Author Archives: Syndicated Content
Despite CDC warnings, millions of people flew over the holidays
npstockphoto/iStockBy MINA KAJI, ABC News (NEW YORK) -- Even with the uptick in travelers over the holidays, the Transportation Security Administration (TSA) revealed Monday that it screened 500 milli...
Jan 05, 2021
FBI warns of cyberattacks to distance learning
ake1150sb/iStockBy LUKE BARR, ABC News(WASHINGTON) -- As students head back to the classroom after the holidays, the FBI is warning students, teachers and parents that cyber criminals and bad actors a...
Jan 05, 2021
Pharmacist sabotaged vaccines because he thought they were 'unsafe,' police say
Grafton Police Department By SASHA PEZENIK and IVAN PEREIRA, ABC News (GRAFTON, Wis.) -- A Wisconsin pharmacist accused of deliberately sabotaging more than 500 doses of a COVID-19 vaccine allegedly t...
Jan 05, 2021
Coronavirus updates: Advisory group has new recommendations for Pfizer vaccine
narvikk/iStockBy MORGAN WINSOR and ERIN SCHUMAKER, ABC News(NEW YORK) -- A pandemic of the novel coronavirus has now infected more than 86.1 million people worldwide and killed over 1.8 million of the...
Jan 05, 2021
Man who used tree branch in NYC assault spree arrested
william87/iStockBy JULIA JACOBO, ABC News(NEW YORK) -- A man who used a tree branch in an assault spree throughout downtown Manhattan has been arrested.The chaos began Sunday evening when New Jersey r...
Jan 04, 2021
Coronavirus updates: England moves to full national lockdown
Ovidiu Dugulan/iStockBy MORGAN WINSOR and ERIN SCHUMAKER, ABC News(NEW YORK) -- A pandemic of the novel coronavirus has now infected more than 85.2 million people worldwide and killed over 1.8 million...
Jan 04, 2021
44 California emergency room staffers infected with COVID-19 after Christmas
MJFelt/iStockBy IVAN PEREIRA, ABC News (SAN JOSE, Calif.) -- Health officials said they are conducting an investigation into a COVID-19 outbreak among the emergency room staff at a San Jose, Californi...
Jan 04, 2021
Deaths of two female Army soldiers probed in Texas, one fatally shot on freeway
Staff Sergeant Jessica Mitchell is seen in this undated photo. (United States Air Force)By BILL HUTCHINSON, ABC News (NEW YORK) -- The apparently unrelated deaths of two female Army soldiers in Texas ...
Jan 04, 2021
Woman killed, three deputies wounded in shooting outside Houston nightclub
kali9/iStockBy BILL HUTCHINSON, ABC News (HOUSTON) -- A woman was killed and three sheriff's deputies were wounded when a gunman opened fire early Sunday during a fight in the parking lot of a Houston...
Jan 04, 2021
Here are some of the biggest new laws that went into effect Jan. 1
artisteer/iStockBY: IVAN PEREIRA, ABC NEWS (NEW YORK) — With a new year comes new rules and regulations across the country. State legislatures and local jurisdictions passed hundreds of bills la...
Jan 03, 2021