An Uxbridge, Massachusetts police officer was killed in a crash on Route 146 early Wednesday morning. The officer, who has not been identified yet, was on duty helping another driver on the northbound side of the highway at 12:40 a.m. when the crash happened, according to police.

Gov. Maura Healey on Wednesday ordered flags to be flown at half-staff at all state buildings to honor 43-year-old Uxbridge police officer Stephen LaPorta.

Four Massachusetts children have died from influenza-related illness, health officials said.

Flu cases in Massachusetts are rising rapidly, especially among kids in Boston, where hospitalizations of children under five have increased 150% over the last two weeks.

Flu cases are rising in Indiana this winter, mirroring a national surge tied to the so-called super flu.

Starts as freezing rain. Most of this area is near or slightly above freezing by Wednesday morning, changing over to plain rai

Patchy morning fog will clear, leaving a brighter, mild afternoon with highs in the upper 30s.

All the rain on Tuesday has officially made it the wettest Jan. 6 on record for the Twin Cities.