These fast-hitting, intense blasts of snow and whipping winds can make for treacherous travel, especially on the highway.

A small earthquake detected off the coast of Maine Wednesday was an aftershock from a larger quake that was felt in Boston earlier this week. Scientist John Ebel with the Weston Observatory explains why more are possible.

Snow squalls could create hazardous travel in parts of New England during the late morning to early afternoon.

Robert F. Kennedy Jr., the controversial choice for Secretary of Health and Human Services, faced tough questions from Massachusetts and New Hampshire senators on vaccines and abortion at his confirmation hearing.

The largest known New England earthquakes were a 6.5-magnitude in 1638 centered in Vermont or New Hampshire, and a 5.8-magnitude centered offshore from Cape Ann in 1755, which resulted in severe damage to the Boston waterfront.

The quake, centered about six miles southeast of York Harbor, Maine, at 10:22 a.m. was reportedly felt hundreds of miles away across New England and as far as Pennsylvania.

New offensive coordinator Josh McDaniels could use a talented option to help Maye and the passing attack. However, in Blake Brockermeyer's latest mock draft for CBS Sports, the Patriots turn to the best player available in Penn State EDGE Abdul Carter.

The classes using the new lab are not necessarily in the hard sciences but instead communications, marketing or psychology.

The New England Patriots won three Super Bowls in the early part of the 2000s before they selected Kent State quarterback Julian Edelman in the seventh round of the 2009 NFL draft and converted him to wide receiver.

The event proved to be quite dramatic for the colonial settlers, causing dishes to rattle, doors to shake, and buildings to tremble. The earthquake's impact was so startling that field workers abandoned their tools and fled in panic across the countryside.

Boston College staffer Doug Marrone has been hired by the New England Patriots. Marrone spent one season in Chestnut Hill where he served as the Senior Analyst for Football Strategy/Research under head coach Bill O’Brien. The 60-year-old is a veteran coach that has experience at both the professional and collegiate level.