An Indianapolis man who went out to pick up some packages stumbled across two baby girls abandoned in a ditch in below-freezing temperatures.

Two baby girls who were in the back seat of a vehicle stolen early on Monday have been found safe in a ditch in southeast Indianapolis, authorities said. The infants, a 4-month-old and a 5-month-old,

A routine parcel pickup turned into a life-altering moment for Robert Deane when he stumbled upon two infants abandoned in the freezing cold, igniting a community's concern.

A blast of cold air is settling into the East Coast of the United States this week, even as people across the Great Lakes region continue digging out from a dayslong round of lake-effect snow that snarled Thanksgiving travel.

Lake-effect snow continued to fall on parts of western New York that were already blanketed with a foot or more over the past four days.

Heavy snow slammed the Great Lakes region during Thanksgiving weekend, clogging communities with several feet of snow.