New Jersey through Massachusetts could see 2 feet of snow. New York City's mayor said the city had not "seen a storm like this in a decade."

The winter storm is expected to bring blizzard conditions and possibly up to 2 feet of snow in New York City.

NPR's Erika Ryan reports from the site of one of the nation's largest sewage spills ever — just outside of Washington, D.C. — in January.

More than 240 million gallons of raw sewage spilled into the Potomac River when a major pipeline collapsed in mid-January.

Drinking water around the District of Columbia hasn't been contaminated. But scientists say the environmental damage could be severe.

A surprising new study shows that baby chickens react the same way that humans do when tested for something called the "bouba-kiki effect," which has been linked to the emergence of language.

Mt. Graham is known as a sky island, a mountain ecosystem surrounded by a “sea of desert.”

The governor's executive order declaring a state of emergency said the fires in Woodward county are about 20% contained.

Warming temperatures and no snow are problems in Western states, where winter sports are a billion-dollar industry.

Authorities say the bodies of eight backcountry skiers have been found and one remains missing after an avalanche near Lake Tahoe in California. Six others were found alive.