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LA fires live updates: 18 missing as death toll rises

Friday, January 17 by ABC News

(LOS ANGELES) -- At least 25 people have died as multiple wildfires, fueled by severe drought conditions and strong winds, rage across the Los Angeles area.Thousands of firefighters are battling wildfires across 45 square miles of densely populated Los Angeles County. About 82,000 people... Read More.

Rare Gulf Coast winter storm may hit next week: Latest forecast

Friday, January 17 by ABC News

(NEW YORK) -- A developing winter storm may bring rare snow and ice to cities along the Gulf Coast, from Texas to Florida.The storm is set to hit the region on Tuesday.It is too early to say how much snow or ice will fall,... Read More.

2 dead, 2 injured after man attacks group of people with a stick

Friday, January 17 by ABC News

(MIAMI) -- Two people are dead, and two others have been injured after a man allegedly attacked a group of homeless people with a stick, police said.Police in Miami, Florida, say that units responded after 6 a.m. on Thursday to reports of an armed... Read More.

Biden pardons nearly 2,500 nonviolent drug offenders

Friday, January 17 by ABC News

(WASHINGTON) -- President Joe Biden has now issued more individual pardons and commutations than any president in history, after announcing Friday that he was pardoning nearly 2,500 nonviolent drug offenders.Biden said in the announcement -- which came just three days before his term ends... Read More.

Southwest Airlines pilot arrested, allegedly intoxicated, at Georgia airport ahead of flight

Thursday, January 16 by ABC News

(GEORGIA) -- A Southwest Airlines pilot was arrested this week for allegedly reporting to work at a Georgia airport intoxicated, causing his Chicago-bound flight to be delayed for hours.The pilot, identified as 52-year-old David Allsop, was arrested at Hilton Head International Airport in Savannah... Read More.

Altadena family recounts their harrowing escape from Eaton Fire

Thursday, January 16 by ABC News

(LOS ANGELES) -- The Los Angeles wildfires have destroyed thousands of structures since Jan. 7. In Altadena, north of Pasadena, the Eaton Fire has damaged or destroyed 7,000 structures.One of the structures destroyed by the fire was the home Erion and Stephan Taylor lived in... Read More.

New York Gov. Kathy Hochul deploys more cops to subway system after high-profile crimes

Thursday, January 16 by ABC News

(NEW YORK) -- Users of the nation's largest subway system will start seeing New York City police officers on every overnight train starting Monday as Gov. Kathy Hochul announced a strategy Thursday to tamp down rider anxiety that has been rising amid a series... Read More.

Giuliani gets to keep apartments, World Series rings in settlement with election workers

Thursday, January 16 by ABC News

(NEW YORK) -- Rudy Giuliani reached a settlement agreement with two former election workers he was found to have defamed, a joint letter from both parties said Thursday.The former New York City mayor had been a no-show to his non-jury civil trial that was... Read More.

Trumps inauguration will be coldest in decades

Thursday, January 16 by ABC News

(WASHINGTON) -- President-elect Donald Trump's inauguration on Monday is forecast to be the coldest in 40 years.An arctic front will pass by Washington, D.C., on Sunday night and winds will pick up out of the northwest, ushering in arctic air.Monday's temperature will be at... Read More.

Elapses size of San Francisco: LA fires carve mark on history

Thursday, January 16 by ABC News

(LOS ANGELES) -- Even as four wildfires continued to burn in Los Angeles County on Thursday, the blazes were already rewriting the record books.Over the last nine days, seven fires have broken out across the nation's second-largest metropolitan region, ravaging a combined area bigger than... Read More.

LA fires live updates: Palisades investigators have gathered 150 leads, official says

Thursday, January 16 by ABC News

(LOS ANGELES) -- At least 25 people have died as multiple wildfires, fueled by severe drought conditions and strong winds, rage across the Los Angeles area.Thousands of firefighters are battling wildfires across 45 square miles of densely populated Los Angeles County. About 82,000 people... Read More.

What to know about REAL ID

Thursday, January 16 by ABC News

(NEW YORK) -- Planning to travel by air in the U.S. later this year? A regular driver's license may not cut it.Travelers flying through U.S. airports will soon need to show TSA agents a REAL ID-compliant driver's license, a passport or another form of... Read More.