The likelihood of a “potential blockbuster system” hitting before Christmas is increasing, AccuWeather forecasters said.
Author: Christine Fernando, USA TODAY
Los Angeles’ celebrity mountain lion P-22 euthanized due to severe injuries, illness
Authorities said the cougar, who once roamed Griffith Park near the Hollywood sign, “had several severe injuries and chronic health problems.”
National reckoning on abortion transformed TV shows in 2022: Report finds more TV abortion plotlines than previous years
More TV shows had abortion-related plotlines than any previous year, and more depictions of barriers to abortion access, according to a new report.
Medication abortion may be the next focal point in the fight over abortion access. Here’s what to know.
Among efforts to watch include a lawsuit by anti-abortion advocates that attempts to reverse the FDA’s approval of the abortion pill mifepristone.
Heavy snow, flash flood watches hit California as central US prepares for tornado threats
A large storm is dumping heavy snow in the West this weekend before threatening central states with thunderstorms and tornadoes next week.
Russia is ‘modernizing and expanding its nuclear arsenal,’ US defense secretary says: Ukraine updates
Nuclear concerns continue amid Ukraine war; U.S. will send an additional $275 million in military aid to Ukraine; Live updates.
Who is Paul Whelan? Russian prisoner swap brings home Brittney Griner; Whelan still imprisoned
President Joe Biden said the U.S. will continue to try to bring home Paul Whelan, an American who’s been jailed in Russia for nearly four years.
Independent abortion clinics are ‘disappearing from communities’ after the end of Roe v. Wade
As of November, 42 independent clinics closed or stopped providing abortion care in 2022 — more than twice as many as 2021, according to a new report.
San Francisco changes course, bans police use of ‘killer robots’ amid public outrage
Tuesday’s vote came a week after the San Francisco Board of Supervisors voted 8-3 to initially approve allowing “killer robots” in emergencies.
Hawaii officials activate National Guard amid Mauna Loa eruption as lava flows toward key highway
Mauna Loa, located on Hawaii’s Big Island, erupted Nov. 27 for the first time in nearly four decades as it shot 200-foot-high sprays of lava overhead.