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Bomb cyclone impacts West Coast, 1 dead in Washington state

Wednesday, November 20 by ABC News

One person was killed and two were injured by falling trees in Washington state as a powerful storm moved into the Pacific Northwest.In Lynwood, a woman in her 50s was killed when a tree fell on a homeless encampment Tuesday night. In Puget Sound,... Read More.

Gun violence becomes growing concern for transgender community

Wednesday, November 20 by ABC News

(NEW YORK) -- Righteous Torrance "Chevy" Hill had great plans for his future, cut short by a fatal shooting in front of his own home in February.Hill, a transgender man, left behind a budding legacy of activism as the founder of an LGBTQ-focused salon... Read More.

Daughter desperate to find driver who killed dad in hit-and-run: Please come clean

Tuesday, November 19 by ABC News

(LOS ANGELES, Calif.) -- Police and relatives are pleading with the public to help find the driver who struck and killed a father of three in a hit-and-run in Los Angeles.Oscar Guardado was riding his bike home in south Los Angeles when he was... Read More.

Suspect in random Manhattan stabbing spree appears in court on murder charges

Tuesday, November 19 by ABC News

(NEW YORK) -- A man accused of killing three people in an apparent unprovoked stabbing spree in Manhattan made his first appearance in court on Tuesday.Ramon Rivera, 51, was charged with three counts of first-degree murder, according to the New York Police Department. He confessed to the killings... Read More.

Deaf man with cerebral palsy said he tried to communicate with officers before violent arrest

Tuesday, November 19 by ABC News

(PHOENIX, Ariz) -- A deaf Black man with cerebral palsy who was violently arrested by two Phoenix police officers in August said he tried to alert the officers that he was deaf before they repeatedly punched and tasered him for an alleged crime he... Read More.

Laken Rileys last moments retraced during trial on Georgia nursing students murder

Tuesday, November 19 by ABC News

(ATHENS, Ga.) -- The last moments before Laken Riley was killed while out on a run on the University of Georgia's campus were shown in court Tuesday on the third day of the trial involving the murder of the 22-year-old nursing student.The Augusta University... Read More.

Prosecutors in Trump hush money case oppose dismissal, but are OK pausing case

Tuesday, November 19 by ABC News

(NEW YORK) -- Prosecutors with the Manhattan district attorney's office said Tuesday they would oppose President-elect Trump's attempt to dismiss his criminal hush money conviction in New York -- but they told the judge they do not object to pausing the case.The DA's office... Read More.

Hacker stole documents from file-sharing server used in Matt Gaetz civil case: Sources

Tuesday, November 19 by ABC News

(WASHINGTON) -- A hacker gained access to an online secure document-sharing file between attorneys involved in a civil lawsuit brought by a close friend of former Rep. Matt Gaetz, according to sources familiar with the matter.Documents including unredacted depositions from key witnesses in the... Read More.

Bomb cyclone to enhance powerful atmospheric river targeting West Coast

Tuesday, November 19 by ABC News

(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... Read More.

Why its not possible to manipulate the weather with geoengineering, according to experts

Tuesday, November 19 by ABC News

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 --... Read More.

Chris Wright, Trumps pick for energy secretary, is wrong about green energy, experts say

Tuesday, November 19 by ABC News

(WASHINGTON) -- The United States has seen a significant increase in the use of clean energy over the last few years; however, Chris Wright, President-elect Donald Trump's nominee for secretary of energy, has claimed otherwise.Wright, chief executive of Liberty Energy -- the world’s second-largest... Read More.