HOLIDAYS WEEKENDS

By Saturday, the National Weather Service says, the central Plains area will see temperatures in the low 60s — nearly 20-25 degrees above normal.

Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell’s amendment opposing a “precipitous withdrawal” from Syria was backed by many GOP senators who disagree with the president’s foreign policy.

Space scientists on Earth have improvised a tool on the Mars rover to help them figure out how a giant mountain on the Red Planet came to be. Their surprising conclusion: It’s likely windswept sand.

The judge ruled that Colvin was killed by Syria and “targeted because of her profession, for the purpose of silencing those reporting on the growing opposition movement in the country.”

PG&E is key to helping California meet its ambitious goal of zero carbon electricity by mid-century. Now there’s concern that the utility’s bankruptcy may set that back.

In the search for what triggers sleep, researchers stumbled upon a link between sleep and the immune system. A single fly gene gets turned on in sick flies, inducing sleep and an immune response.

More than 20,000 people, mostly women and children, have arrived at the Al-Hol camp in northeastern Syria in just two months. The World Health Organization says aid workers are struggling to keep up.

Eight alleged recruiters who were paid thousands of dollars for connecting students to the bogus university — which had an actual office space in Farmington Hills, Mich. — have been indicted.

The gifted songwriter and singer wasn’t a born superstar — but became something of a sleeper hit on the strength of his singing, songwriting and history-making collaborations.

From an economic standpoint, China does not need World Bank loans. So why is it still a top borrower?

Former U.S. Ambassador to Israel Daniel B. Shapiro and Washington Institute for Near East Policy senior fellow Dana Stroul warn of the consequences of cutting U.S. assistance.

Ghraoui chocolate in Damascus was a place fit for queens — literally. But the family that owned it since 1805 moved from war-torn Syria to Hungary to start over, and ended up thriving.

Millions of residents are being asked to turn their thermostats down to ensure there’s enough gas for everyone. GM and Ford have suspended some operations in Michigan to help conserve energy.

Wallace Loh, who had previously announced he would retire after the death of Jordan McNair, says he will stay on an extra year while the University of Maryland conducts a search for a new leader.

Dawn Richard gained fame as a member of R&B group Danity Kane just as her hometown was recovering from Hurricane Katrina. Now a solo artist, she explores her New Orleans roots on a new album.

Tesla is finally turning a profit selling premium electric cars. But CEO Elon Musk doesn’t want to make money just selling luxury cars to the world’s elite. He’s still aiming for the masses.

Jake Gyllenhaal re-teams with Nightcrawler writer-director Dan Gilroy for this funny Netflix horror film set in the art world that’s better at delivering quotably arch lines than sharp satire.

Pete Buttigieg, mayor of South Bend, Ind., recently announced his intent to run for president, saying the 2020 election should focus on changing the economic outlook for millennials.

Frostbite can nip ears in just a few minutes in the sort of temperatures many Americans are facing this week. Pull that hat down and curb the drinking; alcohol can impair your judgment of temperature.

In unusually frank language, the judge said he fears the potential for more fires in 2019 if the utility company does not take drastic action.

In the latest revelation to raise privacy concerns, the Silicon Valley giants offered adults and teens gift cards for installing apps that would let the companies collect data on their smartphones.

Fine particulate matter floating through the murky haze that hangs over the city has reached harmful levels, leading the government to shutter more than 400 public schools.

Testing by Consumer Reports found “concerning levels” of cadmium, arsenic and lead in 21 samples of apple and other juices. But the FDA has yet to issue a guideline on arsenic limits in juice.

Esther Ngumbi’s dad back home had no idea what advice to give her about surviving the historic low temperatures. And he definitely wanted to know what that kind of cold feels like.

Prosecutor Andrea Goldbarg said in her closing arguments that Joaquín Guzmán led the Sinaloa drug cartel. Dozens of witnesses said he tortured and killed people and that he bribed officials in Mexico.

The polar vortex has brought air so incredibly cold it may set low-temperature records. Will it ever be warm again?

Just a few days after alleging nearly 100,000 Texas voters may not be citizens, officials now concede their list may not have been accurate.

Sea stars along the Pacific Coast are dying in the largest disease epidemic ever documented in a wild marine species. New research suggests warmer water is making the disease even more deadly.

Bruce McArthur, 67, admitted to killing the men between 2010 and 2017 and disposing of their bodies on or near a client’s property. Nearly all the victims had ties to Toronto’s LGBT community.

The labor market continues to get stronger and the economy is growing at a solid rate, the Federal Reserve said. The central bank also said it will be patient as it decides on future rate increases.

The idea, they say, would be to eliminate the health insurance industry and replace it with government-run health insurance. The industry is already gearing up to oppose any moves in that direction.

President Trump has threatened to increase and expand on about $250 billion in tariffs, but he agreed to hold off until early March, while negotiators try to hammer out a deal.