Tweed came into fashion in the 18th century in Scotland, when people sought out a heavy cloth to protect themselves from the harsh winter climate.

Her arrival in Worcester came three years after she made history as the first woman to make a solo flight across the Atlantic ...

Ninety years ago this week, Amelia Earhart spoke to 1,000 people at North High School, detailing “thrilling and little-known ...

Thanksgiving is a week away and more than 80 million Americans are planning to travel at least 50 miles from home. But the weather has the potential to disrupt their visits with family and friends.

• A busy travel day: This year’s Thanksgiving travel period is expected to be the busiest in 15 years, according to the Federal Aviation Administration. About 73 million are projected to hit the road, ...

An arctic air mass has descended into the US, and a disrupted polar vortex will keep the nation in the freezer at times deeper into December. More than 200 million people will wake up to freezing ...

The surging tide of microplastics is already an environmental and health threat, but as the world heats up — driving increasingly extreme weather — it’s transforming them into “more mobile, persistent ...

A blast of Arctic cold air is sweeping across the country just as family and friends take to the roads and skies to gather for Thanksgiving. The cold plunge has already arrived in the Midwest and ...

High above the North Pole, in a slice of atmosphere rarely noticed and even less understood, a transformation is underway. Over the next 10 days, changes in the stratosphere will upend weather ...

Emerging from their holiday food comas and shuffling toward the nation’s airports and highways, some Americans may discover the biggest holiday indigestion has nothing to do with pie. A potent storm ...

• America travels for the holiday: This year’s Thanksgiving travel period is expected to be the busiest in 15 years, according to the Federal Aviation Administration. If you’re flying, read some ...

• A fast-moving winter storm dumped several inches of snow across parts of the Midwest where it killed one driver, caused hundreds of crashes and slowed travel to a crawl. It delivered the first ...