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Beloved family tortoise found safe after LA fires
In this screen grab from a video released by the San Dimas Sheriff’s Station, a tortoise was sucessfully rescued after the owner’s home was destroyed by fire. Via San Dimas Sheriff’s Station/Instagram (LOS ANGELES) — [Read More…]
7 cops shot one after the other while responding to call for help from apartment
Douglas Sacha/Getty Images (SAN ANTONIO) — Seven police officers have been shot one after the other after responding to a call made from inside a home in San Antonio, Texas, police said. The incident occurred [Read More…]
World’s most active volcano begins 5th eruptive episode
Kīlauea volcano erupts in in Hawaiʻi Volcanoes National Park on Jan. 22, 2025. Image via USGS. (KILAEUA, Hawaii,) — The world’s most active volcano, located in Kilauea, Hawaii, resumed its latest eruption on Wednesday. Volcanic [Read More…]
Nashville school shooting suspect allegedly praised mass shooters, extremist views
Sheila Paras/Getty Images (NASHVILLE, Tenn.) — An alleged portrait is beginning to emerge of the 17-year-old boy who opened fire at his Nashville high school on Wednesday, killing one student and wounding a second student, [Read More…]
1 student killed, 1 hurt in shooting at Nashville high school; suspect dead from self-inflicted wound
ABC News (NASHVILLE, Tenn.) — A 17-year-old boy opened fire at his Nashville high school on Wednesday, killing one student and wounding a second student, according to police. Solomon Henderson, who was armed with a [Read More…]
Shots fired at Nashville high school, shooter ‘no longer a threat’: School district
ABC News (NASHVILLE, Tenn.) — Antioch High School in Nashville is on lockdown after shots were fired inside the school, according to Metro Nashville Public Schools. At least two students were shot in the cafeteria, [Read More…]
Rain headed to fire-ravaged Southern California will bring threat of landslides
Mario Tama/Getty Images (LOS ANGELES) — Much-anticipated rain could be headed to drought-stricken Southern California this weekend — but rainfall also brings the threat of landslides in the wake of Los Angeles County’s devastating fires. [Read More…]
Jan. 6 rioter whose case was tossed after Trump pardon arrested on pending weapons charges
amphotora/Getty Images (NEW YORK) — A Florida man who prosecutors alleged attacked police with an explosive device during the Jan. 6 assault on the Capitol — and whose case was dropped following President Donald Trump’s [Read More…]
Here’s why you might be automatically following Trump on Instagram, Facebook
Karl Tapales/Getty Images (NEW YORK) — In the days since President Donald Trump assumed office, many people online have begun expressing alarm to find they were unwittingly following Trump on Instagram and Facebook. Across social [Read More…]
New York schools may implement cellphone ban
Robert Alexander/Getty Images (NEW YORK) — Cellphones will no longer be allowed in New York schools if Gov. Kathy Hochul gets her way. The New York governor announced on Tuesday a proposal to ban smartphones [Read More…]
Once-in-a-lifetime snowstorm hits Gulf Coast, with record-breaking snowfall in Florida
An ABC News graphic shows the radar for the southeastern United States at 5 a.m. ET on Wednesday, Jan. 22, 2025. (ABC News) (TALLAHASSEE, FL) — For much of the Gulf Coast, the snowstorm that’s [Read More…]
Police officer shot inside home they were responding to for help
Karl Merton Ferron/Baltimore Sun Staff (RALEIGH, NC) — A police officer has been seriously injured after a suspect opened fire at authorities from inside a home, officials said. Officers were called to a home in [Read More…]
New Jersey governor asks Trump to ‘reexamine’ nation’s first congestion pricing plan
Jeenah Moon/Bloomberg via Getty Images (NEW JERSEY) — On Donald Trump’s first day in office, New Jersey Gov. Phil Murphy asked the president and his administration to “reexamine” New York City’s highly debated congestion pricing plan, [Read More…]
4 arrested in connection with burglary at Joe Burrow’s house
Kevin Sabitus/Getty Images, FILE (OHIO) — Four Chilean nationals were arrested in connection with the burglary that occurred at Cincinnati Bengals quarterback Joe Burrow’s home in December, according to court records. On Jan. 10, 2025, a special [Read More…]
15 states challenge Trump’s executive order cutting birthright citizenship
Jim Watson/AFP via Getty Images (NEW YORK) — President Donald Trump’s bid to cut off birthright citizenship is a “flagrantly unlawful attempt to strip hundreds of thousands American-born children of their citizenship based on their [Read More…]
Judge blocks DOJ from sharing Jack Smith’s classified docs report with members of Congress
Drew Angerer/Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — The federal judge who oversaw Donald Trump’s classified documents case has blocked the Department of Justice from sharing special counsel Jack Smith’s final report on his probe with select members [Read More…]
Trump renames Gulf of Mexico to ‘Gulf of America’ among 1st executive orders
Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — Among the first executive orders signed by President Donald Trump was an order to rename the Gulf of Mexico to the newly named “Gulf of America.” “President Trump is bringing [Read More…]
Historic snowstorm hitting the South from Texas to Florida
An ABC News graphic shows the weather forecast on Tuesday, Jan. 21, 2025. (ABC News) (NEW YORK) — The first ever blizzard warning has been issued for parts of the Texas and Louisiana coast as [Read More…]
43 states under cold weather alerts, blizzard warning in parts of Texas and Louisiana
An ABC News graphic shows the weather forecast on Tuesday, Jan. 21, 2025. (ABC News) (NEW YORK) — About 265 million Americans, or nearly 80% of the population, are under cold weather alerts on Tuesday, [Read More…]
Fire chief shot and killed after stopping to help driver who hit deer with their car
Facebook / Coweta County Fire Rescue (CHAMBERS COUNTY, AL) — A fire chief in Alabama has been shot and killed after he stopped to help a driver who had hit a deer with their vehicle, [Read More…]