As heavy snow, sleet and freezing rain hit parts of the Deep South, a blast of Arctic air plunged much of the Midwest and the eastern U.S. into a deep freeze.

Philip Dutart Carter, the scion of a notable journalism family who invested in alternative weekly newspapers in Louisiana before turning his hand to real estate, died Jan. 5 at his Camden, Maine, home. He was 85. His daughter, Cecilia Carter Monahan, confirmed the death.

A viral video captured by WVUE shows former minor league hockey player Jay Croop skating around Canal Street, stick in hand, on the ice-covered road.

The storm has prompted the first ever blizzard warnings for several coastal counties near the Texas-Louisiana border

Cooperative Endeavor Agreement, the Plaquemines Port Harbor & Terminal District will provide access to a chartered ferry as necessary and based on

From snowball fights with nuns to Texas sledding and furry friends frolicking in the snow, see how people are reacting to winter weather in various parts of the U.S.

A rare frigid storm charged through Texas and the northern Gulf Coast on Tuesday, blanketing New Orleans and Houston with snow, closing highways, grounding nearly all flights and canceling school for millions of students more used to hurricane dismissals than snow days.

Tripadvisor's Travelers’ Choice Awards ranked Portland and one other New England city in the top 10 nationally for food.

New Orleans takes on the Memphis Grizzlies after CJ McCollum scored 45 points in the Pelicans' 123-119 overtime victory over the Utah Jazz.

The St. Dominic/Lisbon girls hockey team is ending its season with five games remaining on its schedule due to multiple injuries on an already thin roster. Head coach Paul Gosselin said the decision wasn’t a total surprise because the Saints (2-11) began the season with only 11 players.

Agent David Maland, 44, was killed Monday afternoon following a traffic stop, a U.S. Customs and Border Protection spokesperson said in a statement. A German national in the country on what the FBI called a current visa was killed and an injured suspect was taken into custody and is being treated at a local hospital.

New Orleans has 13 nods listed among this year's James Beard Award semifinalists. Why it matters: We know we have a great restaurant scene, but it's always nice for the rest of the world to recognize it, too.