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ABCShia LaBeouf will be taking to the stage for the first time this September, in a new production in Los Angeles from Pulitzer-winning writer David Mamet called Henry Johnson. The actor, who weathered headlines and a lawsuit alleging he had been abusive to his former romantic partner FKA Twigs in 2020, has embraced sobriety after previous failed attempts and run-ins with the law. Beginning September 2 and running through September 24, Shias co-stars will be Oscar-nominated character actor David...

ABC News(LOS ANGELES) -- Tropical Storm Warnings are in effect for more than 42 million Americans in Southern California, with Hilary expected to be the first tropical storm to hit the region since Nora in 1997. Hurricane Hilary has entered cooler water and is starting to weaken. The storm has been downgraded to a category 3 hurricane with sustained winds reaching 125 mph as it moves north-northwest at 16 mph. Hilary is located more than 200 miles southwest of Cabo San Lucas – a sustained win...

Noelskeez/Twitter(LOS ANGELES) -- Los Angeles is launching a new task force to address organized retail crime in the region, officials announced Thursday. The task force will include multiple Southern California law enforcement agencies, including the Los Angeles Police Department and the Los Angeles Sheriffs Department, as well as the U.S. Marshals Apprehension Task Force and Federal Bureau of Investigation Apprehension Task Force, the LA Mayors Office said. Among recent incidents of organized ...

AMCAMC has released new images and a new teaser from its forthcoming spinoff The Walking Dead: Daryl Dixon. The new footage from the show, which starts in September, shows Norman Reedus Daryl not getting too warm a welcome from some of the locals after he wakes up in Europe. "Were looking for an American," one of the characters growls. Evidently, Daryl uses some of his survival experience from the States to rally survivors in France. Reedus says at one point, "You did it your way,...

Jesse Winter/Bloomberg via Getty Images(BRITISH COLUMBIA, Canada) -- Fire officials in British Columbia warned they would be facing "the most challenging 24 to 48 hours of the summer," as wildfires that have been ravaging western Canada all week are expected to increase and impact more areas. Over 370 wildfires have been raging since the beginning of the week throughout the territory, according to the Canadian Interagency Forest Fire Centre (CIFFC). Two wildfires of note, the Stein Mou...

Thomas Northcut/Getty Images(NEW YORK) -- Mortgage rates have climbed to their highest levels in 21 years, according to data released by Freddie Mac on Thursday. The 30-year fixed-rate mortgage averaged 7.09% over the week ending on Thursday, marking a significant increase from 6.96% the week prior, the data showed. The Federal Reserve has put forward an aggressive string of interest rate hikes as it tries to slash inflation by slowing the economy and choking off demand. That means borrowers fac...

SONGPHOL THESAKIT/Getty Images(NEW YORK) -- The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention said it is tracking a new lineage of the virus that causes COVID-19 after it was detected in the United States. Named BA.2.86, the strain was first detected in Denmark on July 24 of this year, then Israel, followed by Michigan in August for a total of four cases, according to the open global genome sequencing database GISAID. "Today we are more prepared than ever to detect and respond to changes in th...

The Ocean Cleanup(NEW YORK) -- Ocean cleanup crews have fished out the most trash ever taken from one of the largest garbage patches in the world. The Ocean Cleanup, a nonprofit environmental engineering organization, saw its largest extraction earlier this month by removing about 25,000 pounds of trash from the Great Pacific Garbage Patch, Alex Tobin, head of public relations and media for the organization, told ABC News. The vessels are currently on the way back to port in Victoria, British C...

RapidEye/Getty Images(NEW YORK) -- A New Jersey federal judge has ordered Starbucks to pay a former employee who was awarded $25.6 million in a wrongful termination suit an extra $2.7 million in damages. Shannon Phillips, a former regional director for the chain, sued the coffee giant in 2019, claiming that she was fired for being white. On Wednesday, Judge Joel Slomsky ordered Starbucks to pay Phillips $2,736,755 in back pay, front pay and tax gross, court documents show. The ruling comes after...

John Fleenor/ABC via Getty ImagesAs one of the fastest growing sports, Pickleball is taking over the United States -- and soon our televisions.  The beloved sport is now the premise of the new reality show called Pickleball Paddle Battle, hosted by former Bachelor Clayton Echard, and he tells ABC Audio viewers are in for a treat.  "Were going to get some of the top competitors in the country to come in for a little bit over a week and theyre gonna compete against one another," he...