A large storm system took aim at the Northeast on Friday, threatening heavy snow and coastal flooding after heavy winds and possible tornadoes damaged homes and buildings, left thousands without power and caused five deaths in a wide swath of the South and Midwest.Three people were killed by falling trees in Alabama as severe weather swept through the state.
Melissa Highsmith, who was 22 months old when she was abducted by a purported babysitter in 1971, met her family in Fort Worth, and received some long-overdue hugs.