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Wintry Weather Disrupts Travel Across the Heartland

DALLAS (AP) — Freezing rain and drizzle is disrupting travel from Central Texas to the Great Lakes, with ice-glazed roads leading to hundreds of traffic accidents. Hundreds of flights were canceled Wednesday at Dallas-Fort Worth International Airport as freezing rain …

Winter Storm Packing Snow, Freezing Rain Moves Across US

CHICAGO (AP )– A major winter storm with millions of Americans in its path brought a mix of rain, freezing rain and snow to the middle section of the United States on Wednesday as airlines canceled hundreds of flights, governors …

Northwest Storm Leaves at Least 200,000 Without Power

LAKE OSWEGO, Ore. — At least 200,000 people remained without power in the Portland, Oregon, area Sunday after a winter storm blanketed the Pacific Northwest with ice and snow and made travel treacherous. With a number of transmission lines and …

Snowstorms Aim for U.S. East, and Cold Stretches Clear to Texas

A parade of snowstorms is threatening to roll through the Eastern U.S. over the next few days while bitter cold stabs through the heart of the country, driving temperatures below freezing all the way to Houston. A system will sweep …

Fall From Icy Overpass Kills Dallas Firefighter

A Dallas firefighter has died after falling from an icy highway overpass as crews responded to numerous accidents reported across the region, officials said early Tuesday. Firefighters were responding to a major accident along Highway Spur 408 on Monday night …

Nevada Highway Patrol Says Ice Linked to Dozens of Reno-Area Crashes

Authorities say icy roads caused by freezing rain helped cause at least three dozen accidents in the Reno area. Sgt. Frank Hernandez of the Nevada Highway Patrol says most of the crashes were on Interstate 395 late Friday and Saturday. …