Top weather news for Tuesday, March 4, 2025: A sprawling coast-to-coast storm brings a significant severe weather threat to the South, while Blizzard Warnings cover parts of five states.
Power outages skyrocketed as damage reports continued to come in Tuesday from several states as severe weather raced across portions of Texas and Oklahoma early in the day, and now the line of tornado-producing storms is charging east through Mississippi and Louisiana, including New Orleans.
Betsy Arakawa was "super protective" over Gene Hackman and their couple's three dogs, according to the late couple's dog trainer and boarder, Joey Padilla. Padilla worked with Hackman and Arakawa for a decade and last spoke to Betsy about a month ago.
A former daycare owner in the Bronx has been sentenced to 45 years after pleading guilty to several drug charges that led to the death of a 22-month-old in September 2023.
Gov. Kathy Hochul, D-N.Y., is inviting federal workers fired by President Donald Trump’s administration to come work for her, saying, "We value public service."