Author Archives: Syndicated Content
Cold snap causes water crisis for some Mississippi residents
edelmar/iStockBy EMILY SHAPIRO, ABC News(JACKSON, Miss.) -- As power and water outages rock the South, among the hard-hit cities is Jackson, Mississippi, where most residents face little to no water p...
Feb 19, 2021
Bitter Texas freeze hits most vulnerable hardest
Montinique Monroe/Getty ImagesBy SASHA PEZENIK and STEPHANIE EBBS, ABC News (HOUSTON) -- Donna Sue Taylor didn't know the cold was coming. Her blue-gray tent, in one of Houston's storm drainage bayous...
Feb 19, 2021
Icy blast stretching from Dallas to New York but warmth is on horizon for the South
ABC NewsBy MAX GOLEMBO and EMILY SHAPIRO, ABC News (NEW YORK) -- An icy blast is stretching from Dallas to New York City Friday morning -- but warmth is finally on the horizon for the South.Friday's s...
Feb 19, 2021
In new defense, dozens of Capitol rioters say law enforcement 'let us in' to building
U.S. Department of JusticeBy ALEXANDER MALLIN, ALEX HOSENBALL and OLIVIA RUBIN, ABC News (WASHINGTON) -- As authorities continue to pursue individuals who participated in the Jan. 6 insurrection at th...
Feb 19, 2021
Two women dressed as 'grannies' to get COVID-19 vaccine, Florida officials say
Ridofranz/iStockBy MEREDITH DELISO, ABC News (NEW YORK) -- Two women disguised themselves as "grannies" in a failed attempt to get a second dose of the COVID-19 vaccine, Florida health officials said....
Feb 19, 2021
Gun violence cost America $280 billion in 2018: Report
suratoho/iStockBy ERIN SCHUMAKER, ABC News (NEW YORK) -- Gun violence has cost hundreds of thousands of Americans their lives. It's also cost the U.S. trillions of dollars.From 1992 to 2018, the annua...
Feb 19, 2021
Thousands of cold-stunned turtles rescued from freezing temperatures in Texas nearing release
babelfilm/iStockBy JULIA JACOBO, ABC News (NEW YORK) -- Volunteers in Texas are gearing up to release nearly 5,000 cold-stunned sea turtles rescued from below zero temperatures amid two historic winte...
Feb 19, 2021
Twelve rescued from houseboats in Tennessee after winter storm causes dock collapse
Caroline Chaney/FacebookBy JULIA JACOBO, ABC News (NEW YORK) -- A dozen people were rescued after they became trapped in houseboats when the roof of a boat dock collapsed in Tennessee.Rescue crews rus...
Feb 19, 2021
School debate rages on, despite CDC effort to set federal benchmarks
Burak Sur/iStockBy CHEYENNE HASLETT, ABC News(GREENVILLE COUNTY, S.C.) -- Since late fall, 60,000 students and teachers across Greenville County, South Carolina, have been filing into the classroom fo...
Feb 18, 2021
Asian American woman hospitalized after assault outside NYC bakery
NYPD via TwitterBy MARLENE LENTHANG, ABC News(NEW YORK) -- A 52-year-old Asian American woman required stitches after she was savagely shoved to the ground, hitting her head, as she was in line at a N...
Feb 18, 2021