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Rare tornado warning issued for South as dangerous weather moves in: What to know

Friday, March 14 by ABC News

(NEW YORK) -- A dangerous, multiday severe weather outbreak is set to bring tornadoes, flash flooding and damaging winds to the Midwest, the South and the East Coast, with the worst of the weather hitting the South on Saturday.This is the first outbreak of... Read More.

5 people dead in massive car crash in Austin, driver charged

Friday, March 14 by ABC News

(AUSTIN, Texas) -- A man is facing charges after five people were killed and 11 were hospitalized in a collision involving 17 vehicles, including a semi-truck, in Austin, Texas, authorities said.Solomun Weldekeal Araya, 37, has been charged with five counts of intoxication manslaughter and... Read More.

Tesla, in a letter, tells Trump administration its worried about tariffs

Friday, March 14 by ABC News

(NEW YORK) -- In a letter to the Trump administration this week, electric automaker Tesla raised concerns about President Donald Trump's ongoing tariffs, warning that the company could be "exposed" to retaliatory tariffs and urging the administration to "consider the downstream impacts."The comments were... Read More.

DHS arrests another student involved in Columbia university protests

Friday, March 14 by ABC News

(NEW YORK) -- The Department of Homeland Security has arrested a second student who was involved with Columbia University protests, the agency announced.Leqaa Korda was arrested by agents from Homeland Security Investigations for allegedly overstaying her expired visa -- which terminated on Jan. 26,... Read More.

Mahmoud Khalils lawyers petition for the Columbia activists immediate release

Friday, March 14 by ABC News

(NEW YORK) -- The arrest of Palestinian activist Mahmoud Khalil was a "targeted, retaliatory detention and attempted removal of a student protestor because of his constitutionally protected speech," his attorneys said Thursday in a new petition seeking his immediate release.Khalil, a leader of the... Read More.

American Airlines flight catches fire at Denver airport

Friday, March 14 by ABC News

(DENVER) -- An American Airlines plane caught fire at Denver International Airport in Colorado on Thursday, sending passengers down emergency slides and onto the wing of the aircraft. Twelve were people being taken to the hospital with minor injuries, airport officials said.The Boeing 737-800... Read More.

Alaskas Mount Spurr getting even closer to eruption as unrest escalates, volcanologists say

Friday, March 14 by ABC News

(NEW YORK) -- Alaska's Mount Spurr, an active volcano near the most populated region in the state, is getting even closer to an eruption, according to volcanologists.Scientists at the Alaska Volcano Observatory measured "significantly elevated" emissions of volcanic gas coming from Mount Spurr, located... Read More.