Traffic in southwest Connecticut could be a mess for as much as a week until service is restored to the commuter rail line affected by a derailment that injured scores of passengers, Gov.

Alaska's Pavlof Volcano sent ash and steam skyward Sunday but not enough to raise the aviation threat for international air carriers.

A powerful storm system rumbled through the Plains and upper Midwest on Sunday, spawning tornadoes that damaged roofs and structures near Oklahoma City and kicked up debris in Wichita, Kan.

Baseball-sized hail, wind gusts and tornadoes are threatening to pummel parts of the central Plains and Midwest on Sunday and Monday.

Scores of people stood outside a north Texas church Saturday morning, waiting to be escorted to their neighborhood for the first time since tornadoes devastated it three days earlier.

Radnor Residents Meet Prince Harry at the Shore Prince Harry, on a U.S. tour, spent about 15 minutes on the lot of a Radnor family's summer home in Mantoloking, which was destroyed by Hurricane Sandy.

The National Weather Service, in a survey released Saturday, says all tornadoes had winds of 90 mph to 100 mph.

Little could lessen the fever-pitched excitement for ''Hunger Games: Catching Fire,'' but heavy rain nevertheless dampened the film's lavish Cannes party.

A possible tornado as it crossed U.S. 31 near Athens this afternoon, May 17, 2013.

The chance of severe weather could cause problems in downtown Tulsa while Mayfest and the Blue Dome Arts Festival are both going on.

The Chinese Ministry of Civil Affairs website says at least nine provinces have had storms and some flooding and landslides since Tuesday.

The magician was set to walk along two beams suspended more than six-stories high while blindfolded above Las Vegas on Friday.

A possible tornado has knocked down trees, flipped Dumpsters and damaged the roof of a nearby WalMart in a north Alabama city.

Habitat for Humanity spent years in a North Texas subdivision, helping build many of the 110 homes in the low-income area.

A reported tornado briefly touched down Friday afternoon in northern Alabama, causing damage and scares days after twisters proved deadly in Texas.

Mostly cloudy, with a high near 83. Calm wind becoming south around 5 mph in the afternoon.

Authorities say a 4-year-old Transylvania County boy has died after being left in a hot van for about seven hours.

Although New Jersey has the second-lowest suicide rate in the nation, a new hotline has received approximately 300 calls since it was launched May 1, according to Philly.com. New Jersey's suicide rate for people ages 35 to 64 increased 31 percent from 1999 to 2010, and as a result the New Jersey Department of Human Services spent $648,981 to create ... (more)

Thursday will be the coolest day until the middle of next week. Thursday's highs will reach the upper 70s to low 80s.

Los Angeles was the worst city for dog attacks on letter carriers in the most recent fiscal year, the Postal Service said Wednesday in an annual report.