The cold wave that stunned the nation's midsection expanded into the Northeast on Wednesday with subzero temperatures and biting wind. The wind chill hit 33 below zero during the night at Massena, N.Y., and the National Weather Service predicted actual temperatures nearly that low in parts of the region by Thursday night. The weather service said Flint, Mich., set a record low early Wednesday at 19 degrees below zero. ...more

January 15, 2009

More snow fell today in the Midwest, where the National Weather Service said up to 4 inches was possible in Chicago. The Northwest faced more snow and sleet early Wednesday, with up to 20 inches in the Cascade range. And more snow and ice spread over the Northeast. ...more

December 24, 2008

Sir Edmund Hillary, a beekeeper-turned-mountaineer from New Zealand who with his Sherpa guide became the first known men to reach the summit of Mount Everest, died Friday at Auckland Hospital. He was 88. ...more

January 11, 2008