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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 […]

(NEW YORK) -- The FDA has announced a recall of frozen raw shrimp due to potential exposure to the radioactive isotope cesium-137.The FDA says about 83,800 bags of frozen raw shrimp imported from Indonesia are being recalled after the products may have been prepared, packed, or held under conditions that could have exposed them to very low levels of cesium-137.The recall affects shrimp distributed by Direct Source Seafood LLC and sold under […]

(NEW YORK) -- This year is expected to be the busiest on record for holiday travel, but rough weather in the West and the East may make getting to and from your Christmas destination even harder.As a life-threatening storm begins in California, here's a look at the Christmas weather forecast:CaliforniaMore than 41 million people across nearly all of California -- including Los Angeles, San Francisco, Sacramento and San Diego -- as well as parts of […]

Authorities respond to a shooting at a DMV in New Castle, Delaware, Dec. 23, 2025. WPVI (DELAWARE) -- A state trooper was killed during a shooting at a DMV location in Delaware on Tuesday, authorities said.The suspected shooter is also dead, according to Delaware Gov. Matt Meyer.Delaware State Police reported an active shooter at a DMV in New Castle on Tuesday afternoon. Police shortly updated that the situation was no […]

Firefighters respond to a fire at the Silver Lake Nursing Home in Bristol, Pa., Dec. 23, 2025. WPVI (BUCKS COUNTY, Pa.) -- A massive fire has erupted at a nursing home in eastern Pennsylvania following a possible gas explosion, officials said.The Upper Makefield Township police described it as a "mass casualty incident" at the Silver Lake Nursing Home and asked people to avoid the area in Bristol, which is about […]

The FBI and Santa Barbara County Sheriff's Office are looking for missing 9-year-old Melodee Buzzard. FBI (SANTA BARBARA, Calif.) -- Ashlee Buzzard, the mom of missing 9-year-old Melodee Buzzard, has been taken into custody in connection with the investigation into her missing daughter, sources told ABC News.Multiple law enforcement sources told ABC News that Melodee's body was found in early December in Utah in an area where Melodee and Ashlee Buzzard […]

(NEW YORK) -- Even as investigators took Jeffrey Epstein into custody in July 2019, they were already turning their attention to others in the wealthy financier and convicted sex offender's vast orbit who might also be involved in his crimes, according to a massive new trove of files released by the Justice Department early Tuesday morning.The fresh batch of files also add new details to the Epstein saga not previously known, including […]

(WASHINGTON) -- President Donald Trump said Monday that the U.S. is still actively pursuing a sanctioned oil tanker linked to Venezuela, but that he's confident the vessel will be seized."It's moving along and we’ll end up getting it," Trump said while unveiling a new class of battleships from his Mar-a-Lago club in Florida. "Yeah, we're actually pursuing it. Can you imagine? Yeah, because it came from the wrong location. It came out […]