David Peinado/Anadolu via Getty Images (AUSTIN, Texas) — A federal judge granted a preliminary injunction Thursday to temporarily prevent one of the strictest immigration bills in the country from going into effect in Texas on March 5. The law, known as SB 4, would authorize local and state law enforcement […]
George Rose/Getty Images (LOS ANGELES) — The effects of the El Niño event currently bringing extreme moisture to the southwestern U.S. are expected to linger for months, with record heat recorded all over the world, scientists say. Several regions around the planet are expected to experience record-breaking average surface air […]
ABC News (LOS ANGELES) — A blizzard warning is in effect in California as a new storm system moves into the mountains with potential to deliver more than 10 feet of snow. The heavy snow will begin blasting California’s Sierra Nevada mountains Thursday afternoon and evening, and will continue into […]
Sheila Paras via Getty Images (SPARTA TOWNSHIP, PA.) — The predominantly Amish community in Spartansburg, Pennsylvania, is shocked and scared after a 23-year-old pregnant Amish woman was killed this week, a community member told ABC News. “Everyone is stunned — this doesn’t happen here,” said Charleen Hajec, a pharmacist who […]
WFTV (ORLANDO, Fla.) — One person is dead and six others have suffered gunshot injuries stemming from a disagreement over when a vehicle was to be returned, which resulted in an exchange of gunfire between two groups in Orlando, Florida, police said. The six injured victims were transferred to the […]
ABC News (AMARILLO, Texas) — Several large wildfires continue to tear through northern Texas, including one that has grown into the largest blaze in state history. The Smokehouse Creek Fire that ignited in Hutchinson County remained active as of Thursday morning, having burned an estimated 1,075,000 acres and was just […]
Courtesy Jay Artis-Wright In the four years since schools were shuttered in an effort to protect students from the onset of COVID-19, public education has been placed under a microscope and turned into a major political talking point. Conservatives, led by political figures like Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis and groups […]
ABC News Several large wildfires continue to tear through northern Texas, including one that has grown into the second-largest blaze in state history. The Smokehouse Creek Fire that ignited in Hutchinson County remained active as of Wednesday night, having burned an estimated 850,000 acres and was just 3% contained, according […]
WFTV At least one person is dead and several others have been injured following a shooting in Orlando, Florida, police said. At approximately 11 p.m., officers from the Orlando Police Department responded to the area of Iron Wedge Drive and South Lake Orlando in reference to several shots fired and, […]
Paul Weaver/SOPA Images/LightRocket via Getty Images (NEW YORK) — Illinois, Florida and California had the largest total increases in the number of abortions performed in the first 15 months after the U.S. Supreme Court overturned Roe v. Wade, according to data gathered in the WeCount report released by the Society […]
