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Biden sending emergency funding bill for disaster relief to Congress

Monday, November 18 by ABC News

(WASHINGTON) -- President Joe Biden will send Congress an emergency funding bill "in the coming days," with the intent to address the urgent need for disaster relief throughout the United States following a brutal storm season, a White House official said in a memo...

Tornado hits southwestern Oklahoma, National Weather Service says

Monday, November 18 by ABC News

(WEATHERFORD, OK) -- A tornado-producing storm was tearing through southwestern Oklahoma early Monday, with at least one confirmed tornado, the National Weather Service said.The storm was near Granite, a town with a population of about 1,600, at about 3:37 a.m. CST, the service said.Tornado...

No new red flag warnings, but fire danger persists throughout Northeast

Sunday, November 17 by ABC News

(NEW YORK) -- For the first time in days, the Northeast was under no red flag warnings, but officials cautioned that fire danger in the region remains high as drought conditions persist.All red flag warnings, which signal critical fire weather conditions like strong winds...

Court pauses appeal of Trumps classified documents case

Saturday, November 16 by ABC News

(WASHINGTON) -- A federal appeals court has granted Special Counsel Jack Smith's request to pause his appeal of President-elect Donald Trump's classified documents case until Dec. 2.Smith asked for a delay earlier this week to assess the "unprecedented circumstance" of Trump's election and impending...

43 million people under red flag warnings in the Northeast due to fire danger

Saturday, November 16 by ABC News

(NEW YORK) -- Nearly 43 million people are under red flag warnings across eight states as the fire danger remains elevated in the Northeast.Relative humidity as low as 20% coupled with wind gusts up to 40 mph could help accelerate the spread of any...

Sean Diddy Combs is trying to obstruct his sex trafficking case, prosecutors say

Saturday, November 16 by ABC News

(NEW YORK) -- Sean Combs' new application for bail should be denied because the music mogul "poses serious risks of danger and obstruction" to his criminal sex trafficking case, federal prosecutors argued in an overnight court filing.Prosecutors took aim at Combs' activities from behind...

Trump has ambitious plans for federal land use. This is why he may not be able to accomplish them all.

Saturday, November 16 by ABC News

(WASHINGTON) -- President-elect Donald Trump has ambitious plans to utilize U.S. federal lands for the extraction of natural resources.But Trump – who promised at the Republican National Convention in July to "drill, baby, drill" if he were to be reelected – may not be...