Schools and cities from Texas to Georgia are shutting down in anticipation of freezing rain and snow forecast for much of the Southern U.S. The severe weather is expected across a stretch from New Mexico to Alabama starting Wednesday night and early Thursday.

Another weekend of conference play in college basketball is underway with plenty of marquee matchups Saturday including a showdown between two of the top programs from the Mountain West. New Mexico will put its perfect 5-0 record against conference opponents on the line when it hosts San Diego State on CBS.

Former Mexican President Andrés Manuel López Obrador threatened to declare the property a natural protected area or seize it by force if Vulcan didn’t accept a $360 million offer for the gravel pits. Vulcan maintains the Punta Venado deep-water port facility has an estimated value of more than $1 billion.

K-State has been busy restocking the wide receiver position after losing four contributors from last season. The 6-foot-1, 198-pound Medford is the third wideout to join the Wildcats via the transfer portal, following Boston College's Jerand Bradley and Jaron Tibbs from Purdue.

As Donald Trump returns to the White House, he has built the most formidable foundation of Republican electoral strength since the Ronald Reagan era in the 1980s.

The ban doesn’t apply to federal waters off the Louisiana coast, but state Attorney General Liz Murrill is challenging the action she calls “blatantly illegal.”

South Korea's Hyundai Steel , an affiliate of automakers Hyundai Motor and Kia , said on Wednesday it is actively considering building a steel plant in the United States.

The Coast Guard said that to start moving the ship south, the county needed to restore the ship's structural integrity and demonstrate it could withstand the expected harsh journey.

A winter storm sweeping through the U.S. South on Tuesday was dumping snow at levels millions of residents haven’t seen before

In 1861, when Republican leader Abraham Lincoln was on his way to becoming President of the United States of America, the country saw opposition to his views and promises. This led to the American Union breaking up into two countries - USA and CSA.

Millions across the Gulf Coast states are bracing for a rare winter storm moving along the northern Gulf of Mexico, which will spread dangerous snow and ice along 1,000 miles of Interstate 10 from Texas to Florida and Georgia,

“ That Trump used his speech to once again express his own personal grievances in a dark and underhanded way. That he never once mentioned trying to ‘heal the divide’ in this country. That he’s only concerned for himself and his own wealth and self-preservation. ”