A 22-year-old, Anndel Taylor, died in her car during the brutal Buffalo blizzard over Christmas weekend.

(New York Times) — At 3:58 a.m. on Christmas Day, the National Weather Service upgraded its alert about the snow headed to New York City, issuing a winter storm watch. By 3:55 p.m., it had declared a formal blizzard warning, a rare degree of alarm. But city officials opted not to declare a snow emergency — […]

(AP) — The blizzard that swept through the Northeast on Sunday and Monday delayed $1 billion in retail spending, according to research firm ShopperTrak, but won’t derail a holiday shopping season expected to be the best since 2007.  The effect won’t be as bad as last year’s pre-Christmas snowstorm that similarly paralyzed parts of the […]