Author Archives: Syndicated Content
Migrants coming from Central America to US: 'We don't have many options'
John Moore/Getty ImagesBy Robert Zepeda, Catherine Mckenzie, Jack Feeley, Olga Delauz and Haley Yamada, ABC News(NEW YORK) -- Crossing the Rio Grande is the last leg of an often long and always harrow...
Apr 08, 2021
CDC Director Rochelle Walensky expects all schools will be fully open for in-person learning in September
Burak Sur/iStockBy CATARINA ANDREANO, ABC News(WASHINGTON) -- Centers for Disease Control and Prevention Director Dr. Rochelle Walensky anticipates that all schools will be fully in person and no long...
Apr 07, 2021
6 former youth detention center employees arrested on sexual assault charges
BlakeDavidTaylor/iStockBy AARON KATERSKY and IVAN PEREIRA, ABC News(MANCHESTER, N.H.) -- Six men were arrested Wednesday as part of an ongoing investigation into claims of sexual assault at a state-ru...
Apr 07, 2021
Key takeaways from the Derek Chauvin trial in George Floyd's death, Day 8
kuzma/iStockBy BILL HUTCHINSON, ABC News(MINNEAPOLIS) -- It wasn't just former Minneapolis police officer Derek Chauvin's knee on the neck of George Floyd that contributed to the alleged excessive for...
Apr 07, 2021
UK variant has become most dominant COVID strain in US, CDC says
narvikk/iStockBy CHEYENNE HASLETT, ABC News(ATLANTA) -- The more contagious variant of coronavirus that originated in the UK, the B-117 variant, has become the dominant strain in the U.S., CDC directo...
Apr 07, 2021
More than 50 drug convictions vacated over former NYPD cop accused of perjury
Marco Curaba/iStockBy Aaron Katersky, ABC News(NEW YORK) -- One by one, Brooklyn Criminal Court Judge Keisha Espinal vacated more than 50 drug convictions that had been based on the testimony of forme...
Apr 07, 2021
New bill that would define 'consent' in NY has the support of two Weinstein accusers
RapidEye/iStockBy Marlene Lenthang, ABC News(ALBANY, N.Y.) -- Two women who testified against disgraced Hollywood producer Harvey Weinstein have thrown their support behind a new bill that seeks to de...
Apr 07, 2021
Many of Derek Chauvin's law enforcement colleagues disagree with how he restrained George Floyd. Here's how they have testified.
DNY59/iStockBy Julia Jacobo, ABC News(MINNEAPOLIS) -- Law enforcement colleagues of former Minneapolis police officer Derek Chauvin largely have disagreed with the actions he took to restrain George F...
Apr 07, 2021
Lobby staff fired after attack on Asian American woman outside apartment building in New York City
NYPDBy Morgan Winsor, ABC News(NEW YORK) -- Two lobby staff members who were on duty when a 65-year-old Asian American woman was attacked outside a New York City apartment building in broad daylight l...
Apr 07, 2021
Off-duty correctional officers allegedly run over group of people, crash through Taco Bell
Tanesha Renea Williams, 25, of Waldorf, Md., has been charged with attempted murder for running over several people in front of a Taco Bell on March 31. - (Charles County Sheriff's Office)By Mark Osbo...
Apr 07, 2021