Another blast of winter storms is closing schools, snarling flights and putting millions of residents on alert across parts of the Deep South and south-central U.S. The storm started dumping a mix of sleet and heavy snow Thursday in north Texas and Oklahoma,

The Saint Mark Baptist Church in Little Rock hosted a unity service where they honored the life and the legacy of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.

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Areas from Texas to the Carolinas will experience their first major winter storm in years from Thursday into the weekend — with snow stretching as far north as New England, and into areas pummeled by a storm earlier this week.

Some southern states are bracing for their biggest winter storm in several years as snow falls from the Rockies to the East Coast. On Thursday, the weather starts to deteriorate in northern and western Texas,

The polar vortex of ultra-cold air usually spins around the North Pole, but it sometimes ventures south into the U.S., Europe and Asia. Some experts say such cold air outbreaks are happening more frequently, paradoxically, because of a warming world.

FAYETTEVILLE, Ark. — Even in Arkansas' 8-11 start, there was always one consistent throughout the first 19 games. Izzy Higginbottom. In the Razorbacks' latest blowout loss, a 94-62 loss at the hands of No. 19 Alabama, Higginbottom was held to a season-low five points in 27 minutes.

Fayetteville, Arkansas; Sunday, 5 p.m. EST BOTTOM LINE: Arkansas hosts No. Alabama after Izzy Higginbottom scored 26 points in Arkansas' 93-63 loss to the Tennessee Volunteers.

Zaay Green scored 21 points, Karly Weathers hit 5 of 6 from 3-point range and finished with 19 points and No. 19 Alabama beat Arkansas 94-62.

Nye 4-8 0-0 8, Weathers 7-10 0-0 19, Brooks 1-3 0-0 2, Ezumah 0-4 1-2 1, Cunningham 2-5 6-8 10, Lester 4-8 0-0 9, Spreen 1-2 2-2 4, Totals 35-70 13-17 94 Lawrence 0-5 0-0 0, Ojenuwa 5-10 2-2 12, Higginbottom 2-11 1-2 5,

A ghoulish Alabama mortuary worker was sentenced last week to 15 years in federal prison for hawking body parts — including fetuses — to a sicko collector covered in face tattoos and

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