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mbbirdy/Getty Images (Washington City, UT) -- Human remains that had been decomposing “for an extended period of time” have been discovered just off of a public hiking trail in Utah, police said.The Washington City Police Department announced the discovery of human remains near the Bone Wash Trail and Elephant Arch hiking area in Washington City in southern Utah -- some 125 miles northwest of Las Vegas, Nevada -- according to […]

(LOS ANGELES) -- The fires blazing through Los Angeles County are the latest unprecedented natural disaster likely amplified by our changing climate. In the weeks and months to come, climate attribution science will determine by just how much.However, we do know that heavy rains, followed by drought and mixed with winds and low humidity created a perfect storm of conditions -- just weeks after Hurricane Helene ripped through North Carolina's […]

(NEW YORK) -- Preliminary data from the first week of New York City's highly debated congestion pricing program shows the country's first such plan of its kind is working, officials said."The purpose of the program is to reduce the number of vehicles entering what had been the most congested district in the country," Juliette Michaelson, the Metropolitan Transportation Authority's deputy chief of policy and external relations, said during a press […]

(WASHINGTON) -- Special counsel David Weiss slammed President Joe Biden's characterization of his probe as being infected with "raw politics" in his final report detailing his investigations into the president's son Hunter Biden, which was released Monday by the Justice Department.Weiss' work culminated in two separate criminal convictions of Hunter Biden that his father wiped clean with a sweeping pardon in early December, just weeks after Election Day. In July […]

(BUTLER COUNTY, Pa.) -- First responders from Butler County, Pennsylvania – the site of the first assassination attempt on Donald Trump during the presidential campaign – played a pivotal and personal part in his run for the White House.Now, those responders who helped him in the immediate aftermath are being given a special role at Monday's inauguration, featured as the first group to walk in the Inauguration Day parade following […]

(LOS ANGELES) -- A flurry of separate lawsuits were filed Monday against Southern California Edison, a utility company in California, by homeowners and renters who lost their homes in the Eaton Fire. The four lawsuits each allege the company failed to de-energize all of its electrical equipment despite red flag warnings issued by the National Weather Service."The property damage and economic losses caused by the Eaton Fire is the result […]

(LOS ANGELES, Calif.) -- Nearly a full week has passed since Alex Shekarchian and Moogega Cooper hastily packed a few belongings and fled from the second natural disaster to upturn their lives in three months.In October, the couple survived Hurricane Milton, which slammed the Florida coast. Now, they are among thousands of residents to lose their homes in the unprecedented firestorm continuing to burn across Los Angeles County."We've seen weather events get […]

(LOS ANGELES) -- Los Angeles residents who fled devastating wildfires are facing a huge recovery and rebuilding effort, as they gather what they can from ruins that were once their homes.As firefighters continue a massive effort to contain and subdue the historic infernos, Angelenos are grappling with unthinkable loss.Mike Geller and his 18-year-old son spoke with ABC News among the rubble of Palisades Village, where their family's 50-year-old jewelry business […]

(ALTADENA, Calif) -- While entire neighborhoods were ablaze in Altadena, California, on Wednesday, a scared dog named Max barked at the out-of-control flames engulfing his home.A firefighter saw him curled up in his front yard, alone and scared. As the fireman sprayed the flames, the dog got closer and closer.The fireman put his hand out. And the dog came."Visibility was pretty poor initially, so we found a place that we […]