Author Archives: Syndicated Content
Neighbor gives up COVID-19 vaccine appointment to stranger in need
ABCBy HALEY YAMADA and ERIC NOLL, ABC News(AUSTIN, Texas) -- As many struggle to get a vaccine appointment, two neighbors who met online found a way to help each other.Grandmother Emily Johnson of Aus...
Feb 24, 2021
South Dakota attorney general faces call to resign over fatal crash as impeachment proceedings begin
Marilyn Nieves/iStockBy MEREDITH DELISO, ABC News(PIERRE, S.D.) -- Nearly a week after the South Dakota attorney general was charged with three misdemeanors for fatally striking a pedestrian on a high...
Feb 24, 2021
California commits $1.4 million to combat 'horrific' attacks on Asian Americans
ABCBy CATHERINE THORBECKE, ABC News(SACRAMENTO, Calif.) -- California committed $1.4 million toward helping Asian Americans report hate incidents and tracking the attacks after a slew of cases -- incl...
Feb 24, 2021
Texas doctor discusses firing over alleged COVID-19 vaccine theft: 'I did what I believe was expected'
ABC NewsBy JOANNE ROSA, ABC News(HOUSTON) -- Dr. Hasan Gokal defended his decision to give away COVID-19 vaccines that were on the verge of expiring even after he was fired from his job as medical dir...
Feb 24, 2021
ERCOT faces class-action lawsuit, resignations in wake of Texas power outages
peterschreiber.media/iStockBy MORGAN WINSOR, ABC News(HOUSTON) -- Texas’ embattled power grid operator is facing lawsuits and resignations after more than 4 million customers lost electricity la...
Feb 24, 2021
Tanker trucks, National Guard dispatched to Jackson, Mississippi, water crisis
MivPiv/iStockBy BILL HUTCHINSON, ABC News(JACKSON, Miss.) -- The governor of Mississippi said he's dispatching the National Guard and more tanker trucks to the state's capital city to help bring an en...
Feb 24, 2021
Biden to make 25 million masks available at community health centers, food banks
Official White House Photo by Adam SchultzBy MOLLY NAGLE, ABC News(WASHINGTON) -- President Joe Biden's COVID-19 response team announced Wednesday it would make 25 million masks available to Americans...
Feb 24, 2021
Spring-like weather across much of US, possible heavy snow in Rockies and parts of West
ABC NewsBy MAX GOLEMBO, ABC News (NEW YORK) -- It is starting to feel like spring from California to New York and around the rest of the country.Record high temperatures were broken on Tuesday in the ...
Feb 24, 2021
Woman trapped for 10 hours under collapsed backyard awning in frigid weather lucky to be alive
Schiller Park Fire Department/FacebookBy JON HAWORTH, ABC News (CHICAGO) -- A woman is lucky to be alive after being trapped for more than 10 hours under an awning in her own backyard when it collapse...
Feb 24, 2021
FAA orders inspections of some Boeing 777 engines after United failure
TommyIX/iStockBy MINA KAJI, ABC News (NEW YORK) -- After an engine on a United 777 failed minutes after takeoff in Denver this past weekend, the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) is ordering opera...
Feb 24, 2021