Climate Central meteorologist Bernadette Woods Placky explains why cold snaps like the polar vortex happen in a warming world.

Left-leaning cable channel MSNBC will get to keep its name after it is spun off by Comcast, the company said. Mark Lazarus, who will lead the new company consisting of MSNBC and other cable assets ...

Editorial staffers are "in the dark" on what the spinoff means for the NBC News-MSNBC connection moving forward ... up its own news gathering team or leaning more into commentary from talking ...