The North Carolina Department of Transportation is getting ready for what could be one of the largest snowstorms in Western North Carolina in a long time. According to the latest News 13 SkyWatch forecast, the precipitation will start off as rain on Friday, changing to a wintry mix late Friday night into Saturday morning. Then,…
As confidence grows in a “high-impact” winter storm hitting Georgia this weekend, the FOX 5 Storm Team says it believes ice accumulation could be “destructive” and is issuing Storm Alert Days for Saturday and Sunday. Why this winter storm is concerning Why you should care: The setup involves multiple critical ingredients coming together: abundant moisture…
Minnesota Democrats who were served grand jury subpoenas as part of a federal investigation into an alleged conspiracy to obstruct or impede federal law enforcement during ongoing U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) operations are now speaking out, saying the justice system is being weaponized against them. The criticism comes after the Justice Department and…
North Texas is bracing for a significant winter storm this weekend as an arctic cold front brings the threat of dangerous ice, sleet and snow to the region. Governor Greg Abbott announced Tuesday that he has directed the Texas Division of Emergency Management to activate state emergency response resources ahead of the storm. State agencies,…
Temperatures near or below zero degrees Fahrenheit are set to grip the eastern third of the country this week, with wind chill making it feel as cold as minus 50 in some areas. The National Weather Service warned early Wednesday that a “dangerously cold Arctic air front” would bring single-digit or subzero temperatures to the…
ST. PAUL, Minn. — Federal immigration agents bashed open a door and detained a U.S. citizen in his Minnesota home at gunpoint without a warrant, then led him out onto the streets in his underwear in subfreezing conditions, according to his family and videos reviewed by The Associated Press. ChongLy “Scott” Thao told the AP that his…
Students at universities and high schools across North Georgia are planning walkouts later today to protest stepped-up immigration enforcement under the Trump administration, with demonstrations expected on multiple campuses. PREVIOUS: Student walkouts planned at North Georgia schools What we know: Students at the University of Georgia are set to join the protests this afternoon, while…
President Trump has threatened to invoke the Insurrection Act, a statute first enacted in 1792, allowing him to deploy the military inside the United States in response to protests in Minnesota. The largely peaceful protests intensified after an Immigration and Customs Enforcement agency officer shot and killed Reneé Good, a Minneapolis mother, after an encounter….
President Trump on Tuesday said protesters who stormed a church in Minnesota should be jailed. “Just watched footage of the Church Raid in Minnesota by the agitators and insurrectionists. These people are professionals! No person acts the way they act,” the president wrote in a Truth Social post. “They are highly trained to scream, rant,…
A massive pileup involving more than 100 vehicles, including up to 40 semi-trucks, shut down Interstate 196 in western Michigan Monday morning after snow squalls created whiteout conditions. The chain-reaction crash in Zeeland Township injured multiple drivers, though authorities reported no fatalities. School buses evacuated stranded motorists from the frozen highway. The crash occurred amid…