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ABC News (LOS ANGELES) — Human-amplified climate change is making it more likely that extreme heat to lasts longer into fall, as record-breaking temperatures for the month of October blanket much of the western U.S. An unprecedented late season heat wave is in effect in the West, with October temperatures broken in major cities, several […]
ABC News (NEW YORK) — Texas has been baking in record heat since the weekend, and the rest of the week will be no exception. Record highs are expected Thursday from Roswell, New Mexico, to Galveston, Texas, forecasts show. Heat alerts have been issued by the National Weather Service for Texas, Oklahoma, New Mexico and […]
ABC News (DALLAS) — Overhaul companies remain on the scene of a historic Baptist church in Dallas after a major fire broke out Friday, leaving the structure largely collapsed. As of Saturday morning, the fire was knocked down and contained. First Baptist Dallas is a Baptist church located in Dallas, Texas, that dates back to […]
Via ABC News (NEW YORK) — More than 100 million Americans are under heat alerts from coast-to-coast on Saturday. Record high temperatures are possible in Redding, California; Reno, Nevada; Denver, Colorado; and Grand Junction, Colorado. In the West, there is an extreme heat risk in the California Valley with temperatures up to 115 degrees as […]
Jakub Porzycki/NurPhoto via Getty Images (LONDON) — On the Fourth of July, Americans across the country will be taking much of the day to relax and take a break with family. But in the UK it’s Election Day. The British Prime Minister Rishi Sunak scheduled elections for the Fourth of July and it’s shaping up […]
Priceless Pets volunteer Mary Green of Chino Hills, places new collars on some of the 200 beagles who were among 4,000 dogs freed from a Virginia breeding facility, moments after the dogs arrived in two trailers at Priceless Pets, a nonprofit rescue, in Chino Hills on July 23, 2022. (Mark Rightmire/Orange County Register via Getty […]
Grant Faint/Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — In historic Trump hearing, Supreme Court suggests presidents may have some criminal immunity Alexandra Hutzler,Meredith Deliso,Alexander Mallin, andMike Levine The U.S. Supreme Court heard arguments Thursday on whether former President Donald Trump can be criminally prosecuted over his efforts to overturn his 2020 election loss. The justices grappled with the […]
Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — Articles of impeachment against Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas, over his handling of the border, were officially transmitted to the Senate on Tuesday. The House impeachment managers, selected by Republican leadership, walked the two articles through the Capitol led by the House clerk and sergeant-at-arms. The charges against Mayorkas will […]
ABC News (LOS ANGELES) — Southern California may have just experienced a historic amount of rainfall, but more extreme precipitation is headed toward the region. More than a month’s worth of rain fell in a span of three hours in San Diego on Monday, according to the National Weather Service. The city saw its wettest January […]
IronHeart/Getty Images (NEW YORK) — Last year proved to be one of the costliest in the United States due to extreme weather disasters, according to a new report by the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration. The U.S. was hit with more billion-dollar disasters in 2023 than any other year on record, highlighting the increased risk […]