Author Archives: Syndicated Content
South slammed by second dangerous storm: Latest forecast
ABC NewsBy MAX GOLEMBO, EMILY SHAPIRO AND MELISSA GRIFFIN, ABC News (NEW YORK) -- The South, still digging out from snow and ice that brought the region to a standstill this week, is getting slammed b...
Feb 17, 2021
Victims of 9/11-related illnesses urged to register for compensation as deadline looms
FOTOGRAFIA INC./iStockBy IVAN PEREIRA, ABC News (NEW YORK) -- Diana Vizcarra worked a few blocks from the World Trade Center and survived the terror attack of Sept. 11, 2001, without major immediate i...
Feb 17, 2021
Florida official latest to step down nationwide during COVID-19 response
Veronaa/iStockBy MEREDITH DELISO, ABC News (NEW YORK) -- A top official involved in Florida's COVID-19 response is leaving his post.Jared Moskowitz, the director of Florida's Division of Emergency Man...
Feb 17, 2021
Men seen on TikTok trespassing at Fenway Park sought by Boston police
Marcio Silva/iStockBy BILL HUTCHINSON, ABC News (BOSTON) -- A pair of trespassers who breached security at Boston's famed Fenway Park and posted a TikTok video of them playing pantomime baseball on th...
Feb 17, 2021
'Mattress Mack' opens stores for Houstonians amid dangerous winter storm: 'We're here for them'
Art Wager/iStockBY: SASHA PEZENIK AND EMILY SHAPIRO, ABC NEWS (HOUSTON) -- As winter weather pummels Texas with snow, ice and freezing temperatures, Houston businessman "Mattress Mack" is opening his ...
Feb 16, 2021
Los Angeles County elementary schools can reopen as COVID-19 cases drop
Halfpoint/iStockBY: ERIN SCHUMAKER, ABC NEWS (LOS ANGELES) -- Los Angeles County elementary schools will be allowed to reopen for in-person learning after hitting an expected COVID-19 milestone Tuesda...
Feb 16, 2021
About 100 animals killed in fire at pet store: Officials
Indianapolis Fire Department/TwitterBy EMILY SHAPIRO, ABC News (INDIANAPOLIS) -- About 100 animals died as a result of smoke inhalation during a fire at a pet store in Indianapolis Monday night, the I...
Feb 16, 2021
Another storm heading to snow-slammed South, vaccinations disrupted in Texas, Florida: Latest
ABC NewsBy MAX GOLEMBO, EMILY SHAPIRO AND MELISSA GRIFFIN, ABC News (NEW YORK) -- The South is still digging out from snow and ice that hit earlier this week, closing vaccination sites, knocking out p...
Feb 16, 2021
Texas city forced to shut off water due to winter storm
edelmar/iStockBy WILLIAM MANSELL, ABC News (ABILENE, Texas) -- City officials in Abilene, Texas, announced Monday night that all city water services had been shut off due to the historic winter storm ...
Feb 16, 2021
Four dead in US Virgin Islands helicopter crash
georgeclerk/iStockBy WILLIAM MANSELL, ABC News (NEW YORK) -- Four people are dead in the U.S. Virgin Islands Monday after a helicopter crash, according to the Virgin Islands Emergency Management Agenc...
Feb 16, 2021