The rainiest month of the year so far continued this week, with about an inch of rain falling. But a break is coming in time for Memorial Day weekend.

Rain is set to continue in the Northeast on Thursday as New York City, Boston and Buffalo can expect a washout as the late-season nor’easter moves north along the coast.

Rain could arrive in the Charlotte area by the start of the Coca Cola 600 in Concord on Sunday, but anything that falls should be light, a National Weather Service meteorologist said Friday. Ditto with Memorial Day in Charlotte, NWS forecaster Mike Rehnberg said. The NASCAR race begins at 6 p.m. Sunday.

An unusual May nor’easter is soaking New England and threatening to bring snow to higher elevations as the states prepared for the Memorial Day holiday weekend

It took eight pitchers, 13 innings and nearly six hours, but the Dodgers outlasted the Mets, 7-5, in Friday's series opener at Citi Field.

Is it the lovely smell of suntan lotion on your skin, the smoky aroma of a sizzling BBQ, the fragrance of blooming roses in the garden, the chlorine of a holiday swimming pool – or that earthy smell of rain hitting dry ground after weeks of sunshine… petrichor?

Friday night's game between the two teams entered a rain delay in the top of the third inning with a pair of Dodgers runners on base and two outs as Mets starter Griffin Canning faced Freddie Freeman. The Mets have yet to announce an estimated time for the game to resume.

After her set at Boston Calling Friday night, there’s no doubt which side Sheryl Crow is on in a certain recent dispute. “I don’t know, Bruce Springsteen for president?” Crow asked the crowd to cheers and applause,