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Mountan bikers have replaced skiers in early August as a record-breaking ski season comes to a slushy end on August 6, 2023, in Mammoth Lakes, California. After a series of winter atmospheric rivers slammed into this high elevation Sierra Nevada resort, dropping 900 inches of snow at the top of Mammoth Mountain and nearly 700 inches in the village, the ski season was pushed into August for only the third […]

The FBI and Santa Barbara County Sheriff's Office are looking for missing 9-year-old Melodee Buzzard. FBI (SANTA BARBARA, Calif.) -- Ashlee Buzzard has been charged with murder with special allegations in the shooting death of her 9-year-old daughter Melodee Buzzard, according to court documents.The special allegations charge claims that Ashlee Buzzard personally and intentionally discharged a firearm causing death and committed the murder by means of lying in wait.She entered a not […]

(NEW CASTLE, Del.) -- A state trooper was killed after authorities say a customer at a DMV location in Delaware opened fire on the law enforcement officer from behind while he was sitting at a reception desk.Cpl. Matthew T. "Ty" Snook, 34, of Hockessin, Delaware, a 10-year veteran of the Delaware State Police, was killed in Tuesday's shooting, the agency said.The suspected shooter was fatally shot by a responding police officer, […]

Kentucky police confiscated 55 pounds of meth wrapped in Christmas paper, Dec. 22, 2025. Jeffersontown Police Department (JEFFERSONTOWN, Ky.) -- Santa was not the only one trying to deliver Christmas surprises this year.Police say they confiscated 55 pounds of suspected methamphetamine wrapped in Christmas paper Monday during a narcotics investigation in Jeffersontown, Kentucky, right outside of Louisville.Jacob Talamantes, 23, of Nebraska, was arrested after a police K9 alerted officers to […]

Snow & Ice Potential - Friday & Saturday Morning Map (ABC News) (NEW YORK) -- A major winter storm is making the post-Christmas travel extremely dangerous in parts of the Northeast, and the storm is set to bring the most snow to New York City in years.The storm is also impacting flights. Nearly 800 flights have been canceled so far on Friday, with New York City's three airports and the Detroit Metro […]

(NEW YORK) -- This year was full of first-of-its-kind stories that got Americans talking. Here's a look back at some of the most talked about U.S. stories of 2025 outside of politics, from the Los Angeles wildfires to Sean “Diddy” Combs’ trial.LA wildfiresThe Palisades and Eaton fires erupted in Los Angeles County on Jan. 7. With severe drought conditions and strong Santa Ana winds fueling the flames, the fires spread quickly, killing at […]

ABC News (NEW YORK) -- A major winter storm is expected to bring ice and snow to the upper Midwest on Thursday, with the system moving through the lower Northeast on Friday and ending by Saturday morning.Freezing rain is forecast to move through northern Minneapolis and Wisconsin on Thursday evening. The rain is expected to reach Michigan on Friday morning, moving into western and central Pennsylvania later in the morning.Most […]

Life-threatening flood threat. ABC News (LOS ANGELES) -- More than 41 million Americans across California, southern Nevada and northwest Arizona are under flood watches on Wednesday amid a rare, high risk for excessive rainfall and flooding.This includes major metros like Los Angeles, San Francisco, Sacramento, California, San Diego and Las Vegas.A "High Risk for excessive rainfall" is in place for Los Angeles, including I-10 from San Bernardino to Santa Monica […]

Pennsylvania Governor Josh Shapiro speaks during a press conference outside of the Governor's Mansion on April 13, 2025. Kyle Mazza/Anadolu via Getty Images (BRISTOL, Pa.) -- An explosion and fire at a Pennsylvania nursing home killed two women -- one resident and one employee -- and wounded 20 other people, officials said.The "catastrophic" incident -- possibly caused by a gas leak -- unfolded Tuesday afternoon at the Silver Lake Nursing Home in […]