Millions of people across the northern Gulf Coast braced Tuesday for a rare winter storm that's expected to scatter heavy snow, sleet and freezing rain around the Deep South as a blast of Arctic air plunges much of the eastern U.S. into a deep freeze.

A 3.8-magnitude earthquake shook all six New England states, the U.S. Geological Survey reported. The 8-mile deep quake hit about 6 miles offshore from York Harbor, Maine, at 10:22 a.m Monday, Jan. 27,

A polar vortex is slated to sweep most of the continental US bringing winter storm warnings and a hazardous freeze to millions.

Chef Mimi Weissenborn, executive chef of Sur Lie in Portland, Gather in Yarmouth and the Catface Café in Biddeford, will be one of the 15 contestants on the new season of Bravo's hit series "Top Chef.

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Maine, meanwhile, is mired in a long-running debate over where to develop an offshore wind port — Mack Point, an existing industrial port in Searsport, or adjacent Sears Island, an undeveloped state-owned island linked by a causeway.

Authorities have reported several deaths attributed to a major winter storm that brought record-breaking snow and freezing temperatures to the southern U.S.

SOUTH ADDISON, Maine (WABI) - Officials say they found the fishing vessel the missing South Addison father and son were on. Chet and Aaron Barrett were reported missing Saturday evening by a family member when they didn’t return from Edmunds.

Crews say a remotely operated underwater vehicle with a sonar camera confirmed the discovery late Wednesday night.

By Emily Burnham, Bangor Daily News Staff In the bleak midwinter, when daylight is scarce and temperatures struggle to rise above freezing, some Mainers have found warmth, solace and rejuvenation in a practice that stretches back centuries: traditional Nordic sauna.

NEW ORLEANS (AP) — A rare frigid storm charged through Texas and the northern Gulf Coast on Tuesday, blanketing New Orleans and Houston with snow that closed highways, grounded nearly all flights and canceled school for more than a million students more accustomed to hurricane dismissals than snow days.

The Maine Marine Patrol says they will continue searching on shore and on the water between Lubec and South Addison for Chester ‘Chet’ Barrett and his son Aaron Barrett.