Author Archives: Syndicated Content
Number of NY nursing home residents lost to COVID-19 underreported by up to 50%, probe says
PinkOmelet/iStockBy LAURA ROMERO, ABC News(NEW YORK) -- As the coronavirus spread in the early months of the pandemic, the nation's nursing homes become a hotspot for the disease -- but in New York st...
Jan 28, 2021
Emmett Till's childhood home is named a Chicago landmark
Bettmann / Contributor/ Getty ImagesBy EMILY SHAPIRO, ABC News(CHICAGO) -- The childhood home of slain teenager Emmett Till has been declared a landmark by the Chicago City Council.Till, a 14-year-old...
Jan 28, 2021
More mudslides, flooding and heavy snow West; Northeast could see coldest air in two years
ABC NewsBy MAX GOLEMBO, ABC News (NEW YORK) -- Tens of thousands of people are without power and thousands have been evacuated as mudslide and flash flooding threats continue in California.Up to 8 inc...
Jan 28, 2021
Young mother and her four daughters under the age of 6 die in house fire
WLS-TVBy JON HAWORTH, ABC News (CHICAGO) -- A 25-year-old mother and her four young daughters have been killed after a house fire ravaged their family home.The incident occurred at approximately 10:30...
Jan 28, 2021
Capitol Police Union calls it 'unconscionable' leaders didn't better prepare for riot
drnadig/iStockBy LUKE BARR and JACK DATE, ABC News (WASHINGTON) -- The Capitol Police Union blasted the department's leadership one day after congressional testimony by acting Police Chief Yogananda P...
Jan 28, 2021
COVID live updates: South African variant found in US for first time
Myriam Borzee/iStockBy MORGAN WINSOR, ERIN SCHUMAKER, EMILY SHAPIRO and IVAN PEREIRA, ABC News (NEW YORK) -- A pandemic of the novel coronavirus has now infected more than 101 million people worldwide...
Jan 28, 2021
Health care worker and mother of 2 loses home in fire, now her colleagues are stepping in
Amanda RhoneyBy NICOLE PELLETIERE, GMA(GREENSBORO, N.C.) -- A health care worker who lost everything in a fire is now thanking her hospital colleagues for helping her family during these hard times.Am...
Jan 27, 2021
3 teens arrested in mysterious Colorado arson that killed 5 members of Senegalese family
BlakeDavidTaylor/iStockBy CLAYTON SANDELL, ABC News(DENVER) -- Three male teenagers were arrested Wednesday in connection with a mysterious six-month-old arson in Colorado that killed five members of ...
Jan 27, 2021
Lawyer, single mom finds solace in community aid during COVID-19 unemployment
ABC NewsBy HALEY YAMADA, AUDE SOICHET, and MATT MCGARRY, ABC News(NEW YORK) -- Liceny Espaillat has worked her entire life toward reaching the middle class and, as an immigration lawyer, she always th...
Jan 27, 2021
County apologizes for seniors having to wait outside in cold for COVID-19 vaccine
KMBC-TVBy MEREDITH DELISO, ABC News(KANSAS CITY) -- County officials in Kansas apologized after seniors had to wait for hours in freezing temperatures to receive a COVID-19 vaccine.The county expanded...
Jan 27, 2021