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The West Coast is bracing for another major storm that is expected to bring flooding rain, damaging winds and mudslides this week. After significant rainfall last week, the West Coast is bracing for another major storm that is expected to bring the threat of flooding rain, damaging winds and mudslides. A "potent atmospheric river" will start impacting Northern California on Wednesday, before moving to the central and southern coast into Thursday, the National Weather Service said. The worst of the major storm is expected to hit the West Coast Wednesday afternoon into the evening. ABC News Damaging winds gusts of at least 50 mph are forecast Wednesday as the front moves in, with gusts up to 70 mph possible near the coast. The gusty winds may down trees and cause power outages, the agency warned. The storm will bring "substantial rainfall to the San Francisco Bay Area and Central Coast on top of already saturated soils," the National Weather Service said. MORE: Sa...

E-commerce giant Amazon and business software maker Salesforce are the latest U.S. tech companies to announce major job cuts E-commerce giant Amazon and Business software maker Salesforce are the latest U.S. Technology companies to announce major job cuts as they prune payrolls that rapidly expanded during the pandemic lockdown. Amazon said Wednesday that it will be cutting about 18,000 positions. It's the largest set of layoffs in the Seattle-based company’s history, although just a fraction of its 1.5 million global workforce. “Amazon has weathered uncertain and difficult economies in the past, and we will continue to do so,” CEO Andy Jassy said in a note to employees that the company made public. “These changes will help us pursue our long-term opportunities with a stronger cost structure.” He said the layoffs will mostly impact the company's brick-and-mortar stores, which include Amazon Fresh and Amazon Go, and its PXT organizations, which handle human resources and oth...

Last month, both Kilauea, one of the most active volcanos in the world, and Mauna Loa, the largest volcano in the world, ignited the landscape of Hawaii's Big Island. The Kilauea volcano on Hawaii's Big Island has started erupting again. The U.S. Geological Survey said Thursday night that its Hawaiian Volcano Observatory "detected glow" in webcam images of the Kilauea summit, "indicating that the eruption has resumed within Halemaʻumaʻu crater in Kīlauea's summit caldera, within Hawai'i Volcanoes National Park." In this image posted to the USGS Volcanoes Twitter account, a fissure is shown within the Halema'uma'u crater in Kilauea's summit caldera on Jan. 5, 2023. @USGSVolcanoes/Twitter MORE: Hawaii's Big Island abuzz over simultaneous eruptions at Mauna Loa and Kilauea The USGS Hawaiian Volcano Observatory has elevated the volcano alert from "watch" to " warning ." "The opening phases of eruptions are dyn...

The deaths of two teenage girls in a Louisiana town have brought renewed attention to fatalities that happen during high-speed police chases NEW ORLEANS -- It was a tragically high price to pay for catching a suspected car thief: two innocent teenagers dead and a police officer jailed, facing serious charges for a car crash that resulted from the pursuit. Maggie Dunn, 17, and Caroline Gill, 16, who were cheerleaders for their high school in the southern Louisiana town of Brusly, died in the collision Saturday. They're the latest fatalities among hundreds every year attributed to accidents involving police pursuits. Many police departments have tightened their policies on such pursuits in recent years. However, National Highway Transportation Safety data show that 455 deaths were tied to police pursuits in 2020. The Louisiana case is unusual in that the local prosecutor says the officer, 42-year-old David Cauthron, acted so recklessly that he should face charges and is preparing ...

A series of storms are expected to pound the West Coast leaving 10 states are on alert for flooding, mudslides, heavy snow, avalanche danger and strong winds. Ten states are on alert for flooding, mudslides, heavy snow, avalanche danger and strong winds Friday morning as series of new storm s are expected to pound the West Coast. A vehicle drives on a flooded road in Sebastopol, California, Jan. 05, 2023. Josh Edelson/AFP via Getty Images Heavy snow will be falling in Colorado and Utah, with up to 20 inches of snow possible in Utah. MORE: Major storm to bring flooding threat, damaging winds to West Coast A utility pole rests on Nicasio Valley Road after being toppled by high winds, Jan. 05, 2023 in Nicasio, California. Justin Sullivan/Getty Images N early 60,000 California customers are still without power . In California, winds gusts up to 132 mph were reported in Alpine Meadows and up to 60 mph at San Francisco International Airport. Traffic navigates around downed tree limbs along...

A teacher was injured in a shooting at an elementary school in Virginia, Friday, police said. A teacher was injured in a shooting at an elementary school in Virginia on Friday, police and school officials said. The adult was transported to a local hospital. The extent of their injuries is not known at this time, police said. No students were injured in the shooting , which occurred at Richneck Elementary School in Newport News, police said. In this screen grab from a video, police are on the scene of a shooting at Richneck Elementary School in Newport News, Va., on Jan. 6, 2023. WVEC A suspect is in custody , Newport News Public Schools said in a statement, adding, "All of the students are safe." Police also said there is no longer an active shooter. MORE: Utah town grieves murder-suicide that left 8 dead, including 5 children "We’re beginning the process to reunite parents with students," the Newport News Police Department said in a statement. "More inf...

The mother of teenager Sinzae Reed, who was shot and killed in October, is seeking justice for her son and is asking why the alleged shooter is not charged. The mother of a Black teenager who was shot and killed in October is seeking justice for her son and is asking Ohio law enforcement officials to provide answers regarding why the alleged shooter, a white man, remains free. According to a police affidavit, a witness saw Krieg Butler, 36, shoot and kill Sinzae Reed, 13, outside of his apartment complex in Columbus, Ohio, on October 12. The witness said Butler exited his truck, fired shots at Sinzae and drove off. "I was never supposed to be planning a funeral for my 13-year- old baby," Sinzae's mother, Megan Reed, said through tears at a protest on New Year Day. "I wish I could see him, smell him, hold him again." Police say they continue to investigate. Butler was arrested days after the shooting and charged with murder, but those charges were dismissed...

Intoxicated man desecrates altar with sledgehammer, steals 1,500 year-old relics. An Arkansas prep school went into lockdown after a man entered the school's church, destroyed its marble altar, and walked out with multiple 1,500-year-old relics, according to authorities. The incident happened at the Subiaco Abbey Church in Arkansas, part of a Benedictine monastery and an all-male, college-prep school. According to Subiaco Abbey and the Logan County Sheriff's Office, Jerrid Farnam, 31, entered the building between 3 and 4 p.m. on Jan. 5. He used a regular hammer and sledgehammer to destroy a marble altar that housed two brass containers that each stored three sacred relics. One of the sacred relic containers returned to the Subiaco Abbey after it was stolen on Thursday. Subiaco Abbey / Facebook "The altar itself had a very large hole in the middle of the slab that went all of the way through the altar and the altar had large cracks and chips," Sheriff's office wr...

A pistol-packing customer who fatally shot a masked robber inside a Houston taqueria was being sought Sunday for questioning by police. The identity of a customer who fatally shot a masked robber inside a Houston taqueria and returned the stolen money to terrified diners remained a mystery Sunday as police released a surveillance image of him and requested he come forward for question ing. Graphic security video from The Ranchito #4 taqueria in southwest Houston captured the unidentified customer pulling a pistol and turning the tables on the bandit as he circled the restaurant demanding customers to fork over their wallets while threatening them with what appeared to be a real handgun. The footage showed the defiant customer pulling his weapon and firing from his seat at a booth, where he was dining with a man, hitting the robber multiple times in the back as some of the patrons dove under tables. The assailant collapsed near the front of the restaurant before the patron who shot...

The millions of tourists who flock to the shores of Hawaii every year are wreaking havoc on its natural environment -- especially on the coral reefs. The millions of tourists who flock to the shores of Hawaii every year are wreaking havoc on its natural environment -- especially the coral reefs, which are at risk all over the world, a new study said. The most popular coral reefs on the Hawaiian islands are likely being degraded by the very visitors they attract, according to a study published Monday in Nature Sustainability. MORE: World Oceans Day 2022: How climate change and warming waters are affecting the health of the oceans Researchers from Princeton University combed through more than 250,000 geotagged Instagram posts from 2018 to 2021 by tourists visiting Hawaiian reefs and compared them with flyover maps of live coral cover. They then used artificial intelligence to analyze reef map images at about a 2-meter resolution, or about 6.5 feet, and 16-meter, or 52.5-feet, depth, acco...