These fast-hitting, intense blasts of snow and whipping winds can make for treacherous travel, especially on the highway.

Robert F. Kennedy Jr., the controversial choice for Secretary of Health and Human Services, faced tough questions from Massachusetts and New Hampshire senators on vaccines and abortion at his confirmation hearing.

Snow squalls could create hazardous travel in parts of New England during the late morning to early afternoon.

The largest known New England earthquakes were a 6.5-magnitude in 1638 centered in Vermont or New Hampshire, and a 5.8-magnitude centered offshore from Cape Ann in 1755, which resulted in severe damage to the Boston waterfront.

Communities from Maine to Massachusetts felt a 3.8 magnitude earthquake rattle across the ground Monday morning.

An earthquake​ just off Maine today was felt in Boston and into Connecticut, Vermont and New Hampshire, according to a "shake map."

An earthquake centered off the coast of Maine rattled the region, causing light to moderate shaking in the state, as well as in parts of Rhode Island, Massachusetts, New Hampshire and Connecticut.

A 3.8-magnitude earthquake shook the coast of New England Monday morning, officials said.The epicenter was pinpointed about 6 miles southeast of<a class="excerpt-read-more" href=" More

Evgenia Shishkova and Vadim Naumov, who won the pairs title at the 1994 world championships and competed at the Winter Olympics twice, were aboard the plane, officials said.

Here are seven places to ice skate in Massachusetts this winter. Ice-skating on Frog Pond in the Boston Common. Boston is known for its central role in American history, world-class educational institutions, cultural facilities, and champion sports franchises.

Will it be a warm spring in New England? Rainy? Here's what the Old Farmer's Almanac is predicting for the region