Saturday, January 23, 2016

Heavy Snows Bring East Coast to Near-Standstill and other top stories.

  • Heavy Snows Bring East Coast to Near-Standstill

    Heavy Snows Bring East Coast to Near-Standstill
    Making up for a remarkably mild winter, the first major snowstorm of the season barreled up the East Coast on Saturday, with accumulations of three inches an hour bringing a long stretch of the country from Tennessee to New York to a near-standstill. Officials throughout the Mid-Atlantic region warned that it could be days before residents finished digging out. In New York, where forecasters raised their snowfall predictions to as high as 30 inches in some places, Gov. Andrew M. Cuomo declared..
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  • De Blasio: This is 'one of the worst snowstorms in New York City ...

    De Blasio: This is 'one of the worst snowstorms in New York City ...
    A man with an umbrella walks on Times Square during a snowstorm on Saturday in New York. (FRANCOIS XAVIER MARIT/AFP/Getty Images) New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo (D) on Saturday announced plans to suspend bus, rail and road travel in the New York City area, as snowfall forecasts for the region rose to as much as 30 inches. “Thirty inches would be one of the most serious amounts of snowfall that we have had in decades and to protect public safety we’re going to be closing down the roads,” Cuomo s..
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  • New York village to change controversial logo after all

    New York village to change controversial logo after all
    An upstate New York village has decided to change its official logo Friday weeks after residents decided to keep it despite critics calling it a racist emblem. Whitesboro’s logo appears to show a white man choking a Native American. A non-binding vote earlier this month saw residents vote 157-55 to not change the current seal. A timetable for a new seal has not been determined. Village officials and members of the nearby Oneida Indian Nation will meet to discuss the creation of a new image, May..
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  • Blizzard intensifies as it slams New York, floods New Jersey

    Blizzard intensifies as it slams New York, floods New Jersey
    NEW YORK/WASHINGTON A monster blizzard that has paralyzed the U.S. East Coast intensified on Saturday afternoon as it barreled into New York City, prompting a travel ban on area highways as high winds whipped up record-setting tides in New Jersey and Delaware.After dumping nearly two feet of snow on the suburbs of Washington, D.C., overnight, the storm unexpectedly gathered strength as it slammed into the New York metropolitan area, and forecasters bumped up snowfall predictions to up to 30 in..
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  • Blizzard Forces Travel Ban In NYC; Roads, Metro-North, LIRR And ...

    Blizzard Forces Travel Ban In NYC; Roads, Metro-North, LIRR And ...
    NEW YORK (CBSNewYork) — Gov. Andrew Cuomo has announced a travel ban for New York City due to the intensifying blizzard that is slamming the Tri-State area Saturday. Cuomo said all New York City roads as well as all Port Authority bridges and tunnels will be shut down beginning at 2:30 p.m. Those who are caught on a banned road will receive a summons with the possibility of points on their license and a fine, Cuomo said. CHECK: Latest | Radar | Forecast & Alerts | Follow Live: Blizzard Blog | C..
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  • Winter Storm Jonas: Gov. Cuomo Bans NYC Travel; 'We Will ...

    Winter Storm Jonas: Gov. Cuomo Bans NYC Travel; 'We Will ...
    As Winter Storm Jonas swept in to the New York City metropolitan area Saturday, Gov. Andrew Cuomo declared a state of emergency and issued a travel ban for the city starting at 2:30 p.m. The governor's order bans travel on roads in the city and elsewhere. "Stay off the road," the NYPD tweeted. "We don't want to have to arrest you. Last year no one got arrested. People made the right decisions. We are looking for that again today."The MTA is suspending above-ground subway service as well as Long ..
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  • Storm Barrels in, Snow to Morph into Powerful Blizzard

    Storm Barrels in, Snow to Morph into Powerful Blizzard
    SEE THE MOST UP-TO-DATE INFORMATION ON THE STORM HERE. A powerful nor'easter began barreling into the tri-state Friday night slightly ahead of schedule, and Storm Team 4 says it has picked up in intensity and speed, enough to become a potentially paralyzing blizzard with blasting winds, heavy snow and coastal flooding for a wider portion of the area than previously thought. Storm Team 4 now says the heaviest snow is expected between 4 a.m. and 4 p.m. Saturday, with increased project snowfall ..
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  • Hype Aside, Numbers Suggest a Sensible Cespedes Deal

    Hype Aside, Numbers Suggest a Sensible Cespedes Deal
    Photo The Mets’ Yoenis Cespedes, left, and Michael Conforto chasing a ball in the World Series. Cespedes tailed off at the end of the regular season and in the playoffs. Credit Richard Perry/The New York Times At the height of the mania that surrounded outfielder Yoenis Cespedes after his trade to the Mets last season, some people talked of a $200 million contract in his future and debated if he should be considered for the National League’s Most Valuable Player Award..
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  • Monster storm slams East Coast with worst still to come

    Monster storm slams East Coast with worst still to come
    Last Updated Jan 23, 2016 2:32 PM EST SILVER SPRING, Md. -- A blizzard with hurricane-force winds brought much of the East Coast to a standstill Saturday, dumping as much as 3 feet of snow, stranding tens of thousands of travelers and shutting down the nation's capital and its largest city.After days of weather warnings, most of the 80 million people in the storm's path heeded requests to stay home and off the roads, which were largely deserted. But more was yet to come, with dangerous condit..
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  • Live Coverage | New Forecast for NYC: More Than Two Feet

    Live Coverage | New Forecast for NYC: More Than Two Feet
    Oh my. Now predicting up to 30" in parts of N.Y.C. pic.twitter.com/XaL0HMWtG7 — Andy Newman (@andylocal) January 23, 2016 The National Weather Service revised its forecast for the New York area upward yet again, just before 11 a.m. It calls for 24 to 30 inches in Manhattan, the Bronx, Staten Island and the northwest slice of Brooklyn and Queens. The two-foot zone extends into northeastern New Jersey. In the rest of Brooklyn and Queens, as well as most of Long Island, the forecast calls for 18 t..
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