Massive, Sloppy Storm System Snarls Holiday Travel
Sunday, Dec. 22, 2013 A traveler walks through Terminal 3 at O'Hare International Airport in Chicago on Saturday, Dec. 21, 2013. The National Weather Service issued a hazardous weather outlook for...
View ArticleSpacesuit Issue Delays Next Spacewalk Until Christmas Eve
Sunday, Dec. 22, 2013 In this image from a video provided by NASA, astronaut Rick Mastracchio performs a space walk outside the International Space Station on Saturday, Dec. 21, 2013. Mastracchio and...
View Article95K Without Power in Northeast Because of Ice Storm
Sunday, Dec. 22, 2013 This file photo shows a tree branch encased in ice after a similar storm. (AP Photo/Mel Evans) A winter storm bringing ice and whipping winds to upstate New York and northern...
View ArticleLIVE: Freezing Rain, Snow Make Travel Hazardous on East Coast
Sunday, Dec. 22, 2013 As this animated satellite loop shows, storms are moving across a wide swath of the East Coast. (AccuWeather) As more than 94 million take to the roads and skies this weekend, a...
View ArticlePHOTOS: 2013's Winter Solstice Weekend Storm
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View ArticleExtreme Warmth Shatters Records in the East
Monday, Dec. 23, 2013 Allegra Michaels, 2, with her father Dave Michaels, of Washington, D.C., screams with delight as they feed bread to seagulls at the Capitol Reflecting Pool during unseasonably...
View ArticleRain, Ice Tapers, Cold Temps Stay for Parts of US
Updated Monday, Dec. 23, 2013, 11:51 a.m. A utility truck is parked on a street to help restore power to a neighborhood in North Lansing, Mich., on Sunday, Dec. 22, 2013. (AP Photo/Lansing State...
View ArticleChristmas Travel Problems Centering on East Coast
Monday, Dec. 23, 2013 (AP Photo) While the worst of the snowstorm is winding down across the Upper Midwest, soaking rain and the resultant headaches for holiday travelers have shifted to the East...
View ArticleLook: Huge Asteroid Vesta Shines in Dazzling New Light
The subdued, gray-hued photos of the enormous asteroid Vesta captured by NASA's Dawn spacecraft last year have received an overhaul. By matching colors to the various wavelengths, scientists have...
View ArticleSnow May Coat Ground in Northeast Christmas Eve
Tuesday, Dec. 24, 2103 (Shutterstock) Mother Nature will share a little Christmas joy from the Great Lakes to the coastal Northeast on Christmas Eve in the form of snow showers. Much colder air will...
View ArticleDry Christmas in Store for Much of US
Tuesday, Dec. 24, 2013 (Shutterstock) Christmas is shaping up to be a quiet day across much of the nation in terms of weather, but some areas will receive the gift of snow. Jump to: Northern Plains and...
View ArticleIce Storm Leaves 500,000 Without Power as Temperatures Plummet
Updated, Tuesday, Dec. 24, 2013, 2: 56 ET Andrew Powers, an arborist with Asplundh Tree Experts, clears power lines from iced branches along Mayflower Heights Drive in Waterville, Maine, on Monday,...
View ArticleAstronauts Make Rare Christmas Eve Spacewalk
Tuesday, Dec. 24, 2013 In this image taken from video provided by NASA, astronauts Rick Mastracchio, top, and Michael Hopkins work to repair an external cooling line on the International Space Station...
View ArticleDeath Valley Puts Brakes on Running, Cycling Races
Tuesday, Dec. 24, 2013 In this July 23, 2007, file photo, Tim Kjenstad, of Henderson, Nev., runs in Kiehl's Badwater Ultramarathon in Death Valley, Calif. (AP Photo/Chris Carlson, File) LOS ANGELES...
View Article5 Things to Know About Tracking Santa's Journey
Tuesday, Dec. 24, 2013 (Shutterstock) PETERSON AIR FORCE BASE, Colo. (AP) - For kids who can't wait for Santa to arrive, the North American Aerospace Defense Command has a Christmas treat. Visions of...
View ArticleWatch: NASA Recreates Iconic Apollo 8 'Earthrise' 45 Years Later
It is one of the most famous photos ever taken - the Earth rising over the moon's horizon as seen firsthand by the 1968 Apollo 8 crew. And yet, more than four decades later, details about how the...
View ArticleNORAD to Track Santa's Christmas Flight
Tuesday, Dec. 24, 2013 Volunteers take phone calls from children asking where Santa is and when he will deliver presents to their house, during the annual NORAD Tracks Santa Operation, at the North...
View ArticleWinter Storm Delays Flights, Kills 5 in UK, France
Tuesday, Dec. 24, 2013 A car sits abandon on a flooded road in Croydon, south London, Tuesday, Dec. 24, 2013. A severe winter storm has caused major travel problems in Britain. (AP Photo/Sang Tan)...
View ArticleHoliday Power Outages Challenge Christmas Cheer
Tuesday, Dec. 24, 2013 Heather Griffin, of Buffalo, N.Y., and her dog Sal walk beneath ice-covered trees on Sunday, Dec. 22, 2013, in Buffalo. As Americans and Canadians ushered in the first official...
View ArticleHarsh Cold to End 2013 From Midwest to Northeast
Wednesday, Dec. 25, 2013 (AP Photo) The year will come to an end with a fresh blast of arctic air plunging into the Midwest and Northeast, setting up a frigid start to 2014. Tuesday morning's lows of...
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