It's that time of year when News 9 Chief Meteorologist David Payne makes his winter weather forecast, and we've got some good news -- if you like winter weather, that is. 

Washington’s Supreme Court unanimously struck down the state’s death penalty Thursday as arbitrary and racially biased, making it the 20th state to do away with capital punishment. 

The Justice Department told Congress in a report in March it is reinvestigating Till's slaying in Money, Mississippi, in 1955 after receiving "new information."

The federal government has reopened its investigation into the slaying of Emmett Till, the black teenager whose brutal killing in Mississippi shocked the world and helped inspire the civil rights movement more than 60 years ago. 

Forgive us for the number of times we say, “hot as a firecracker” in the coming days, but it certainly will be a true sentiment for the week ahead. A large heat dome is re-establishing itself over the central U.S., larger than ever this summer. The building heat combined with lots of residual moisture in our air means several days of dangerous heat index values lie ahead. [img] The aforementioned heat dome, shown above, is ruling our conditions this week.  The highe...

The mother of a mixed-race family is asking a popular ice cream manufacturer to change the name of one of its flavors to be more inclusive.