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California braces for life-threatening storm expected to bring flooding, mudslide threat

Saturday, February 3 by ABC News

(CALIFORNIA) -- A powerful atmospheric river storm system is expected to bring life-threatening and damaging flooding, wind, snow and waves to California this weekend. Flood watches will be in effect starting Saturday night through Tuesday in central and southern California. Dangerous and life-threatening flooding is... Read More.

Lawsuit alleges sheriff’s deputies assaulted woman while she was hospitalized

Saturday, February 3 by ABC News

(CALIFORNIA) -- A California woman alleges she was assaulted by sheriff's deputies while detained in a hospital in 2022 and awaiting medical treatment, according to a federal lawsuit filed against five officers from the Alameda County Sheriff's Office. Malia Ashad, 31, who was detained in... Read More.

Punxsutawney Phil predicts early spring after waking up to not see his shadow on Groundhog Day

Friday, February 2 by ABC News

(PUNXSUTAWNEY, Pa.) -- Punxsutawney Phil -- perhaps the world's most famous groundhog -- has woken up on Friday and not seen his shadow meaning, according to legend, that we are destined for an early spring. Legend has it that if he sees his shadow then... Read More.

Many students have still not regained pandemic-era losses in reading, math: Report

Thursday, February 1 by ABC News

(NEW YORK) -- Elementary and middle school students have only made up some of the losses in math and reading they experienced during the COVID-19 pandemic, a new report finds. For the report, published Wednesday, a collaborative team at the Center for Education Policy Research... Read More.

Murder suspect mistakenly released from jail after ‘cybersecurity incident’

Thursday, February 1 by ABC News

(ATLANTA) -- Authorities in Georgia are searching for 30-year-old murder suspect Zion River Shaka, who was mistakenly released by Clayton County authorities last week, according to ABC affiliate WSB in Atlanta. Last week, Shaka was transferred from the Fulton County Jail and sent to the... Read More.

139 passengers, crew sickened during gastrointestinal illness outbreak on Queen Victoria cruise: CDC

Thursday, February 1 by ABC News

(NEW YORK) -- Nearly 140 people have fallen sick during a gastrointestinal illness outbreak on a three-week Queen Victoria cruise, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. The Cunard Cruise Line ship departed Fort Lauderdale, Florida, on Jan. 22. Overall, 123 passengers and 16... Read More.

Ex-Trump Organization CFO Allen Weisselberg in perjury plea talks, sources say

Thursday, February 1 by ABC News

(NEW YORK) -- Former Trump Org. Chief Financial Officer Allen Weisselberg is in plea talks with the Manhattan district attorney's office to resolve a potential perjury charge, sources familiar with the matter confirmed to ABC News. If the negotiations succeed, Weisselberg would plead guilty to... Read More.

FDA warns consumers contaminated ‘copycat’ eye drops could cause infections

Thursday, February 1 by ABC News

(WASHINGTON) -- The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) is urging consumers to take another look at the packaging for their eye drops. On Wednesday, the FDA warned not to purchase or use South Moon, Rebright or FivFivGo brand eye drops because of the potential risk... Read More.

Jennifer Crumbley says she wishes son had ‘killed us instead’ as she took stand in manslaughter trial

Thursday, February 1 by ABC News

(NEW YORK) -- Jennifer Crumbley, the mother of Michigan school shooter Ethan Crumbley, testified she and her husband often argued with their son about missing school assignments and said she could have "easily" taken him home on the day of the attack as her... Read More.

Joshua Schulte, largest leaker of CIA material in history, sentenced to 40 years in prison

Thursday, February 1 by ABC News

(NEW YORK) -- Joshua Schulte, who was convicted of orchestrating the largest leak of classified material in CIA history, was sentenced to 40 years in prison Thursday. Schulte, 35, handed WikiLeaks a trove of CIA cyber espionage tools known as Vault 7, in what federal... Read More.

ICE arrests 171 noncitizens in latest enforcement push

Thursday, February 1 by ABC News

(NEW YORK) -- Immigration and Customs Enforcement arrested 171 unauthorized noncitizens with a variety of criminal records ranging from murder, homicide or assault against children as part of a recent enforcement push spanning 25 major cities, the agency announced Thursday. "These were some very bad... Read More.

Dangerous rain storm slams California, state braces for 2nd round

Thursday, February 1 by ABC News

(NEW YORK) -- A powerful Pacific jet stream is bringing two dangerous storms fueled by an atmospheric river to the West Coast, the first of which struck Northern California on Wednesday and is pummeling Southern California on Thursday. This first storm brings a "significant threat... Read More.