since Wednesday was found by his family after this photo appeared in the pages of USA TODAY.Nicholas A. Simmons, 20, disappeared from his family's house in a tiny upstate New York town on New Year's Day.
