Author Archives: Syndicated Content
COVID live updates: 126,000 Americans hospitalized with COVID-19
Eric Lee/Bloomberg via Getty Images(NEW YORK) -- As the COVID-19 pandemic has swept the globe, more than 5.4 million people have died from the disease worldwide, including over 832,000 Americans, acco...
Jan 06, 2022
Parents in 'limbo' as schools close, return to virtual learning amid COVID-19 surge
Scott Olson/Getty Images(NEW YORK) -- As schools returned from winter break this week amid skyrocketing COVID-19 cases, more did so virtually than at any point so far this school year. The third schoo...
Jan 06, 2022
Father of missing 7-year-old girl last seen 2 years ago arrested in connection to case
Catherine Falls Commercial/Getty Images(MANCHESTER, N.H.) -- The father of a missing New Hampshire girl who was last seen over two years ago has been arrested in connection to the case, police said. T...
Jan 05, 2022
Several HBCUs receive bomb threats on same day
Drew Angerer/Getty Images(WASHINGTON) -- At least seven historically Black colleges and universities received bomb threats Tuesday afternoon and evening, according to school officials. The threats for...
Jan 05, 2022
CDC panel recommends Pfizer boosters for 12-15 year olds, final call expected from CDC director
Kevin C. Cox/Getty Images(ATLANTA) -- Boosters for children ages 12 to 15 are one step closer after a panel of advisers to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention voted Wednesday to recommend t...
Jan 05, 2022
Houston police investigating shooting of George Floyd's 4-year-old niece on New Year's Day
ABCNews.com(HOUSTON) -- Houston police are investigating a New Year's Day shooting that wounded a 4-year-old girl, identified by her family as Arianna Delane, a niece of George Floyd, the unarmed Blac...
Jan 05, 2022
Defense seeks new trial following comments made by Ghislaine Maxwell juror
Spencer Platt/Getty Images(NEW YORK) -- Defense attorneys for Ghislaine Maxwell want a new trial following post-verdict comments made by one of the jurors who helped convict Maxwell of sex trafficking...
Jan 05, 2022
Chicago cancels public school for 3rd day in a row over remote learning stalemate
Scott Olson/Getty Images(CHICAGO) -- Chicago officials canceled classes for hundreds of thousands of public school students for three days in a row this week, after reaching an impasse with the city's...
Jan 05, 2022
Fatal fire breaks out at Philadelphia row house
(File photo) - Bastiaan Slabbers/NurPhoto via Getty Images(PHILADELPHIA) -- A "fatal fire" erupted at a Philadelphia row house Wednesday morning, the city's fire department said. "Preliminary informat...
Jan 05, 2022
EXCLUSIVE: Juror speaks out after convicting Elizabeth Holmes
Dai Sugano/MediaNews Group/The Mercury News via Getty Images(SAN JOSE, Calif.) -- By the end of day three of deliberations in the Elizabeth Holmes trial, the jury had already decided to find the falle...
Jan 05, 2022