Author Archives: Syndicated Content
FDA authorizes 2nd COVID-19 vaccine, giving Moderna green light to ship doses to states
pinkomelet/iStockBy ANNE FLAHERTY, ABC News(WASHINGTON) -- The U.S. Food and Drug Administration has authorized use of a second COVID-19 vaccine for people age of 18 and over, a move that will trigger...
Dec 18, 2020
Man dead after having medical emergency on United flight
egexplorer/iStockBy AMANDA MAILE, ABC News(NEW ORLEANS) -- A United flight was diverted after a passenger suffered a medical emergency and died.United Flight 591 was diverted to New Orleans on Monday ...
Dec 18, 2020
Coldest air of the season settling in ahead of Christmas week storm
ABC NewsBy MAX GOLEMBO, ABC News (NEW YORK) -- People are digging out from up to 3.5 feet of snow in parts of the Northeast as temperatures remain cold with bitter wind chills.Newark Valley, New York,...
Dec 18, 2020
California reports record for COVID-19 deaths as ICU bed availability falls
MJFelt/iStockBy MEREDITH DELISO, ABC News (LOS ANGELES) -- California reported a record number of COVID-19 deaths on Thursday as the virus continues to surge in the state and health officials warn of ...
Dec 18, 2020
Chicago mayor apologizes to woman whose home was wrongly raided by police
WLS-TVBy JASMINE BROWN, SABINA GHEBREMEDHIN and HALEY YAMADA, ABC News (CHICAGO) -- An investigation has been launched into a raid of a Chicago woman's apartment that resulted in armed police officers...
Dec 18, 2020
People over 75, front-line essential workers should get vaccine next, CDC panel says
narvikk/iStockBy MORGAN WINSOR, EMILY SHAPIRO, ERIN SCHUMAKER, IVAN PEREIRA, MEREDITH DELISO and ROSA SANCHEZ, ABC News(NEW YORK) -- A pandemic of the novel coronavirus has now infected more than 75.5...
Dec 18, 2020
21 arrested in 'brazen' drug ring involving North Carolina frat members: Officials
Ryan Herron/iStockBy MEREDITH DELISO, ABC News(Chapel Hill, N.C.) -- Twenty-one people were arrested in a "brazen" drug ring that allegedly involved members of fraternities at several North Carolina u...
Dec 17, 2020
Spirit Airlines plane skids off runway
Daxus/iStockBy NATHAN LUNA and AMANDA MAILE, ABC News(BALTIMORE) -- Spirit Airlines Flight 696 skidded off the runway after landing at Baltimore/Washington International Thurgood Marshall Airport this...
Dec 17, 2020
As countries stay locked down, US-Canadian border communities struggle
Janet Weinstein/ABC NewsBy JANET WEINSTEIN, ABC News(DERBY LINE, Vt.) -- Stansted, Quebec, and Derby Line, Vermont, are adjoining small towns along the U.S.-Canadian border where the international lin...
Dec 17, 2020
Python-sniffing dogs are Florida's newest weapon in fighting invasive snakes
Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation CommissionBy JON HAWORTH, ABC News (NEW YORK) -- For decades, pythons have been identified as one of the biggest and most concerning invasive species in Florida,...
Dec 17, 2020