There are enough factors to make Duke, the No. 1-ranked team in the East, an appealing choice to win the college basketball national championship.

Although winds were not as strong Saturday as they were Friday, gusts were high enough to help spread multiple wildfires across the region. Wind gusts strengthened again Sunday afternoon after ...

Fast-moving brush fires fueled by high winds burned through a large area of Long Island, New York, causing significant smoke and prompting evacuations. Gov. Kathy Hochul declared a state of emergency.

Fast-moving brush fires fanned by high winds burned through a large swath ... Kathy Hochul declared a state of emergency and said state agencies were responding to the fires around the Pine ...