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Bystander footage captures firefighting planes picking up water from the Pacific Ocean and flying over homes in Los Angeles in an effort to battle wildfires raging in California. #news #abcnews

JUST IN: A Southwest Airlines plane landed safely at Chicago Midway International Airport after a close call with a business jet that "entered the runway without authorization," according to the FAA. #plane #chicago #news #abcnews

Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau responded to President Donald Trump’s tariffs Saturday evening by announcing the country will implement 25% tariffs on $155 billion worth of U.S. goods.

A bus driver is speaking out after getting hit by a piece of flying metal while on the job. Stewart O'Leary, a Washington state bus driver, was struck by a piece of metal while he was driving a school bus at more than 60 mph along Interstate 405 last Friday. He was driving a high school girls' basketball team to a game at the time. The whole scene was caught on camera. "I'm glad it was me, not them, any of my passengers," O'Leary told Seattle ABC affiliate KOMO. #bus #caughtoncamera #news #abcnews

Former Pres. Barack Obama and President-elect Donald Trump spoke inside Washington National Cathedral at the state funeral ceremony for former Pres. Jimmy Carter. #news #donaldtrump #barackobama #potus #jimmycarter

NEW: President-elect Trump says he intends to change the name of the Gulf of Mexico to the "Gulf of America." "That covers a lot of territory ... what a beautiful name." #trump #gulfofmexico #news #abcnews

Marine researchers in the Canary Islands said they were surprised to spot a deep-sea anglerfish venturing recently into blue waters off the coast of Tenerife. The fish is typically found at depths where little to no light penetrates. #sealife #anglerfish #canaryislands #abcnews

"Uh, excuse me, buck." A woman in Canada used the security camera on her front porch to communicate with a buck that was caught nibbling on her holiday decorations. The buck politely complied with the woman's request "to stop eating my holiday arrangement." #animalsoftiktok #abcnews

"This is not a blanket pause on federal assistance and grant programs." White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt, during her first press briefing on Tuesday, faced a barrage of questions on the Trump administration's freeze on federal financial assistance programs that congressional Democrats called illegal. Leavitt said individual assistance will not be impacted. "Social Security benefits, Medicare benefits, food stamps, welfare benefits, assistance that is going directly to individuals will not be impacted by this pause," she said. #news #politics #donaldtrump #abcnews

The Cybertruck that exploded in Las Vegas was rented on the same app used to rent the pickup truck in New Orleans, law enforcement sources said. Authorities are investigating a Tesla Cybertruck explosion on Wednesday outside the Trump Las Vegas hotel in Nevada as a possible act of terror. An official briefed on the probe told ABC News that the Tesla Cybertruck had a load of fireworks-style mortars onboard. Investigators were urgently working to determine a motive and whether the driver intended to set off an explosion and why. #cybertruck #trump #lasvegas #news #abcnews

Pete Hegseth pushed back against Sen. Tim Kaine's question over whether violence against a spouse would disqualify a candidate as defense secretary pick. Hegseth called the question a "hypothetical" but did not answer. "I don't think it's a hypothetical," Kaine said. "Violence against spouses occurs every day." #politics #military #news #abcnews

"If those hostages aren't back ... if they're not back by the time I get into office, all hell will break out in the Middle East. And it will not be good for Hamas." President-elect Trump warned that "all hell will break out" if the hostages being held by Hamas since the Oct. 7 attack in Israel aren't released by the time he takes office in less than two weeks. #israelhamaswar #trump #news #abcnews

Plane passengers were shocked by what they saw as they came in to land in Los Angeles, as the wildfires ravaging local neighborhoods could be seen clearly below them glowing in the darkness. #news #weather #california #losangeles

BREAKING: A man in a white pickup truck, who was "hellbent" on killing as many people as possible, drove around barricades and plowed his vehicle through a crowd of New Year's Eve revellers on Bourbon Street in New Orleans early on Wednesday, leaving at least 10 dead and injuring dozens of others, city and federal officials said. Read more: https://abcnews.go.com/US/1-dead-vehicle-strikes-crowd-new-orleans-police/story?id=117246329

"Welcome home." — President Biden to President-elect Trump Pres. Biden and first lady Dr. Jill Biden greeted President-elect Donald Trump and Melania Trump as they arrived at the White House on Inauguration Day. #inaugurationday #news #abcnews

An endangered tropical plant that emits the stench of a rotting corpse during its rare blooms started to flower on Thursday, for the first time in 15 years at the Royal Botanic Garden in Sydney, Australia. Dubbed the “corpse flower,” the plant's scientific name is amorphophallus titanum but she's Putricia — a portmanteau of "putrid" and "Patricia" — to her fans who have been lining up to view her. #news #corpseflower #plants

BREAKING: The judge in President-elect Donald Trump's New York criminal hush money case indicated Friday that he intends to sentence Trump to an "unconditional discharge" out of respect for the presidential immunity doctrine. Judge Juan Merchan ordered Trump to appear, either in person or virtually, for his sentencing on Jan. 10. #news #donaldtrump

Pizza rat, who? A rat was caught on camera snatching a pack of Reese’s Peanut Butter Cups from a pile of trash on the subway tracks before dragging it away. #news #newyork #rat

A beautiful young mother with a secret she’s dying to keep. Based on the #1 hit podcast, “Scamanda” premieres Thursday (Jan. 30th) at 9/8c on ABC. Stream next day on Hulu. #ScamandaDoc

Icy water inundated homes in a Detroit neighborhood after a water main burst open on Monday morning, with more than 75 people needing rescue.