UPDATED East Coast residents who made the most of a paralyzing weekend blizzard face fresh challenges as the workweek begins: slippery roads, spotty transit service and mounds of snow that buried cars and blocked sidewalk entrances. For many, the weekend extends into Monday because of closed schools and government offices. Officials were cautioning against unnecessary driving, even as they expected some commuter trains to be delayed or canceled. The storm dropped snow from the Gulf Coast to New England, with near-record snowfalls tallied from Washington, D.C. to New York City. Left: workers clear snow from New York City's Times Square on Monday. Top center: Workers clear snow from tracks on the Long Island Railroad on Monday. Top right: Commuters wait to get on a crowded train in Brooklyn, New York on Monday. Bottom right: Commuters stumble around in the snow on Park Avenue in New York on Monday.

At least 31 people have died as a result of the mammoth snowstorm that pounded the eastern U.S. The deaths occurred in car accidents, from carbon monoxide poisoning, and from heart attacks.A Kentucky transportation worker Christopher Adams died while plowing snow on snow covered highways. Nicole Alston says her husband, 44-year-old Officer Vernon Alston of Delaware, collapsed while shoveling snow. College student Madeline Scalf was killed when she lost control of her car and crashed into a tree on Saturday in North Carolina. Rosa McCollough-Leake hit another vehicle head on after hitting a patch of ice and crossing over into oncoming traffic in North Carolina.

It is illegal to wake a sleeping bear to take a picture in Alaska and sharing your Netflix password is forbidden in Tennessee. In a bid to help confused holidaymakers stay on the right side of the law on their travels, a hilarious infographic has revealed some of the most 'crazy laws' still in place in the US.

WARNING GRAPHIC CONTENT: Jason Pierre-Paul has shared a photo taken shortly after the July fireworks accident that almost took his entire hand and ended his NFL career. The New York Giants star is seen in a complete daze in the photo as he lays in a hospital bed while trying to keep his mangled hand elevated to stop the bleeding caused after a firework exploded in his hand on July 5, 2015 while he was in Florida. After many surgeries doctors were eventually able to save his hand, but forced to amputate his right index finger and parts of some of his other fingers, which caused his thumb to lose mobility. Despite this, he still managed to return to the field, being placed on the active roster by the Giants in Week 9 of the season.

UPDATED The Sikh protester removed from a Trump rally in Muscatine, Iowa, has told Daily Mail Online he was standing up against 'hate' and wanted the candidate to disavow alleged racist supporters. Arish Singh (right, protesting, and bottom left), a comedian and writer from Iowa City, said he unfurled a flag saying 'Stop hate' and shouted at Trump (top left) because he wanted to protest over his rhetoric and highlight claims that white supremacists are making robocalls in favor of his campaign. Campaigning in Iowa has reached fever pitch as the state prepares to caucus next Monday. Singh said he would be back at Trump's next rally in the state.

Hillary Clinton's top aide Huma Abedin and her husband Anthony Weiner take center stage in a new documentary, previewed at Sundance yesterday. It was made during Weiner's calamitous run for NY mayor. The couple were invited to see the movie before its release but director tells Daily Mail Online 'they said they didn't want to see it.' It's no wonder. Weiner almost comes to blows with a Jewish voter who calls him a 'scumbag' during a campaign stop and threatens to 'kick the a**' of MSNBC talk host Lawrence O'Donnell.. The candidate appears more irritated over the fact that that cameras reveal his bald spot. Watching a TV report of seedy revelations about her husband's continued sexting, Huma shakes her head in disgust. Weiner manages to avoid a confrontation at MacDonald's with phone sex partner Sydney Leathers in Operation Pineapple. Filmmakers insist they were not pressured by Hillary Clinton to take out some sensitive parts of the film.

Christine Chubbuck (left on air and pictured right) killed herself while reading the news for a local Sarasota, Florida TV station in July 1974, aged 29. Her story has been retold in a film which was released at the weekend, starring British Hollywood actress Rebecca Hall (inset). The movie, called Christine, premiered at the Sundance Film Festival in Utah at the weekend. Coincidentally, a documentary version of her life was also on show this year.

UPDATED She knows exactly how to court the cameras. But Ronda Rousey looked uncharacteristically shy as she jetted out of New York with her new 'fiancé' Travis Browne on Monday morning. The UFC fighter made sure to cover her left hand with her sweater, after eagle-eyed viewers spotted what appeared to be an engagement ring on her finger during Saturday's SNL appearance. Perhaps the 28-year-old's sudden reticence was a result of the rather mixed reaction to her happy news - specifically that of Browne's current wife, Jenna Renee.

The 25-year-old took to Instagram on Monday morning to share a photo of herself with her children Tripp, eight, and Sailor (inset) before she left for work (right). Bristol has been working at Alaska Dermatology Laser and Skin Cancer Center in Anchorage for more than six years (left). The daughter of former Republican vice presidential candidate Sarah Palin graduated from Penrose Academy's esthetics program in 2014.

She's accused of being part of a multi-state crime spree in which more than $4 million worth of jewels were stolen. But Abigail Lee Kemp's run-in with the law began long before, when she was just 19-years-old, Daily Mail Online can reveal. Court documents and mugshots obtained exclusively by Daily Mail Online show the 'Diamond Diva' was arrested seven times before the alleged six armed robberies in five states. Friends reveal she was always getting into trouble and hanging out with the wrong crowd. It appears her path to trouble began when she was expelled from high school at 17 and began hanging out with a 'sketchy' crowd. It was later on that she met her boyfriend Lewis Jones, 35, her alleged accomplice and suspected mastermind of the robberies.

Martin Trenneborg makes a list of demands for his victim, including that she gives him a 'girlfriend experience' when they have sex in the bunker he had built on his remote farm in Axeltorp, southern Sweden. The 38-year-old, whose trial begins today in Stockholm, Sweden, also adds that she can reduce her sentence by performing a number of degrading sex acts. The contract covers a period of ten years, an indication of how long Trenneborg had planned on keeping the woman, who is in her 30s, locked in the bunker. In addition, the contract stipulates that the woman would be punished for refusing sex, masturbating and trying to escape, the latter leading to another five years in the bunker.

An ISIS thug took just 30 minutes to propose to an undercover reporter who was researching jihadis online. The reporter created a profile of a 25-year-old woman called 'Zahra' and then joined social media groups affiliated with ISIS before quickly being contacted by several men, who soon made their intentions clear. One such man, going by the name 'Mario' (pictured left), asked her to marry him and come to Syria after talking for just half an hour without knowing what she looked like or any other information about her.

Footage, believed to be filmed in Indonesia, shows a bully punching a boy because of his orange rucksack - but it ends up in full-blown fight. As the crowds cheer and form a ring, the pair wrestle on the floor before the younger boy kicks his tormentor in the face, leaving him unconscious. The video has now gone viral and provoked an outpouring of praise for the boy.

The American portion of the Niagara falls could temporarily go dry under a new New York State Parks proposal. State Parks officials said diverting the water from the American falls could be necessary in order to make repair to two crumbling bridges, built upstream from the falls in the early 20th century. The falls could go dry within two to three years for a period of up to nine months, Parks officials said according to the Buffalo News .

The Rogers Area Youth Basketball Association girls' high school team and their coach Jason Hanauska (inset right) were told by the North West Basketball Association in Minnesota they would no longer welcome to play matches. They say that the news came in a letter just the day before they were due to play in a showcase tournament and while the girls were on a three game winning streak. It read: 'The Northwest Suburban Basketball League decided RAYBA does not fit into the league. The main reason they made this decision is because other teams do not want to play RAYBA due to the skill level.'

NEW Ludivine, a two-and-a-half-year-old hound dog, who is prone to roaming around town at will, ran a half-marathon in Alabama, and finished in seventh place without her owner noticing. Ludivine ran 13.1 miles within an hour and a half, earning her a medal at the finish.

Talen West (pictured left) and his brother Jaylen, eight, has been playing in the woods outside a home in Odum Road (inset) in Lumberton on Sunday morning when the dog attacked them both. Jaylen (right, after being released from hospital) had tried in vain to keep the dog away from his younger sibling, their family said. The brothers were taken to Southeastern Medical Center after first responders arrived at the scene at around 11.20am. Talen was found with severe puncture wounds on his body, authorities said, and found unresponsive at the scene. He died in hospital. His brother was treated for leg injuries and then released. Their family said the pit bull, who was not known to be violent, died at the scene. They believe it was due to exhaustion or a heart attack.

This thrilling footage shows the Red Bull Air Force - an elite team of the world's most accomplished and experienced aviation experts - performing an extreme flight sequence over Moab, Utah. Skydivers, high-speed parachute flyers (inset left), wingsuit pilots (main) and BASE jumpers dive through the air as the aerobatic plane pilot performs high-octane tricks (seen flying upside down past a speeding car, inset right) around them.

The latest addition to the brand's #AerieREAL campaign - which promises to show 'real' women without retouching them - is 18-year-old model Barbie, who has a 30" waist and 44" hips. She wears a hot pink two-piece in a new campaign video and explains that it's important for women to see unretouched bodies like hers. Social media users have been calling Barbie's ad 'inspiring' and saying her body-positivity gives them a confidence boost. The American model also answered to her critics, saying society is irresponsible for making size-12 women like her feel bad about their size.

Maisie Beech, 19, from Flemingston, Wales, thought her-and-half make-up selfie was empowering. However reactions to the image soon turned nasty, as some commenters even went as far to suggest she had cancer or alopecia. Maisie has been left feeling less confident since she posted the photos but said: ''It's sad that this is how society is now. Women shouldn't be criticised or called fake or unnatural for wearing make-up in the same way they shouldn't be called ugly if they're not wearing any.'

A young Canadian woman who finally escaped her abuser after living with him for a year is sharing the harrowing details of how he physically attacked her, controlled her life, and trapped her in a foreign country by hiding her passport. Tara, who didn't provide her last name, told Cosmopolitan.com about how man she loved - the man she thought was the best she could get - convinced her time and time again to stay with him, despite the terrible things he did to her.  The 21-year-old only managed to break free from him, both physically and emotionally, last year - and says that while it wasn't easy, it was definitely worth it.  

NEW The wife of a soldier from Pennsylvania, who is away on deployment, found she was lost for words after a repairman charged her just one dollar to fix her broken furnace. Bridget Stevens' husband, Bobby, is deployed overseas with the National Guard. When she called for help to repair her boiler, Paul Betlyn was only too pleased to be at her service. After finishing the job, he handed her a bill for a buck telling her that it was his way of showing gratitude at her husband's military service.

NEW An autonomous helicopter and an unmanned vehicle teamed up for a ground-air mission to prove their potential capabilities on the battlefield. In the collaborative demonstration from Carnegie Mellon University and Sikorsky Aircraft, the self-flying Black Hawk helicopter picked up the ground vehicle and dropped it off at a location 12 miles away, to complete its own unmanned navigations. The exercise proved the effectiveness of autonomous technology in collecting data on unknown or hazardous environments, which could prevent human exposure to contaminated areas.

Behind their smiles and pristine uniforms, cabin crew from airlines based all over the world, in countries including the US and Australia, are gradually losing their patience with passengers. Air stewards have taken to Whisper, the anonymous confession app, to reveal what they're really thinking during the flight, from hoping turbulence 'knocks you on your ass' to spitting in people's drinks that annoy them.

The rhesus macaque has formed a unique and unlikely bond with a homeless puppy in Erode, southern India. A series of touching photos shared on Facebook show how the monkey has 'adopted' the little abandoned dog - feeding it, cleaning it and protecting it. Mystery surrounds how they have formed such an unlikely companionship. They were first spotted together earlier in the month, and the monkey hasn't let the dog out of its sight since.

Polish photographer Sebastian Luczywo (bottom left) spent four months taking his daughter Kaja, 19 (top left), on day-trips where they both took photos of the same subjects. Mr Luczywo's images can be seen on the top row and Kaja's can be seen on the bottom. The pair would wander around their hometown of Jelenia Gora taking photographs of their surroundings, resulting in some beautiful images from both parties, but according to feedback from friends and family, Kaja, who has Down's syndrome, took home the prize.

Holidaymakers and locals alike keen to get away from it all can now enjoy a safari experience, in the heart of London. Virgin Holidays has created a 35-foot high luxury South African treehouse on the Southbank, complete with a private balcony, sweeping views of the Thames and St Paul's and a personal chef. The installation is open for one week only and visitors can win a stay.

Yoda was taken in by the Farm Sanctuary in Acton, California, after his owner could no longer look after him and she placed an ad on Craiglist in the hope he wouldn't become homeless. And luckily for Yoda, a volunteer at the sanctuary spotted the ad and the rescue centre gave him a new home. Now with his long term future secured living at the Farm Sanctuary, Yoda has been thriving and staff say he can't help but sport a cheeky grin.

The German engineering team behind the FlyShip (illustrated inset left and main) said it is set to revolutionize the way we travel across sea. It would primarily be used as a maritime transport vehicle, but could also be used as a commercial passenger transport and even for military uses, including anti-piracy missions. According to designs, the FlyShip can hold 100 passengers, has a cabin space area (pictured inset right) of 1,500 square ft, is about 121ft long and has a wingspan of 131ft.

Owner Sarah Ann Stevens, from Washington, (pictured center) ran 'crying like a baby' to get help, and manged to rescue the cat after taking apart the car, using tools given to her by customers at Costco. She is now appealing for a new home for Thomas (left and right) in the countryside as she believes that urban life is too dangerous for him.