Relentless storms hitting the West, a major pattern change for Christmas week

ABC News (NEW YORK) — Repeat atmospheric rivers continue to point relentless streams of rain and gusty wind toward the West Coast. The current system over the Northwest has diminished, but it is still raining in Washington
Mangione argues AG’s alleged conflict of interest is grounds for suspending death penalty from his case

Luigi Mangione attends a suppression of evidence hearing in the killing of UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson in Manhattan Criminal Court on December 18, 2025 in New York City. (Shannon Stapleton-Pool/Getty Images) (NEW YORK) — Attorneys for Luigi
Blue Origin sends person using a wheelchair to space for the 1st time
Esa engineer Michaela Benthaus, photographed in the anteroom of the Munich office of the German Press Agency dpa. (Felix Hörhager/picture alliance via Getty Images) (NEW YORK) — Blue Origin made history Saturday, sending for the first time
US seizing another ship in the Caribbean: Sources

ABC News (NEW YORK) — The U.S. Coast Guard is currently interdicting a sanctioned vessel off the coast of Venezuela in international waters of the Caribbean Sea, according to three U.S. officials. No further details were available
3 police officers shot ‘without warning’ while responding to domestic call in Rochester
mphotoi/Getty Images (ROCHESTER, N.Y.) — Three police officers in Rochester, New York, were shot Friday night “without warning at close range” while responding to a domestic call at a home, police said. Emergency services received a call
Providence mayor asks FBI to give $50K reward to tipster whose Reddit post helped lead to suspected Brown University gunman
Police patrol Brown University following a mass shooting yesterday that left at least two people dead and nine others injured on December 14, 2025 in Providence, Rhode Island. (Spencer Platt/Getty Images) (PROVIDENCE, R.I.) — The mayor of