Author Archives: Syndicated Content
Coronavirus live updates: US surgeon general resigns, saying, 'I wasn't always right'
Samara Heisz/iStockBy MORGAN WINSOR, ERIN SCHUMAKER and EMILY SHAPIRO, ABC News(WASHINGTON) -- A pandemic of the novel coronavirus has now infected more than 96.3 million people worldwide and killed o...
Jan 20, 2021
Digital Black-owned bank aims to tackle economic injustice
Vgajic/iStockBy ADISA HARGETT-ROBINSON, ABC News(WASHINGTON) -- Part of the conversation about the recent racial reckoning in the United States amid the Black Lives Matter movement surrounds economic ...
Jan 19, 2021
COVID-19 delivers all-too-familiar blows to many worried about eviction
BackyardProduction/iStockBy LAUREN LANTRY, ABC News(MISSOURI VALLEY, Iowa) -- It's January now, but the problems of 2020 have followed Melanie Adams into the new year.Last March, Adams was working in ...
Jan 19, 2021
US coronavirus death toll eclipses 400,000 as Biden prepares to take office
Narvikk/iStockBy ARIELLE MITROPOULOS, ABC News(WASHINGTON) -- The U.S. reached yet another grim milestone Tuesday as the confirmed coronavirus death toll topped 400,000, just one day before President-...
Jan 19, 2021
Wealthy residents got disproportionate share of vaccines in this Texas county
Martin Holverda/iStockBy ERIN SCHUMAKER, ABC News(DALLAS) -- Dallas officials are making changes after three high-income zip codes received a disproportionate share of the county's first COVID-19 vacc...
Jan 19, 2021
US soldier arrested after alleged plot to attack NYC landmark
MBPROJEKT_Maciej_Bledowski/iStockBy AARON KATERSKY, ABC News(NEW YORK) -- An active duty American soldier is in federal custody Tuesday after he allegedly plotted with someone he thought was a member ...
Jan 19, 2021
12 National Guard members removed from inauguration security mission
MivPiv/iStockBy LUIS MARTINEZ, ABC News(WASHINGTON) -- A dozen Army National Guard members have been removed from the inauguration security mission, including two who were sent home after vetting for ...
Jan 19, 2021
Damaging winds and fire danger in California, wintry blast for East
ABC NewsBy MAX GOLEMBO, ABC News (NEW YORK) -- The National Weather Service is warning that winds 50 to 80 mph are expected for California Tuesday with extreme fire danger.The most dangerous winds and...
Jan 19, 2021
POLL: 9 in 10 say pandemic not controlled; two-thirds intend to vaccinate
Ridofranz/iStockBy ALLISON DE JONG, ABC News (NEW YORK) -- Nearly 9 in 10 Americans say the coronavirus pandemic is not under control in the United States, but far fewer say they'll get vaccinated aga...
Jan 19, 2021
Residents asked to shelter in place in parts of Poconos after multiple shootings
Daniel Tadevosyan/iStockBy DARREN REYNOLDS and WILLIAM MANSELL, ABC News (NEW YORK) -- Residents in parts of the Poconos have been asked to shelter in place after multiple shootings at multiple locati...
Jan 19, 2021