Author Archives: Syndicated Content
Thousands of students reported 'missing' from school systems nationwide amid COVID-19 pandemic
diane39/iStockBy ARIELLE MITROPOULOS, ABC News (NEW YORK) -- States around the country are reporting a significant decline in the number of students enrolled in public school because of the coronaviru...
Mar 02, 2021
Court mulling whether to reinstate 3rd-degree murder charge against Derek Chauvin in George Floyd's death
Courtesy Ben Crump LawBY: BILL HUTCHINSON, ABC NEWS (MINNEAPOLIS) — The Minnesota Court of Appeals is deciding whether to reinstate a third-degree murder charge against Derek Chauvin, the former...
Mar 01, 2021
Teachers in LA County approved for vaccine in latest expansion
adamkaz/iStockBY: ERIN SCHUMAKER, ABC NEWS (LOS ANGELES) — Teachers in Los Angeles County will be able to sign up for a COVID-19 vaccine starting Monday, as part of a wave of essential workers w...
Mar 01, 2021
Minneapolis scraps plans to pay social media influencers to spread information during Chauvin trial
oatawa/iStockBy CATHERINE THORBECKE, ABC News(MINNEAPOLIS) -- Minneapolis has scrapped plans to pay social media influencers to share information during the upcoming trial of former police officer Der...
Mar 01, 2021
Water crisis in South persists following devastating winter storm
FRANCOIS PICARD/AFP via Getty ImagesBy JULIA JACOBO, ABC News(JACKSON, Miss.) -- Hundreds of thousands of residents in the South are still dealing with the after effects of two devastating winter stor...
Mar 01, 2021
15-year-old boy shot at Arkansas school allegedly by fellow student: Police
vmargineanu/iStockBy EMILY SHAPIRO, ABC News(PINE BLUFF, Ark.) -- A 15-year-old boy has been shot at his school in Arkansas, allegedly by a fellow student, police said. The shooting at Watson Chapel J...
Mar 01, 2021
How the first US city to fund reparations for Black residents is making amends
ABCBy ASHLEY BROWN, EMILIE DE SAINTE MARESVILLE and ALLIE YANG, ABC News(EVANSTON, Ill.) -- Evanston, Illinois, is like a lot of American cities. The city just north of Chicago appears picturesque, up...
Mar 01, 2021
Kentucky man reported missing at Grand Canyon
National Park Service via TwitterBy EMILY SHAPIRO, ABC News(NEW YORK) -- A 40-year-old man has gone missing at the Grand Canyon, sparking a search by the National Park Service.John Pennington, of Walt...
Mar 01, 2021
Flooding in Kentucky sparks rescues, evacuations for seniors
welcomia/iStockBy EMILY SHAPIRO, MAX GOLEMBO and MELISSA GRIFFIN, ABC News(NEW YORK) -- Up to 5 inches of rain has slammed parts of Arkansas, Kentucky, Tennessee, West Virginia and Maryland, leaving r...
Mar 01, 2021
Authorities rescue five from truck trapped in flooded creek in Tennessee
Dekalb County Fire Department/FacebookBy MORGAN WINSOR, ABC News (NEW YORK) -- Five people, including an infant, were rescued from a pickup truck that had slid off a water-covered bridge and into a sw...
Mar 01, 2021