Author Archives: Syndicated Content
Some school districts requiring struggling online learners to return to the classroom
smolaw11/iStockBy WILL MCDUFFIE, ABC News (NEW YORK) -- Some students struggling with online learning are being told to return to the classroom or withdraw from their district, a mandate issued or bei...
Feb 26, 2021
Texan files $1 billion class-action lawsuit after receiving $9,000 electric bill
RoschetzkyIstockPhoto/iStockBy MARLENE LENTHANG, ABC News(HARRIS COUNTY, Texas) -- A $1 billion class-action lawsuit has been filed against Texas wholesale electricity retailer Griddy Energy for alleg...
Feb 25, 2021
Coronavirus causes drop in sexual assault reports at military academies
PinkOmelet/iStockBy LUIS MARTINEZ, ABC News(WASHINGTON) -- The number of reported sexual assaults and unwanted sexual contact at the three military academies went down last year according to an annual...
Feb 25, 2021
California becomes first state to surpass 50,000 COVID-19 deaths
CasPhotography/iStockBy ERIN SCHUMAKER, ABC News(NEW YORK) -- California became the first state to report 50,000 deaths from COVID-19 this week, according to data from Johns Hopkins University.The sta...
Feb 25, 2021
Trump's tax returns given to Manhattan prosecutors
DNY59/iStockBy AARON KATERSKY, ABC News(NEW YORK) -- The Manhattan District Attorney’s Office has taken possession of former President Donald Trump’s tax returns, a spokesman for the offic...
Feb 25, 2021
New York City's highest-ranking uniformed police officer is retiring
amphotora/iStockBy AARON KATERSKY, ABC News(NEW YORK) -- New York City's highest-ranking uniformed police officer, Terence Monahan, who memorably took a knee with George Floyd protesters in Washington...
Feb 25, 2021
Stormy weather pattern on the way for the West and the South
ABC NewsBy MAX GOLEMBO, ABC News (NEW YORK) -- The beautiful and tranquil weather around the country is over on Thursday as several storms systems are expected to move from West to East with heavy rai...
Feb 25, 2021
'COVID's so wicked': Families confront losing multiple loved ones
HRAUN/iStockBy MEREDITH DELISO, ABC News (NEW YORK) -- COVID-19 has killed more than 500,000 people in the United States -- an unimaginable toll that has had ripple effects across the country.But some...
Feb 25, 2021
More Americans identify as LGBT than ever before: Poll
nktwentythree/iStockBy MEREDITH DELISO, ABC News (NEW YORK) -- A new poll has found that more adults identify as lesbian, gay, bisexual or transgender than ever before.According to a Gallup poll relea...
Feb 25, 2021
Teenage girl dies after saving younger brother when they fell in frozen lake
real444/iStockBy MEREDITH DELISO, ABC News (NEW YORK) -- A teenage girl has died after saving her brother when they both fell into a frozen lake in Ohio, officials said.An officer who responded to the...
Feb 25, 2021