Author Archives: Syndicated Content

CDC says schools can open safely even in COVID-19 hot spots if certain steps are taken
sshepard/iStockBy ANNE FLAHERTY and SOPHIE TATUM, ABC News(ATLANTA) -- Teachers and students can safely return to the classroom, even in areas with high rates of viral transmission if certain mitigati...
ABC Audio Feb 12, 2021

Online dating evolves to meet the new pandemic reality
iStock/MamikaStockBY: MICHAEL DOBUSKI, ABC News(NEW YORK) -- Coronavirus lockdown orders have resulted in some new pandemic-themed trends in online dating. Michael Kaye, the Global Communications Mana...
ABC Audio Feb 12, 2021

Virtual power plants could be pathway to decarbonization
sonnen, Inc.BY: LEIGHTON SCHNEIDER, ABC NEWS (NEW YORK) -- President Joe Biden hopes to put the United States on a path to net-zero carbon emissions across the economy by 2050. One way to get th...
ABC Audio Feb 12, 2021

Cross country storms to hit South and East with more ice, snow
ABC NewsBy MAX GOLEMBO, ABC News (NEW YORK) -- Multiple storms will move across the U.S. this weekend into next week bringing snow and ice from coast to coast.Thursday's storm hit the South with freez...
ABC Audio Feb 12, 2021

FBI arrests two 'Boogaloo Bois'-associated militia members, one who incited riot
BlakeDavidTaylor/iStockBy ROSA SANCHEZ and ALEXANDER MALLIN, ABC News (WASHINGTON) -- The Justice Department announced the arrest of two militia members Thursday associated with the violent anti-gover...
ABC Audio Feb 12, 2021

Man accused of Minnesota health clinic shooting appears in court
Wright County Sheriff's OfficeBy HALEY YAMADA and ANDY FIES, ABC News (NEW YORK) -- Gregory Ulrich, the man accused of the shooting rampage that killed one person and seriously injured four at the All...
ABC Audio Feb 12, 2021

Assault charges dropped against Buffalo police officers seen pushing protester
kali9/iStockBy MEREDITH DELISO, ABC News(BUFFALO, N.Y.) -- Assault charges against two Buffalo, New York, police officers seen in a video shoving a 75-year-old man to the ground during a protest last ...
ABC Audio Feb 11, 2021

Feds bust group that allegedly tried to replicate COVID-19 vaccine website
kuzma/iStockBy LUKE BARR, ABC News(WASHINGTON) -- Two men and one woman were charged by the Justice Department for allegedly fabricating a COVID-19 vaccine website.According to an affidavit unsealed T...
ABC Audio Feb 11, 2021

Judge rejects request to increase Kyle Rittenhouse's bond and issue arrest warrant
Marilyn Nieves/iStockBy JAMES HILL and BILL HUTCHINSON, ABC News(KENOSHA, Wis.) -- A Wisconsin judge on Thursday denied a request to increase Kyle Rittenhouse's $2 million bond and issue an arrest war...
ABC Audio Feb 11, 2021

Violent attacks on elderly Asian Americans in Bay Area leaves community members 'traumatized'
kali9/iStockBy KIARA BRANTLEY-JONES and STACY CHEN, ABC News(SAN FRANCISCO) -- A reported string of nearly two dozen violent, unprovoked attacks against Asians and Asian Americans in the Bay Area in r...
ABC Audio Feb 11, 2021