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Storm targets Northeast US, threatens slick conditions for Monday's morning commute

A storm system racing through the northern U.S. this weekend and into the beginning of the week will bring a quick accumulation of snow to parts of the Northeast, before the Monday morning commute.A quick-hitting storm system will spread accumulating snow to parts of the Upper Midwest this weekend, before taking aim at the Northeast to start the workweek.A strong west- to east-oriented jet stream...

Wintry conditions may return to northern Texas early next week

A potent storm tracking across the southern half of the country through the beginning of next week will open the door for snow to return to parts of the southern Plains.The storm system that moved through the Northwest on Saturday will be the main culprit for the winter weather spreading across parts of the nation through the beginning of the week.On Sunday the storm will begin to break into two...

Fear in Mexico as twin deaths expose threat to monarch butterflies and their defenders

The deaths of two butterfly conservationists have drawn focus to a troubling tangle of disputes, resentments and violenceThe annual migration of monarch butterflies from the US and Canada is one of the most resplendent sights in the natural world – a rippling orange-and-black wave containing millions of butterflies fluttering instinctively southward to escape the winter cold.The spectacle when...

Second week of February to start on a quiet note across the Northwest

To say that it has been a wet start to the year across the Pacific Northwest would be an understatement, as numerous cities observed record stretches and amounts of wet weather. Looking ahead to the second week of February, a stretch of dry weather is finally in store for the region.The town of Forks, Washington, observed what seemed to be never-ending rainfall to start the year, breaking multiple...

Starliner’s software shortcomings spark NASA safety review of Boeing’s practices

An interim assessment of what went wrong during December's first uncrewed flight of Boeing's CST-100 Starliner space taxi has turned up so many breakdowns that NASA is ordering a comprehensive safety review of the company's procedures. NASA and Boeing provided a status report on the Starliner post-flight reviews today, after concerns were raised publicly this week during a meeting of...