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Nuisance snowstorms will pepper the Northeast and there is no hope of a respite from the bone-chilling temperatures that have frozen much of the country for at least a week.

The Afghan interpreter hid for his life, hunted by the Taliban for helping the Marines. His punishment, he says, had already been savage – the murder of his father and the abduction of his toddler brother. He believes he was next on the hit list.

Virginia's attorney general will announce Thursday that he has concluded that the state's ban on same-sex marriage is unconstitutional, local news providers reported early Thursday.A spokeswoman for Democrat General Mark R.

An 86-year-old Nevada woman who police said was shot in her hospital bed by her husband of 63 years in an apparent murder-suicide attempt died Wednesday, authorities said.

A wind-whipped winter storm that dumped a foot of snow or more through Wednesday morning in parts of the Northeast has left a trail of bitter cold that will linger into the weekend.

The Supreme Court denied a stay of execution for Mexican national Edgar Tamayo, clearing the way for Texas to put the inmate to death Wednesday night.The Texas Department of Criminal Justice confirmed Tamayo was executed at 9:32 p.m. Central time (10:32 p.m. ET).

A man and two young girls who were found dead at Fort Hood, Texas, were possibly the victims of a murder-suicide, the Army said Wednesday.The Army would continued to release few details about the discovery of the bodies Tuesday morning in an on-base residence, including the victims' identities.

The Supreme Court has denied a stay of execution for Mexican national Edgar Tamayo, who is scheduled to be put to death on Wednesday evening by Texas.

Attorneys for the family of a brain-dead pregnant woman who is in life support in a Texas hospital said Wednesday they have medical records showing the fetus is "distinctly abnormal."They issued the statement, they said, to clear up any “misconceptions about the condition of the fetus.

Attorneys considered last-minute attempts Wednesday to keep a Mexican national from Texas' death chamber after the state opposed legal efforts and spurned diplomatic pressure to delay his punishment for killing a Houston police officer two decades ago.