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The American South has generally not been on the forefront of the gay-rights movement — but recent cases have pushed Dixie into the spotlight as the next battlegroud for same-sex couples.

The latest winter blast turned some cities into virtual ghost towns, dumping heavy, wet snow -- and ice -- along a 1,500-mile stretch from Mississippi to Maine.

As Atlanta thaws out, the drivers who had abandoned their cars in North Carolina slowly returned to their vehicles.

Meteorologist Janice Huff explains how the snowstorm will move up the East Coast and then towards Boston and Maine. But it’s not over yet. The next storm is coming on Saturday morning.

Once the area is declared safe, Chevrolet will pull out the museum-quality cars out and fix them up.

Folks along the East Coast complaining about dealing with more than a foot of new snow — piled on top of already large season totals — should know that winter isn’t picking only on them: 49 of the 50 states had some snow on the ground on Thursday.

As a teenager, Indiana native Nick Goepper found a creative way to embark upon a skiing career.

The son-in-law of a Tennessee couple killed by a bomb at their home has been arrested, federal and state authorities said on Thursday.Richard Parker, 49, lives behind the house of the victims, estate-planning lawyer Jon Setzer, 74, and his wife Marion, 72.

GEORGETOWN, Delaware — A Delaware jury found a prominent pediatrician and best-selling author guilty on Thursday of endangering his 11-year-old stepdaughter in a trial featuring testimony that he subjected her to a form of waterboarding to punish her.

A brutal winter storm — now blamed for 18 deaths — has taken a toll from Texas to New England, producing a messy mix of ice-slicked roads, power outages and whiteout conditions that have battered millions of Americans enduring an already punishing winter.