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Meteorology may have come a long way since its inception, but it is not possible for anyone -- whether it be the government, scientists or billionaires -- to control the weather, according to experts.The desert region of Dubai received a record-breaking amount of rain -- two year's worth in 24 hours -- in April. Ever since, every time a flash flooding event occurs, ABC New Chief Meteorologist and Managing Editor of the […]

ABC News Illustration (NEW YORK) -- A massive plume of moisture from the Pacific called an atmospheric river will hit the West Coast on Tuesday afternoon and last into Friday.The storm is expected to become a bomb cyclone -- which means the pressure in the center of the storm will drop 24 millibars within 24 hours.The storm could be so strong that it even drops close to double that rate […]

(NEW YORK) -- A man is expected to appear in court Tuesday after allegedly killing three people in an apparent unprovoked stabbing spree in Manhattan, authorities said.Ramon Rivera, 51, was charged on Monday with three counts of first-degree murder, according to the New York Police Department.He confessed to the killings during questioning, according to police sources.The first victim, 36-year-old Angel Lata Landi, was fatally stabbed in the abdomen at 8:22 a.m. Monday in an […]

Justin Lane - Pool/Getty Image (NEW YORK) -- Manhattan District Attorney Alvin Bragg is expected to propose the next steps in Donald Trump's New York hush money case Tuesday after the "unprecedented circumstances" of the former president's election following his conviction on 34 felony counts earlier this year.Trump's sentencing in the criminal case is tentatively scheduled for Nov. 26, though defense attorneys have urged New York Judge Juan Merchan to […]

(WALDORF, Md.) -- The Charles County Sheriff's Office in Maryland is investigating an incident where an elementary school student was allegedly found hanging on a hook in a school bathroom, a spokesperson for the sheriff's office told ABC News on Monday. The injuries to the student were described by his parents as severe bruising on his neck and face.The alleged incident took place on Friday afternoon at C. Paul Barnhart […]

DuPage County State’s Attorney (CHICAGO) -- A woman has been accused of a hate crime after she allegedly targeted a man wearing a "Palestine" sweatshirt at an Illinois Panera Bread, authorities said.Alexandra Szustakiewicz, 64, was at a Panera in Downers Grove, a Chicago suburb, around noon on Saturday when she saw a man wearing a sweatshirt that said "Palestine" on it, the DuPage County State’s Attorney's Office said. She allegedly […]

(ATHENS, Ga.) -- Police questioned the man accused of killing Laken Riley about multiple scratches on his arms a day after the 22-year-old nursing student was found murdered on the University of Georgia's campus, body camera footage played Monday during the suspect's bench trial showed.Police spoke to the defendant, Jose Ibarra, who is an undocumented migrant, at his apartment in Athens on Feb. 23, while investigating Riley's death. The Augusta […]

(GATESVILLE, Tx.) -- The family of Melissa Lucio, a death row inmate whose execution was delayed in 2022, expressed hope that the Texas woman would be freed after a judge concluded last month that Lucio is “actually innocent” after she was convicted of capital murder in 2008 for the death of her 2-year-old daughter.“This is the best news we could get going into the holidays,” said her son, John Lucio, […]

(NEW YORK) -- Firefighters battling an outbreak of wildfires across the Northeast amid a historic autumn drought could get some relief from Mother Nature by the middle of this week.A rainstorm on the way is forecast to reach the Northeast by Wednesday evening. The heaviest rain is expected Wednesday night through Friday from Northern New Jersey to upstate New York and New England, possibly bringing 1 to 2 inches of rain.The forecast […]