ABC News Severe weather left a trail of destruction in the Heartland on Friday with 83 reports of tornadoes across five states. The multi-day tornado outbreak continued Saturday, with powerful storms expected from Texas to the Great Lakes. Emergency officials in Hughes County, Oklahoma, confirmed one death due to storms …

Stephanie Keith/Bloomberg via Getty Images In a New York courtroom Thursday, Ed Sheeran once again testified in his ongoing copyright trial. The family of the late songwriter Ed Townsend alleges that the British pop star’s hit “Thinking Out Loud” contains elements of Marvin Gaye‘s classic “Let’s Get It On,” which Townsend co-wrote. …

Utah Highway Patrol (MILLARD COUNTY, Utah) — Seven people are dead in Utah after a sandstorm caused a series of car crashes Sunday, according to Utah Highway Patrol. The crash happened around 4:30 p.m. local time on Interstate 15 in Millard County and involved at least 20 vehicles. Several other …

Vichai/iStock (NEW YORK) — The United States is facing a COVID-19 summer surge as the delta variant spreads. More than 610,000 Americans have died from COVID-19, according to real-time data compiled by the Center for Systems Science and Engineering at Johns Hopkins University. Just 57% of Americans ages 12 and …

ABC News (NEW YORK) — More than 50 million Americans remain under a flash flood watch on Friday as Tropical Storm Elsa moves up the East Coast, bringing heavy rain and gusty winds. After making landfall in Florida and pummeling the southeastern United States, Elsa is heading north with the …

BlakeDavidTaylor/iStock (SAN FRANCISCO) — A San Francisco man was arrested Tuesday after he allegedly stabbed two Asian American women in broad daylight, police said. The 55-year-old man is suspected of attacking the women in downtown San Francisco on Tuesday afternoon before fleeing the scene, according to San Francisco Police Department …

Lars Niki/Getty Images for BETT.I. and South African rapper Nasty C touch on systemic racism and racial injustice in the wake of nationwide Black Lives Matter protests on their collaboration, “They Don’t.” Nasty C opens the track, rapping, “They don’t want to see a young black man succeed,” before T.I. delivers a passionate …

LOS ANGELES — The Lakers might have more Olympians than All-Stars. LeBron James and Anthony Davis were among 44 finalists to play on the U.S. men’s basketball team for the 2020 Olympics in Tokyo. So were veterans Dwight Howard and JaVale McGee as well as third-year forward Kyle Kuzma. “Hopefully …

Once again, the Detroit Lions blew a fourth-quarter lead. Once again, this coaching staff couldn’t make the right second-half adjustments to pull out a win, even if it was improbable. Once again, this flawed roster, which was created by general manager Bob Quinn and decimated by injuries, couldn’t win a …

A slew of state laws take effect in 2020 – ranging from mandatory composting to child abuse registries to access to diaper changing stations. One state will even begin banning expiration dates for gift certificates.  A few of the more notable changes: Vermont rolls out mandatory composting Food scraps can’t go in Vermont landfills beginning July …