Author Archives: Syndicated Content
Florida boater rescued 86 miles off coast: 'I thought, this is it'
Motor vessel Angeles via U.S. Coast GuardBY: JULIA JACOBO, ABC NEWS (MIAMI) — The man who was rescued 86 miles off the coast of Florida after his boat capsized didn't think he would make it back...
Dec 01, 2020
Hiker recounts seeing mysterious monolith removed from Utah desert site
Courtesy @TheMeowtainGiraffe via InstagramBY: IVAN PEREIRA AND DRAGANA JOVANOVIC, ABC NEWS (NEW YORK) — The truth behind the pair of mysterious monoliths is out there, and investigators on two c...
Dec 01, 2020
New York City advises elderly to remain at home as COVID cases grow
Brianna Mancini/iStockBY: IVAN PEREIRA, ABC NEWS (NEW YORK) — New York City officials are advising senior citizens to avoid as much nonessential travel outside of their households as the number ...
Dec 01, 2020
Pennsylvania Supreme Court hears Bill Cosby's plea to overturn sex assault conviction
Gilbert Carrasquillo/Getty ImagesBY: AARON KATESKY, ABC NEWS (PHILADELPHIA) — Justices of the Pennsylvania Supreme Court appeared open to one part of Bill Cosby's plea to overturn his sex assaul...
Dec 01, 2020
CDC advisers to vote on who should get COVID-19 vaccine first
simon2579/iStockBy STEPHANIE EBBS and ARIELLE MITROPOULOS, ABC News(ATLANTA) -- A group of independent experts is set to vote Tuesday on who should get the first shots of a COVID-19 vaccine once it's ...
Dec 01, 2020
Suspect in string of unprovoked attacks in Massachusetts likely enjoys 'thrill of the assault,' police chief says
Waltham Police Department via FacebookBy JULIA JACOBO, ABC News(WALTHAM, Mass.) -- Authorities are offering a $5,000 reward to find the person, or persons, responsible for a string of violent attacks ...
Dec 01, 2020
Mother shot at funeral for teen son killed by Florida sheriff's deputy
vmargineanu/iStockBy BILL HUTCHINSON, ABC News(COCOA, Fla.) -- Nursing a bullet wound to her left leg, Quasheda Pierce said she remembers saying her final tearful goodbyes to her 18-year-old son whose...
Dec 01, 2020
Iconic Arecibo telescope in Puerto Rico collapses before plans to demolish
RICARDO ARDUENGO/AFP via Getty ImagesBy CRISTINA CORUJO, ABC News(NEW YORK) -- Scientists, students and Puerto Ricans are among those mourning the collapse of the iconic radio telescope in Arecibo, Pu...
Dec 01, 2020
Forest management could reduce carbon dioxide emissions by billions of tons a year: Study
subinpumsom/iStockBy JULIA JACOBO, ABC News(NEW YORK) -- Forest management, when implemented correctly, can not only reduce the number of devastating wildfires that rage every year but also the billio...
Dec 01, 2020
Giving Tuesday: Teen donates 'snack packs' to food pantries and more kids giving back
Danita PlattBy RENI CALISTER and DANIELLE GENET, ABC News (NEW YORK) -- Fifteen-year-old Michael Platt has been hard at work during the pandemic, donating thousands of “snack packs” -...
Dec 01, 2020