The Northeast is getting ready for its first major snowstorm of the season. Missouri showed Interstate 70 covered with snow in Saline County, while cars and trucks were either stuck in traffic or crashed alongside the freeway. | AP

A powerful 7.6-magnitude earthquake struck late Monday off northern Japan, triggering a tsunami of up to 50 centimeters (20 inches) in Pacific coast communities and warnings of potentially higher surges, the Japanese Meteorological Agency said. | AP