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(NEW YORK) -- El Nino is increasingly likely to return later this year, bringing potentially significant impacts to our weather, the upcoming hurricane season and global temperature trends, though its timing and strength remain uncertain, experts told ABC News.The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) issued an El Nino Watch on Thursday, meaning that conditions are favorable for its development over the next six months. NOAA’s latest forecast puts the […]

(WEST BLOOMFIELD, Mich.) -- Michigan Gov. Gretchen Whitmer called on people to "lower the temperature" and call out antisemitism following Thursday's attack on a Detroit-area synagogue that she said on Friday "could have looked a lot more like Sandy Hook" had it not been for security.And while the governor and other leaders said law enforcement is trying to comb through more evidence about the incident, more information is coming to light about […]

This image provided by the FBI Feb. 5, 2026, shows a missing person Nancy Guthrie. (FBI) (TUCSON, Ariz.) -- The FBI has recovered additional imagery from cameras at the Arizona home of Nancy Guthrie, the missing mother of "Today" show host Savannah Guthrie, sources briefed on the investigation told ABC News.The images were recovered in recent weeks from motion-activated cameras trained on the swimming pool, backyard and side yard, the […]

(NEW YORK) -- Six service members were killed when their refueling aircraft "went down" in friendly airspace in western Iraq, according to U.S. Central Command."All six crew members aboard a U.S. KC-135 refueling aircraft that went down in western Iraq are now confirmed deceased. The aircraft was lost while flying over friendly airspace March 12 during Operation Epic Fury," CENTCOM said Friday.The KC-135 aircraft went down at approximately 2 p.m. […]

(WEST BLOOMFIELD, Mich.) -- Dearborn Heights Mayor Mo Baydoun said that 41-year-old Ayman Mohamad Ghazali -- the suspect involved in the shooting and vehicle-ramming attack at a Detroit-area synagogue on Thursday -- had “lost several members of his own family … in an Israeli attack on their home in Lebanon."Strongly condemning the attack, Baydoun said “everyone deserves to worship in peace and we must unequivocally condemn any attack on a […]

A Boeing C-135 Stratotanker / Stratolifter military aircraft known as KC-135 of the United States Air Force USAF configured as Air Tanker Transport for aerial refueling. (Photo by Nicolas Economou/NurPhoto via Getty Images) (NEW YORK) -- Four service members were killed when their refueling aircraft "went down" in friendly airspace in western Iraq, according to U.S. Central Command."Four of six crew members on board the aircraft have been confirmed deceased […]

(NEW YORK) -- The Transportation Security Administration rolled out a new video at airports across the country Friday warning travelers of longer-than-usual wait times and staffing shortages, blaming Democrats for the partial government shutdown."You may be experiencing longer-than-average wait times due to the ongoing Democrat shutdown of TSA and the Department of Homeland Security," the agency's video message says.At several airports nationwide, passengers have seen security wait times ranging from […]

(NORFOLK, Va.) -- A person was killed and two others were wounded in a shooting at Old Dominion University in Norfolk, Virginia, on Thursday.The school shooting was allegedly committed by a former Army National Guardsman who was convicted of giving material support to ISIS, an FBI official told ABC News.The gunman opened fire in Constant Hall, an academic building, around 10:43 a.m. and was found dead minutes after officers arrived, […]

(WEST BLOOMFIELD, Mich.) -- A suspect is dead after a shooting and vehicle ramming incident at a synagogue in West Bloomfield, Michigan, according to Oakland County Sheriff Michael Bouchard.The suspect, who is believed to have had a rifle, died after a shootout with security, according to a senior federal law enforcement official briefed on the investigation.Nobody inside the synagogue was hurt, Bouchard said, and the synagogue noted that all 140 students […]