AWOL

The Hamas massacre was a pre-enactment in microcosm of the destruction of Israel: the Israel Defense Forces in disarray, the government AWOL, civilians left to fend for themselves with pistols.

It was unclear Monday if the soldier is considered absent without leave, or AWOL.

Republican Nancy Mace asked: "When a soldier goes AWOL...what happens? What is the punishment?"

Can you take us inside James's head when he does go AWOL?

Weather officials had been warning Californians about the wrath of El Niño for months — even as some residents had begun to think the typically soaking climate pattern had gone AWOL.