Polar vortex grips large swath of U.S. in record-setting cold
A blast of arctic-chilled air brought dangerous, potentially record-setting cold to a wide swath of the United States on Tuesday, stretching from the Dakotas through to Maine, with snow expected as far south as Alabama and Georgia.
‘We know how to survive,’ but U.S. shutdown cut deep for Native Americans
The Pawnee Nation of Oklahoma used a GoFundMe page and its own money to feed its many members who were furloughed or worked without pay during the U.S. government shutdown.
Trump ally Stone to be arraigned on U.S. charges in Russia probe
President Donald Trump’s longtime political ally Roger Stone is expected to plead not guilty on Tuesday to seven criminal counts after becoming the latest member of Trump’s inner circle charged in Special Counsel Robert Mueller’s Russia investigation.
Record-breaking cold clobbers two-thirds of the U.S.
Two-thirds of the continental United States will be a frozen ice box Tuesday, as the so-called polar vortex of frigid arctic air spins across the U.S. Midwest, clips the Great Lakes, the Ohio Valley and pushes on into New England.
Democrats throw spotlight on Trump’s troop deployment to U.S.-Mexico border
As the Pentagon weighs new troop deployments to the U.S.-Mexico border, Democrats in Congress are poised to usher in unprecedented scrutiny of a politically charged mission championed by Republican President Donald Trump.
Four police shot and two suspects killed in Houston gunfight: police
Four undercover Houston police officers were shot on Monday as they attempted to serve a warrant in a narcotics investigation and two suspects were killed when police returned fire, police said.
Four police shot in Houston, two suspects dead
Four Houston police officers were shot on Monday as they attempted to serve a warrant in a narcotics investigation and two suspects were shot dead, the city’s police chief said.
Five police officers shot in Houston
Five Houston police officers were shot on Monday as they attempted to serve a warrant, according to officials and local media.
Weekend from hell: Woman rescued after stuck in NY City elevator
An employee of a New York billionaire’s family spent the weekend stuck in the elevator of the family’s Manhattan townhouse before she was rescued on Monday, officials said.
Illinois governor issues warning ahead of dangerous polar vortex
The governor of Illinois on Monday issued an emergency preparedness plan ahead of a “historic” polar vortex of cold air and wind descending on much of the U.S., warning residents that temperatures were likely to plunge well below zero.
