
A powerful winter storm system pounded the nation's midsection Wednesday and headed toward the Northeast, where people braced for the high winds and heavy snow that disrupted holiday travel, knocked out power to thousands of homes and were blamed in at least six deaths.

A rural Iowa court official filed false documents to say she had married a same-sex couple from Florida, even though she never met the men and they had not traveled to the state for a ceremony, investigators said Thursday.
About 1,000 opponents of federal guidelines that require health insurers to cover contraception costs rallied at the New Jersey Statehouse on Friday, saying the rules are unjust and should be repealed.
An adult film actor who tested positive for HIV last month hasn't infected anyone through sexual contact, according to testing at the San Fernando Valley clinic that discovered the case.
An adult film actor who tested positive for HIV last month hasn't infected anyone through sexual contact, according to testing at the San Fernando Valley clinic that discovered the case.
California's multibillion-dollar adult entertainment industry has been left reeling after another positive HIV test for a porn actor.
At least five companies in California's multibillion-dollar adult entertainment industry have halted production after an actor tested positive for HIV, and more shutdowns were possible, the head of a major production company said Wednesday.
A porn actor has tested positive for HIV at a California clinic, setting off a scramble to track down partners who may have been exposed, and spurring two major production companies to suspend filming.
Two Los Angeles porn production companies have announced they have suspended filming after an actor tested positive for HIV.
Two Los Angeles porn production companies have announced they've suspended filming after an actor tested positive for HIV.
"I wish this had come yesterday and was gone today," she said, struggling with a rolling suitcase and three smaller bags on a slushy sidewalk near the station. "I'm glad I don't have to drive in this."
"I wish this had come yesterday and was gone today," she said, struggling with a rolling suitcase and three smaller bags on a slushy sidewalk near the station. "I'm glad I don't have to drive in this."