Authorities say two people and a dog were killed when the small plane they were in crashed into a neighborhood in Simi Valley near Los Angeles.

Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin has announced that the U.S. will provide nearly $1 billion more in longer-term weapons support to Ukraine.

Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin is denouncing those advocate what he says is “an American retreat from responsibility.”.

“NBC Nightly News" anchor Lester Holt, ”Meet the Press" moderator Kristen Welker and Salem Radio Network morning host Hugh Hewitt will moderate the third Republican presidential debate.

The second Republican presidential debate this week attracted fewer viewers than the first debate in August, with an estimated 9.5 million tuning into Wednesday night’s event.

Miami will play host to the third Republican Party presidential primary debate, the party’s national committee confirmed to ABC News Thursday evening.

Messi mania is continuing to take over South Florida.

Supreme Court Justice Amy Coney Barrett says judges are not deciding cases to impose a “policy result,” but are making their best effort to determine what the law and the Constitution require.

President Joe Biden's administration is giving state and local governments greater flexibility in spending $350 billion in federal COVID-19 aid.

U.S. home prices soared in July from a year earlier by a record amount as buyers desperate for homes bid up prices amid a limited supply of available properties.

A sign sits in front of a KB Home construction site, Tuesday, Feb. 2, 2021, in Simi Valley, Calif. U.S. home construction fell 6% in January but applications for building permits rose sharply. (AP Photo/Mark J. Terrill)WASHINGTON – Severe winter weather in much of the country pushed home construction down a sharp 10.3% in February while applications for new construction fell by 10.8%. Despite deadly weather patterns and sky high lumber prices, it's highly likely that housing construction will remain one of the stand-out performers for the economy again this year. Housing construction rose 6.9% last year to 1.38 million units, the strongest showing since the housing boom of 2006. Construction starts fell 39.5% in the Northeast and were down 34.9% in the Midwest and 9.7% in the South.

A sign sits in front of a KB Home construction site, Tuesday, Feb. 2, 2021, in Simi Valley, Calif. U.S. home construction fell 6% in January but applications for building permits rose sharply. (AP Photo/Mark J. Terrill)WASHINGTON – U.S. home construction fell 6% in January but applications for building permits, which typically signal activity ahead, rose sharply. Single-family construction starts dropped 12.2% while construction of apartment units rose 16.2%. And strong sales this year would only extend a banner 2020 when home construction jumped 7% to 1.38 million units. The only region of the country that saw an increase last month was the Northeast, where construction rose by 2.3%.

(CNN) - A California brush fire that burned in the hills near Simi Valley last month caused $500,000 in damage to the Ronald Reagan Presidential Library, a spokeswoman said Tuesday. The Oct. 30 blaze, named the Easy Fire, spread up and down hills around the library, consuming trees and surrounding landscape and banners along Presidential Drive, according to library spokeswoman Melissa Giller. "The team worked for about 30 hours straight and had us fully operational when we reopened to the public that Friday," Giller said. The Easy Fire -- one of several California wildfires that burned in dry and windy conditions -- consumed nearly 2,000 acres, according to the Ventura County Fire Department. The library houses Reagan's presidential and California gubernatorial records, as well as the couple's personal effects, including most of Nancy Reagan's dresses dating back to the 1950s and her wedding ring.

LOS ANGELES - Hurricane-force winds are expected to continue in Southern California Thursday, fanning the flames of fires throughout the region. The winds aren't expected to calm until the weekend, and 19 million people remain under red flag warnings in the region Thursday. The winds are no help to Los Angeles area firefighters. At least 20 different wildfires broke out in Southern California Wednesday, Cal Fire Chief Thom Porter said. The Getty Fire in Los Angeles is threatening more than 7,000 homes, the Los Angeles Fire Department said.

(CNN) - A fresh wildfire is burning on a ridge near the Ronald Reagan Presidential Library in Southern California's Simi Valley city, forcing officials to order evacuations of the library and nearby homes and close schools. "The flames are licking right up the hills, right up to the parking lot," library Executive Director John Heubusch told CNN affiliate KLTA. Simi Valley police ordered evacuations of the library -- which also hosts the graves of the nation's 40th president and first lady Nancy Reagan -- and homes along a few nearby streets, police watch commander Adam Darough said. A skeleton library staff -- including security workers, the library director, the facility manager, and the head curator -- remained at the facility, trying to protect what they can, including artifacts and photographs, library spokeswoman Melissa Giller said. The Simi Valley Unified School District closed all schools Wednesday because of the fire threat.