Author Archives: Syndicated Content

COVID-19 live updates: Masks cut virus incidence by 53%, new analysis finds
Michael Anthony/iStock(NEW YORK) -- As the COVID-19 pandemic has swept the globe, more than 5.1 million people have died from the disease worldwide, including over 768,000 Americans, according to real...
Morgan Winsor, Emily Shapiro and Meredith Deliso Nov 19, 2021

Judge sentences admitted rapist to probation, no prison time
Kuzma/iStock(NIAGARA COUNTY, N.Y.) -- A 20-year-old from New York has evaded prison time after pleading guilty to a series of crimes the lead prosecutor called "horrible acts" of sexual assault. The d...
Haley Yamada, ABC News Nov 19, 2021

How to watch the longest partial lunar eclipse since 1440
Onfokus/iStock(NEW YORK) -- Skywatchers, the longest partial lunar eclipse since 1440 will take place Friday, and you'll have the chance to view a historic cosmic wonder in the sky. The partial eclips...
Kaila Nichols, GMA Nov 18, 2021

Pastors rally at Ahmaud Arbery trial after attorney's 'outrageous' comments
Sean Rayford/Getty Images(BRUNSWICK, Ga.) -- Hundreds of pastors gathered and prayed Thursday outside the Georgia courthouse where the trial over Ahmaud Arbery's killing is underway, a week after a de...
Meredith Deliso, ABC News Nov 18, 2021

Travis McMichael testifies Ahmaud Arbery never verbally threatened him or pulled weapon
Sean Rayford/Getty Images(BRUNSWICK, Ga.) -- Travis McMichael returned to the witness stand on Thursday and under cross-examination from the prosecutor repeated that Ahmaud Arbery never verbally threa...
Bill Hutchinson, ABC News Nov 18, 2021

District attorney apologizes, calls out J. Edgar Hoover as men exonerated in murder of Malcolm X
Marilyn Nieves/iStock(NEW YORK) -- One of the men convicted in connection with the 1965 assassination of Malcolm X appeared in court Thursday where a judge cleared his name. Manhattan District Attorne...
Aaron Katersky, ABC News Nov 18, 2021

Julius Jones death row sentence commuted, changed to life without parole
Fahroni/iStock(OKLAHOMA CITY) -- After spending the past 20 years fighting for his life on death row, Oklahoma Gov. Kevin Stitt commuted Julius Jones' sentence to life without the possibility of parol...
Juju Chang, Jake Lefferman, Candace Smith, and Haley Yamada, ABC News Nov 18, 2021

Four dead, including two former police officers on the run, following traffic stop
z1b/iStock(SMITHSBURG, Md.) -- Four people were pronounced dead following an attempted traffic stop in Maryland, as a manhunt was underway in the state for two former police officers who were consider...
Emily Shapiro and Meredith Deliso, ABC News Nov 18, 2021

FCC votes to include texting in upcoming suicide prevention lifeline, 988
ventdusud /iStock(WASHINGTON) -- With the pandemic exacerbating the nation's mental health crisis, the Federal Communications Commission voted to expand a forthcoming 988 suicide lifeline to include a...
Sony Salzman, ABC News Nov 18, 2021

Elijah McClain's family to receive $15 million from the city of Aurora in son's death
AAron Ontiveroz/MediaNews Group/The Denver Post/Getty ImagesAttorneys representing Elijah McClain's family and the City of Aurora have reached an agreement that the city will pay out $15 million in th...
Kiara Alfonseca, ABC News Nov 18, 2021