Author Archives: Syndicated Content
Severe weather to hit South with elevated tornado threat
ABC NewsBy Max Golembo, ABC News(NEW YORK) -- A powerful storm system is moving through the Heartland bringing damaging winds, hail larger than golf balls and April snow.More than two dozen damaging s...
Apr 07, 2021
1-year-old shot in head during apparent road rage incident in Chicago, police say
kali9/iStockBy MEREDITH DELISO, ABC News(CHICAGO) -- A 1-year-old is in grave condition after he was shot in the head during an apparent road rage incident in Chicago, officials said.The shooting occu...
Apr 06, 2021
Key takeaways from the Derek Chauvin trial, Day 7
Marilyn Nieves/iStockBy BILL HUTCHINSON, ABC News(MINNEAPOLIS) -- A nationally renowned police use-of-force expert took the witness stand on Tuesday in the murder trial of Derek Chauvin, testifying th...
Apr 06, 2021
California to fully reopen on June 15 if COVID-19 vaccine supply, hospitalization rates favorable
LordRunar/iStockBy MEREDITH DELISO and MATTHEW FUHRMAN, ABC News(SACRAMENTO, Calif.) -- California will fully reopen its economy on June 15, as long as its COVID-19 vaccine supply is sufficient and ho...
Apr 06, 2021
Neighborhood celebrates the adoption of 3 siblings from foster care
ABCBy HALEY YAMADA and ERIC NOLL, ABC News(DERRY, N.H.) -- Three newly adopted siblings held a sign that read, "we've waited 4 years, 4 months, and 28 days for today!"Once separated by the foster care...
Apr 06, 2021
St. Louis inmates protest again over long trial wait times, COVID-19 fears
BlakeDavidTaylor/iStockBy KIARA ALFONSECA, ABC News(SAINT LOUIS, Mo.) -- About 60 incarcerated people in a Missouri jail escaped from their cells Sunday night in protest of living conditions at the fa...
Apr 06, 2021
Capitol Police officer's family says his death 'left a gaping void in our lives'
U.S. Capitol PoliceBy LUKE BARR, ABC News(WASHINGTON) -- The family of Capitol Police officer Billy Evans, killed in last Friday's attack, said Tuesday his death "left a gaping void in our lives that ...
Apr 06, 2021
After the death of Marvin Scott in a Texas jail, advocates point to disparities over marijuana arrests
Courtesy Lee MerrittBy Kiara Alfonseca, ABC News(ALLEN, Texas) -- The arrest and shocking death of Marvin Scott III in police custody have put a spotlight again on the racial disparities for marijuana...
Apr 06, 2021
Man in car with George Floyd the day he died doesn't want to testify
BCFC/iStockBy Bill Hutchinson, ABC News(MINNEAPOLIS) -- A key witness in the trial of Derek Chauvin is threatening to invoke his Fifth Amendment right against self-incrimination because his lawyer con...
Apr 06, 2021
Two injured in shooting near Fort Detrick identified, one remains in critical condition: Officials
vmargineanu/iStockBy Matt Zarrell, ABC News(FREDERICK, Md.) -- One of the two men shot near Fort Detrick in Frederick, Maryland, on Tuesday, allegedly by a fellow Navy hospital corpsman, remains in cr...
Apr 06, 2021