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The Biden administration is giving new marching orders to U.S. immigration authorities

Mainers are scraping their way out of a messy day of snow, sleet and freezing rain. State offices were closed on Tuesday and some COVID-19 vaccine clinics canceled or delayed appointments. Communities in southern Maine got anywhere from an eighth of an inch to a third of an inch of ice from freezing rain recorded in Portland. Officials in Sanford…

Overnight Monday Night: A wintry mix of snow, sleet and freezing rain changing to rain late south & east. Temperatures around freezing.
Tuesday: AM interior freezing rain, northern snow, otherwise rain showers. Highs near 40 south, 30 north.

In a chilling 911 call this week, a migrant told Texas dispatchers that he and about 80 others were trapped in a tank truck. They have not been found.

Enjoy the quiet weather this weekend, because big changes are on the way next week as multiple systems launch a wintry mix across New England. Friday night, the clouds increase and the breeze relaxes. Lows will be similar to last night, below zero far north and in the single digits and teens everywhere else. A little less wind means the…

Friday night: Mostly cloudy. Lows around 10. Saturday: Variable clouds. Highs in the 20s. Sunday: Morning snow showers, afternoon clouds. Mostly light accumulation. Highs around 30.

This Evening: increasing clouds and in the 20s. Overnight Friday Night: Mostly cloudy. Lows around 10. Saturday: Variable clouds. Highs in the 20s. Sunday: AM snow showers, PM clouds. Mostly light accumulation. Highs around 30.

Tonight will be even colder as temperatures fall to the single digits and teens, below zero for many north and in higher terrain. A northwest breeze increases around sundown and will push in more cold air and keep wind chills below zero in many places through Friday morning. Wind chill advisories are up across the North Country with wind chills…

Thursday night: Clearing, cold. Lows around 10, wind chill below zero. Friday: Sun and clouds, chilly. Highs in the 20s, wind chill teens.

This Evening: Mostly clear, upper 20s. Overnight Thursday Night: Clearing, cold. Lows around 10, wind chill below zero. Friday: Sun & clouds, chilly. Highs in the 20s, wind chill teens.

A cranberry red Jeep broke through ice on a pond in Sterling, Massachusetts, Thursday, leaving its front end partially submerged. Everyone inside of the SUV was safe, the local fire department said on Facebook. They didn’t say why the Jeep was out on the ice in the first place.  Firefighters and police arrived at the scene, near Squareshire Road,...

Wednesday night: Flurries and slick spots. Lows in the 20s. Thursday: Variable clouds. Highs in the 30s.

The nor’easter that dropped feet of snow on some parts of New England slowly pulls away from us as we head into Thursday.  This evening, a few snow showers or flurries linger across the northeast, along with cloud cover.  Overnight in the North Country, some areas will see scattered coatings up to 3 inches of snowfall from those showers. Lows...

This Evening: Snow showers at times, flurries and clouds. Temps in the 30s. Overnight Wednesday Night: Flurries and slick spots. Lows in the 20s. Thursday: Variable clouds. Highs in the 30s.

Today: Snow showers at times. Highs in the 30s. Tonight: Flurries and slick spots. Lows in the 20s. Thursday: Variable clouds. Highs in the 30s.

New England’s general 3-5 inch snowfall melted a little bit over the day Wednesday. Now most of us are dry but may have some icy conditions overnight with a bit of refreeze. A few snow showers may continue overnight, too. The wind is fairly light and temperatures made it to the 30s up to around 40 Wednesday afternoon but will...

Today: AM light snow, PM rain/snow showers. Highs 35-40°. Tonight: Snow showers east. Lows in the 20s. Thursday: AM snow showers east, a clearing breeze late. Highs in the 30s.

Wednesday: AM light snow, PM rain/snow showers. Highs 35-40°. Overnight Wednesday Night: Snow showers east. Lows in the 20s. Thursday: AM snow showers east, a clearing breeze late. Highs in the 30s.

A pair of men escaped without serious injuries when their pickup truck fell through the ice of a Vermont bay over the weekend.

About 40 migrant women who were held at a Georgia detention center have filed a class-action lawsuit alleging they were subjected to medical abuse through nonconsensual or unnecessary procedures while in the facility, NBC News reports. The complaint, filed late Monday in the U.S. District Court for the Middle District of Georgia, also claims women at the Irwin County Detention…