A wide swath of winter weather is expected to slam the U.S. through the weekend, moving from the Southwest through Texas and Oklahoma, across the South and Tennessee Valley.

The major winter storm that is forecast to bring punishing conditions to more than 140 million people, from Texas and the South to Ohio, Washington and Massachusetts, has prompted urgent calls from of...

"We see a lot of deadly fires because of heating equipment," said State Fire Marshal Debra Knight.