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Snow & Ice Potential - Friday & Saturday Morning Map (ABC News) (NEW YORK) -- A major winter storm is making the post-Christmas travel extremely dangerous in parts of the Northeast, and the storm is set to bring the most snow to New York City in years.The storm is also impacting flights. Nearly 800 flights have been canceled so far on Friday, with New York City's three airports and the Detroit Metro […]

(NEW YORK) -- This year was full of first-of-its-kind stories that got Americans talking. Here's a look back at some of the most talked about U.S. stories of 2025 outside of politics, from the Los Angeles wildfires to Sean “Diddy” Combs’ trial.LA wildfiresThe Palisades and Eaton fires erupted in Los Angeles County on Jan. 7. With severe drought conditions and strong Santa Ana winds fueling the flames, the fires spread quickly, killing at […]

ABC News (NEW YORK) -- A major winter storm is expected to bring ice and snow to the upper Midwest on Thursday, with the system moving through the lower Northeast on Friday and ending by Saturday morning.Freezing rain is forecast to move through northern Minneapolis and Wisconsin on Thursday evening. The rain is expected to reach Michigan on Friday morning, moving into western and central Pennsylvania later in the morning.Most […]

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 […]