Author Archives: Syndicated Content
Religious leaders work to build trust in COVID-19 vaccine in communities of color
ABCBy ASHLEY LOUSZKO, ALLIE YANG, LAURA COBURN, JINSOL JUNG, and NEIL GIARDINO, ABC News(PITTSBURGH, Penn.) -- Since the start of the COVID-19 pandemic, Rev. Paul Abernathy has been helping his Pennsy...
Mar 31, 2021
Witness breaks down while watching body camera footage of George Floyd's arrest: 'I feel helpless'
PoolBy JULIA JACOBO and WHITNEY LLOYD, ABC News(MINNEAPOLIS) -- A man who witnessed George Floyd's arrest broke down on the stand as he watched composite footage from the encounter.Charles McMillian, ...
Mar 31, 2021
New York legalizes recreational marijuana, expunges former pot convictions
grandriver/iStockBy IVAN PEREIRA, ABC News(ALBANY, N.Y.) -- New York state has legalized marijuana for adults and will expunge the criminal records of people previously convicted of crimes that would ...
Mar 31, 2021
More tornadoes possible in South as Northeast braces for cold
ABC NewsBy Max Golembo, ABC News(NEW YORK) -- A large storm system is moving east across the U.S., with tornadoes and flash flooding expected in the South and a wintry blast to the north.There were tw...
Mar 31, 2021
Over 100 fully vaccinated people contract COVID-19 in Washington state, officials say
Ovidiu Dugulan/iStockBy Morgan Winsor, ABC News(NEW YORK) -- Over 100 people in Washington state have tested positive for COVID-19 more than two weeks after becoming fully vaccinated against the disea...
Mar 31, 2021
Militia extremists developing strategies to work around social media crackdown, DHS warns
Gwengoat/iStockBy Will Steakin and Josh Margolin, ABC News(WASHINGTON) -- Violent anti-government extremists are developing communication strategies to circumvent recent clampdowns by the government a...
Mar 31, 2021
Man charged with hate crime after attack on Asian American woman caught on video
NYPDBy Morgan Winsor, ABC News(NEW YORK) -- The alleged suspect who was caught on video repeatedly kicking a 65-year-old Asian American woman in New York City as witnesses seemingly stood by has been ...
Mar 31, 2021
New York legalizes recreational marijuana, expunges former pot convictions
Nastasic/iStockBy Ivan Pereira, ABC News(NEW YORK) -- The New York state legislature formally voted to legalize and regulate recreational marijuana for adults and expunge the records of people previou...
Mar 31, 2021
NASA astronauts Christina Koch, Jessica Meir talk about 2024 voyage to the moon
ABC NewsBy Ashley Schwartz-Lavares, Allie Yang and Andrea Amiel, ABC News(NEW YORK) -- Just two years after they made history conducting the first all-woman spacewalk, Christina Koch and Jessica Meir ...
Mar 31, 2021
29 finches sealed inside hair rollers discovered in man's luggage as he arrives in US
U.S. Customs and Border ProtectionBy Jon Haworth, ABC News(NEW YORK) -- A man has been sent back to Guyana after U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) discovered that he had tried to import 29 finc...
Mar 31, 2021