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Cold and snowy weather could be coming for many, thanks to the polar vortex

John Normile/Getty Images(NEW YORK) -- A significant change in the atmosphere means the weeks after Thanksgiving could be colder and snowier than normal across portions of the United States.It's all thanks to a disruption in the polar vortex. Here's what you need to know.Why is this happening?Our atmosphere consists of many layers of moving air; the troposphere is where our weather happens and above it is the stratosphere. Over both poles, a ring of strong mid-level winds called the polar […]

todayNovember 22, 2025

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Putin, Zelenskyy respond to Trump’s peace plan

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky visits Athens, Greece, on November 16, 2025, for a meeting with Greek Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis and the signing of a cooperation agreement at the Maximos Mansion. (Photo by Nikolas Mhtrousias/NurPhoto via Getty Images)(WASHINGTON) -- As President Donald Trump pushes Ukraine and Russia to commit to a peace deal before Thanksgiving, both leaders suggested they would engage on it but signaled doubts it could succeed.Ukraine's President Volodymyr Zelenskyy warned his country may face a difficult choice between losing its […]

todayNovember 21, 2025

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Search for missing Phoenix toddler heads into 2nd day: Police

Phoenix Police Department(PHOENIX) -- A Phoenix toddler remains missing, as the search to find her heads into the weekend, according to police.The Phoenix Police Department is asking for help in locating 3-year-old Wednesday Guilford, who they say vanished Thursday with her mom, Kendal Guilford."Detectives are looking for 3yo Wednesday Guilford. She was last seen with her biological mother 32yo Kendal Guilford near 44th St. and Baseline Rd. walking a black French Bulldog," the Phoenix Police Department posted on X late […]

todayNovember 21, 2025

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Teen found dead on Carnival cruise died by asphyxiation resulting from a bar hold: Source

(NEW YORK) -- Anna Kepner, a teenager who was found dead on a Carnival Horizon cruise ship this month, died by asphyxiation resulting from a bar hold -- an arm across the neck -- a source briefed on the investigation told ABC News on Friday.Investigators also found two bruises on the side of her neck, the source said.The FBI has continued to decline to comment, citing the ongoing investigation. The Miami-Dade Medical Examiner's Office declined to comment Friday.According to the […]

todayNovember 21, 2025

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At hearing, DOJ raises possibility of more charges against John Bolton

John Bolton speaks during the 2025 Texas Tribune Festival on November 13, 2025 in Austin, Texas. Brandon Bell/Getty Images(WASHINGTON) -- Government lawyers at a hearing Friday in John Bolton's classified documents case raised the possibility that more charges could be coming for the former Trump national security adviser.Bolton was back in court Friday one month after pleading not guilty to all 18 counts of an indictment charging him with unlawful retention and dissemination of national defense information.When U.S. District Judge Theodore Chuang pressed Justice […]

todayNovember 21, 2025

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Judge orders suspect to remain detained after woman set on fire on Chicago L train

U.S. Attorney's Office for the Northern District of Illinois(CHICAGO) -- A man accused of pouring gasoline on a woman and setting her on fire on a Chicago L train in an unprovoked attack will remain in custody, a judge ruled on Friday, saying he poses a danger to the community.The suspect -- Lawrence Reed, 50, of Chicago -- faces a federal terrorism charge for what prosecutors called a "horrific and gruesome attack" that left the victim with severe burns.During a […]

todayNovember 21, 2025

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Ohio officer found not guilty of murder in Ta’Kiya Young’s shooting death

Ta'Kiya Young, a pregnant 21-year-old, was shot and killed by an Ohio police officer after she was accused of shoplifting. Walton + Brown, LLP.(BLENDON TOWNSHIP, Ohio) -- A jury found an Ohio police officer not guilty of murder on Friday in the 2023 shooting death of a 21-year-old pregnant Black woman who was suspected of shoplifting.Connor Grubb of the Blendon Township Police Department was cleared of murder, involuntary manslaughter and felonious assault in Ta'Kiya Young's death.Body camera footage showed Grubb shooting […]

todayNovember 21, 2025

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3 sheriff’s deputies shot in Florida, governor says

Stock image of police lights. Douglas Sacha/Getty Images(INDIAN RIVER COUNTY, Fla.) -- At least three deputies were shot Friday morning in Indian River County, Florida, according to Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis.DeSantis said officials are monitoring the incident."There is a lot going on. Just know Florida Department of Law Enforcement is engaged, working with the sheriff and the local community. We will hope for the best results of that," DeSantis said during an unrelated press conference on Friday.Florida Attorney General James Uthmeier also […]

todayNovember 21, 2025

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Ohio police officer on leave after shooting unarmed man multiple times, investigation underway: Officials

A police officer in Ohio is on leave after shooting an unarmed man multiple times, Nov. 11, 2025, with an investigation into the incident now underway, according to officials. Akron Police Department.(AKRON, Ohio) -- A police officer in Ohio is on leave after firing his gun multiple times at a man who is believed to have been unarmed, according to local officials.An investigation into the incident, which took place in Akron, is underway, they said.“Any time someone is seriously injured […]

todayNovember 20, 2025

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