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US: Days-Long Winter Storm Dumps Heavy Snow On Sierra Nevada, Closing Roads, Schools

A days-long winter storm dumped heavy snow on the Sierra Nevada, closing major highways, ski resorts, and schools in parts of California. More than 10 feet of snow and hurricane-force wind gusts of 170 mph-plus were reported.

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US: Strong Winter Storm Brings Blizzard Conditions To Sierra Nevada

A strong winter storm hit the Sierra Nevada on Friday, March 1, bringing heavy snow and high winds. Blizzard Warnings were issued for the Sierra, including Lake Tahoe and eastern Nevada. The Sierra Avalanche Center warned that the danger of avalanches was high. Yosemite National Park and many ski resorts in the region announced they were closing at least for the day.

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1 year after killer typhoon in Philippines

TACLOBAN CITY, Philippines - A man (L) prays for his 1-year-old son, who is among the victims of super typhoon Haiyan, at a cemetery in Tacloban City on the central Philippine island of Leyte on Nov. 8, 2014, a year after the disaster that killed at least 6,300 people and left more than 1,000 missing.

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(3)U.S. marks 3rd anniversary of terror attacks

NEW YORK, United States - Japanese fire fighter Masaki Katahira, 47, hangs a Japanese flag with messages over the fence at Ground Zero. Kahahira from Sayama near Tokyo visited the site with his 1-year-old son. He said he does not want his son to forget Sept. 11.

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Family of chopper crash victim heads to Mongolia

NARITA, Japan - Yoko Masaki, carrying her 1-year-old son Yushi, walks along a concourse in Narita airport in Chiba Prefecture on Jan. 15 before boarding a flight to Mongolia. Her husband, Minoru Masaki, a Japan Broadcasting Corp. (NHK) cameraman, was among nine people killed Jan. 14 in a helicopter crash in western Mongolia.

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People gather for tickets to trial of AUM's Hayakawa

TOKYO, Japan - People gather outside the Tokyo District Court on July 28 to get tickets for the trial of Kiyohide Hayakawa, a former senior AUM Shinrikyo cult member. Hayakawa was on trial over his role in two separate murder cases, including the killing of lawyer Tsutsumi Sakamoto, 33, his wife Satoko, 29, and their 1-year-old son Tatsuhiko at their home in Yokohama in 1989, and for building a plant to mass-produce nerve gas.

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(3)U.S. marks 3rd anniversary of terror attacks

NEW YORK, United States - Japanese fire fighter Masaki Katahira, 47, hangs a Japanese flag with messages over the fence at Ground Zero. Kahahira from Sayama near Tokyo visited the site with his 1-year-old son. He said he does not want his son to forget Sept. 11. (Kyodo)

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Family of chopper crash victim heads to Mongolia

NARITA, Japan - Yoko Masaki, carrying her 1-year-old son Yushi, walks along a concourse in Narita airport in Chiba Prefecture on Jan. 15 before boarding a flight to Mongolia. Her husband, Minoru Masaki, a Japan Broadcasting Corp. (NHK) cameraman, was among nine people killed Jan. 14 in a helicopter crash in western Mongolia.

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Death penalty sought for AUM ex-member for lawyer's murder

TOKYO, Japan - Prosecutors on Dec. 17 asks for the death sentence for Kiyohide Hayakawa (file photo), a former leading member of the AUM Shinrikyo religious group, for his part in the murder of a lawyer and his family in 1989. Hayakawa, 50, has been indicted, along with AUM founder Chizuo Matsumoto and four others, for murdering Tsutsumi Sakamoto, his wife Satoko and their 1-year-old son Tatsuhiko at their home in Yokohama in November 1989. Sakamoto was a lawyer who was handling several legal suits against the sect.