West Virginia

Donald Trump described Russian interference in the 2016 presidential election as a "total fabrication" on Aug. 3 amid reports that a special prosecutor has impaneled a grand jury to investigate the issue -- a step toward possible criminal indictments.

"We didn't win because of Russia. We won because of you," Trump said at a campaign-style rally in West Virginia.

In 1961, a small group of scientists met at the Green Bank radio astronomy observatory in West Virginia to discuss the search for extraterrestrial intelligence. One of the organizers was Frank Drake, who used the conference to present his now famous Drake equation describing the likelihood of intelligent life elsewhere in the universe.

Tartan has been associated with Scotland for centuries, but if we go further back in history to the 8th century BC, the tartan can be traced in Hallstatt salt mines near Salzburg, Austria and later in Xinjiang, China.

It got first to the British Isles before it was finally discovered in Scotland during the 3rd century.

To the casual observer, the scene might’ve looked like an odd cross between a reenactment of a past war and a demonstration of a future conflict.

The Cretan Bottled Natural mineral water Zaro received the golden award at the Berkeley Spring’s International Water Tasting event. The award ceremony took place in West Virginia, and the Cretan water, which comes from natural springs at the foot of Mount Psiloritis, took top honours among 600 other brands from around the globe.

Experts from theGreen Bank Telescope in West Virginia as well as the Arecibo Observatory in Puerto Rico detected six new Fast Radio Bursts (FRBs) emitting from a region far beyond our Milky Way galaxy.

Yuliyan Stoyanov, a Bulgarian violinist living in the US, is to leave the States with his family on Wednesday after being refused a petition to stay as a permanent worker.

Timelapse of Blizzard in West Virginia

Timelapse of Blizzard in Washington

Timelapse of Blizzard in Illinois

Timelapse in NW Washington

And in New York

Gale force winds have immobilized Washington, New York and other US states killing at least 19 people in the United States. In New York City, it was the second biggest storm ever recorded, dumping 68 cm of snow by midnight on Saturday (the record was 68.3 cm in 2006).

German car manufacturer Volkswagen (VW) will replace 11 million vehicles that are fitted with the ‘guilty’ software responsible for distorting emissions, according to a statement by the company’s new CEO Matthias Muller.