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(NEW YORK) -- Devastating wildfires, flooding and extreme heat events took place over the past year, several resulting in mass fatalities, with experts linking some of the worst events to human-amplified climate change.These are the biggest weather stories of the year:Los Angeles wildfiresMultiple wildfires that sparked in Los Angeles at the beginning of the year spread quickly and burned for weeks, destroying more than 16,000 structures and killing dozens of […]

(MINNEAPOLIS) -- An official with the Department of Health and Human Services says the agency has "frozen all child care payments" to the state of Minnesota after allegations of fraudulent day care centers there.In addition, HHS is tightening requirements for payments from the Administration for Children and Families to all states, requiring a justification and a receipt or photo evidence, Deputy HHS Secretary Jim O'Neill said in a post on […]

(NEW YORK) -- This year began with a deadly New Year's Day car-ramming terrorist attack in New Orleans and is finishing with a flurry of horrific shootings, including a mass shooting at Brown University, but 2025 is also poised to end with the largest one-year drop in U.S. homicides ever recorded, according to data from cities both large and small.Based on a sampling of preliminary crime statistics from 550 U.S. […]

(SAN BERNARDINO COUNTY, Calif.) -- A 19-year-old who fell while hiking on Southern California's Mount Baldy and two others were found dead during the search and rescue effort for the teen, authorities said.The recovery effort for the three deceased hikers is underway, the San Bernardino County Sheriff's Department said on Tuesday.Amid dangerous conditions, Mount Baldy is now closed until New Year's Day to "protect natural resources and provide for public […]

(NEW YORK) -- A federal magistrate judge did not immediately rule Tuesday on whether the Virginia man charged with placing pipe bombs outside of the Republican National Committee and Democratic National Committee headquarters the night before the Jan. 6 riot at the U.S. Capitol will remain behind bars pending trial, after saying both prosecutors and the defendant's attorneys raised important legal issues that he will have to take under further […]

In this undated file photo, Mount Baldy is shown in the San Gabriel Mountains in California. Matthew Micah Wright/Getty Images, FILE (SAN BERNARDINO COUNTY, Calif.) -- A 19-year-old who fell while hiking on Southern California's Mount Baldy and two others were found dead during the search and rescue effort for the teen, authorities said.The recovery effort for the three deceased hikers is underway, the San Bernardino County Sheriff's Department said […]

Amber De Vos/Getty Images (NEW YORK) -- Tatiana Schlossberg, daughter of Caroline Kennedy and granddaughter of John F. Kennedy, has died following a battle with acute myeloid leukemia."Our beautiful Tatiana passed away this morning," the JFK Library Foundation said in a statement on Tuesday. "She will always be in our hearts."Schlossberg revealed in an emotional essay published last month that she was diagnosed with a "rare mutation" of acute myeloid […]

Stefon Diggs attends the 2025 CFDA Awards at The American Museum of Natural History on November 03, 2025 in New York City. The Hapa Blonde/GC Images (FOXBOROUGH, Mass.) --  New England Patriots wide receiver Stefon Diggs is facing strangulation and assault charges, according to court records.The complaint was made by a woman who worked as a private chef for the NFL player, according to court documents. During a Dec. 2 […]

Stefon Diggs attends the 2025 CFDA Awards at The American Museum of Natural History on November 03, 2025 in New York City. The Hapa Blonde/GC Images (FOXBOROUGH, Mass.) -- New England Patriots wide receiver Stefon Diggs is facing strangulation and assault charges, according to court records.The charges stem from an alleged incident on Dec. 2, records show, one day after the Patriots beat the New York Giants 33-15.Details of the […]