Author Archives: Syndicated Content

States trying to ramp up vaccinations frustrated by shortages
Spencer Platt/Getty ImagesBy STEPHANIE EBBS and CHEYENNE HASLETT, ABC News(NEW YORK) -- Governors and state health officials are facing a frustrating reality as they try to make more people eligible t...
ABC Audio Jan 22, 2021

Indoor dining set to reopen in Chicago, Baltimore as NYC, Los Angeles await answers
halbergman/iStockBy KELLY MCCARTHY(NEW YORK) -- As a few major cities are on track to reopen restaurants for indoor dining amid the COVID-19 pandemic, other food capitals have been left in the dark wi...
ABC Audio Jan 22, 2021

US Air Force changes hair requirements for women
Michael Ciaglo/Getty ImagesBy GMA Team(WASHINGTON) -- The U.S. Air Force is changing its rules on how women in the service are allowed to wear their hair.Starting next month, women will be allowed to ...
ABC Audio Jan 22, 2021

Lawmakers outraged at images of National Guard sent from Capitol to parking garages
Stefani Reynolds/Getty ImagesBy LUKE BARR, ABC News(WASHINGTON) -- Lawmakers on both sides of the aisle expressed outrage Friday at images of National Guard members, sent from around the country to se...
ABC Audio Jan 22, 2021

Woman who made Bernie Sanders' viral inauguration mittens says they're not for sale
Photo by Drew Angerer/Getty ImagesBy KELLY MCCARTHY, ABC News(NEW YORK) -- As President Joe Biden was sworn into office on Wednesday, inauguration attendees bundeled up to stay warm in the mostly clou...
ABC Audio Jan 22, 2021

New storms to cross US with heavy snow, dangerous thunderstorms, wind chills
ABC NewsBy MAX GOLEMBO, ABC News (NEW YORK) -- A wintery blast will hit a large part of the country as a couple of storms cross the nation.As of Friday morning, 11 states, from California to Minnesota...
ABC Audio Jan 22, 2021

Alabama extends mask mandate amid high COVID-19 cases, hospitalizations
Pgiam/iStockBy MEREDITH DELISO, ABC News (MONTGOMERY, Ala.) -- Alabama is grappling with surging deaths as COVID-19 cases and hospitalizations remain high and intensive care unit capacity is stretched...
ABC Audio Jan 22, 2021

1,900 doses of Moderna vaccine destroyed after cleaner unplugs freezer in Boston
peterschreiber.media/iStockBy ROSA SANCHEZ, ABC News (BOSTON) -- Thousands of doses of Moderna's COVID-19 vaccine were destroyed after a cleaner in Boston accidentally unplugged the freezer in which t...
ABC Audio Jan 22, 2021

Coronavirus updates: Herd immunity by fall 'ambitious,' says surgeon general nominee
Samara Heisz/iStockBy MORGAN WINSOR, ERIN SCHUMAKER and EMILY SHAPIRO, ABC News(NEW YORK) -- A pandemic of the novel coronavirus has now infected more than 98.7 million people worldwide and killed ove...
ABC Audio Jan 22, 2021

Columbus to invest nearly $5M in police bodycams after Andre Hill shooting
Andre' Hill/FacebookBy MEREDITH DELISO, ABC News(COLUMBUS, Ohio) -- Officials in Columbus, Ohio, plan to invest nearly $5 million in new body-worn cameras and introduce new legislation targeting polic...
ABC Audio Jan 21, 2021