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ABC News(LOS ANGELES) -- Dangerous weather conditions are affecting nearly the entire state of California over the coming days. A second round of atmospheric rivers is bringing even more rain and flooding to Southern California in less than a week, exacerbating life-threatening flooding in the region for tens of millions of residents. The system is forecast to be one of the most significant storms in state history, bringing the threat of flash flooding possible from Santa Barbara to Los Angeles...

Weathers in The Mandalorian - LucasfilmFriends and former co-stars took to social media after news broke that Emmy nominee Carl Weathers had died in his sleep Thursday, February 1, at 76. In a video shot in front of a LeRoy Neiman painting of Rocky Balboa and Apollo Creed clashing in the ring, an emotional Sylvester Stallone expressed, "Im so torn up, I cant even tell you." Stallone said Weathers was "such an integral part of my life," adding, "I never could have accompl...

Environmentalist Scott Smith test samples around the East Palestine train derailment. (ABC News)(OHIO) -- In the one year since the toxic train derailment in East Palestine, Ohio, where 11 cars carrying hazardous materials spilled toxins into the environment, many of the residents still havent returned home. The spill forced hundreds of nearby residents out of their homes and sparked fears, as five tankers carried vinyl chloride, which posed serious health risks. Vinyl chloride burning can creat...

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 possible with this event, including in urban areas. Rainfall totals of 3 to 6 inches will be common, with 6 to 12 inches possible across south and southwest-facing foothills...

Csreed/Getty Images(NEW YORK) -- The House Judiciary Committee has issued a subpoena to Fulton County District Attorney Fani Willis for documents related to her offices use of federal funds intended to support at-risk youth, according to a copy of the subpoena obtained by ABC News. The subpoena comes as Willis faces unrelated scrutiny over her relationship with one of her top prosecutors in the Georgia election interference case against former President Donald Trump and 18 others. Fridays subpoe...

Bissell recalls multi reach hand and floor vacuum cleaners due to fire hazard. (Consumer Product Safety Commission)(NEW YORK) -- Bissell, a floor cleaning product company, recalled over 150,000 of its Multi Reach Hand and Floor Vacuum Cleaners due to a potential fire hazard, according to an announcement on the United States Product Safety Commission and a separate announcement on the companys website. According to the USPSCs release posted on Thursday, the vacuums battery pack has the potential ...

Ableimages/Getty Images(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 at Harvard University and The Educational Opportunity Project at Stanford University, looked at the first year of regular testing between spring 2022 and spring 2023 for school districts in 30 states...

Official White House Photo by Adam Schultz(WASHINGTON) -- President Joe Biden on Friday will attend the dignified transfer at Dover Air Force Base of the three U.S. Army reservists killed Sunday in a drone strike in Jordan. Accompanying him will be first lady Jill Biden, Secretary of Defense Lloyd Austin and Joint Chiefs Chairman Gen. CQ Brown. They will meet with the families privately before receiving the remains, the White House said. The Pentagon announced on Monday that Sgt. William Jerome ...

Firemen fight a blaze following a series of explosions in the Embakasi area of Nairobi, Kenya on February 2, 2024. (Photo by LUIS TATO/AFP via Getty Images)(LONDON) -- At least three people were killed and 298 others were injured late Thursday when a gas explosion sparked an inferno in Kenyas capital as residents were asleep, authorities said. A fire resulting from a gas explosion was reported in the Mradi area of Nairobis Embakasi neighborhood at 11:30 p.m. local time. The wounded were evacuate...

Amazon MGM StudiosMr. & Mrs. Smith are back in action. The 2005 movie starring Brad Pitt and Angelina Jolie as married spies is now a TV show, debuting Friday on Prime Video. This time around Donald Glover and Maya Erskine star as secret agents in a fake marriage. Francesca Sloane co-created the series with Glover. She tells ABC Audio that the movie and show are similar, but different, explaining, "I feel like in terms of taking it to television, and taking sort of this very campy...