The extreme weather is being caused by the polar vortex, an area of cold air that circulates around the Arctic.

Countries around the world have nuclear capabilities and the US is no different - with a map revealing the areas in America ...

Keeping up with their decades-long tradition, the North American Aerospace Command or NORAD is set to track Santa's journey ...

North America is the third largest continent in the world. It is located in the Northern Hemisphere. The north of the continent is within the Arctic Circle and the Tropic of Cancer passes through ...

That's according to award-winning author Colin Woodard, who writes in his book "American Nations" that there are 11 distinct cultures that have historically divided North America (Canada is ...

The one that every schoolchild learns about began in 1804, when Thomas Jefferson sent Meriwether Lewis and William Clark on their epic journey across North America ... sq mi MAPS: RYAN MORRIS ...

Intense wildfires in Canada have sparked pollution alerts across swathes of North America as smoke is blown south along the continent's east coast. Toronto, Ottawa, New York and Washington DC are ...

NORAD, the North American Aerospace Command, is tracking Santa on his trip around the world this Christmas, so children and ...