Author Archives: Syndicated Content
New York City buskers look back on a pandemic summer
Michael Dobuski/ABC NewsBy MICHAEL DOBUSKI, ABC News(NEW YORK) -- Street performers are a common sight in New York City. Passersby can regularly catch a jazz performance on a Harlem street corner, a s...
Nov 25, 2020
Food banks face growing hunger crisis ahead of the holidays during the pandemic
Massimo Giachetti/iStockBy ABC News(NEW YORK) -- Food banks have seen a spike in demand since the pandemic struck. In communities across the country, millions of Americans -- even those who are employ...
Nov 25, 2020
'Defund the police' movement six months after killing of George Floyd
John Nacion/SOPA Images/LightRocket via Getty ImagesBy DEENA ZARU and TONYA SIMPSON, ABC News(NEW YORK) -- Amid national outrage over the police killing of George Floyd in Minneapolis, Minnesota, on M...
Nov 25, 2020
Large weather system in Central US moves East bringing strong storms
ABC NewsBy DANIEL MANZO, ABC News(NEW YORK) -- A large storm system brought severe weather to parts of the southern U.S. on Tuesday.There were at least 41 reports of severe weather from Kansas to Loui...
Nov 25, 2020
Thieves steal thousands of dollars in toys meant for needy kids over Christmas from charity
ABC News/KGO-TVBy JON HAWORTH, ABC News(SAN FRANCISCO) -- A charity that collects toys for children in need has fallen victim to thieves who stole thousands of dollars’ worth of donated toys tha...
Nov 25, 2020
COVID-positive staff allowed to work at veterans home where 27 residents died: Officials
WLS-TVBy MEREDITH DELISO, ABC News(CHICAGO) -- Staff working while COVID-19 positive, ineffective hand sanitizer and poor PPE practices were some of the concerns raised during the investigation of an ...
Nov 25, 2020
Man run over, killed by three separate hit-and-run drivers who all fled the scene
ABC News/KABC-TVBy JON HAWORTH, ABC News (LOS ANGELES) -- A man was struck and killed by three separate hit-and-run drivers who all fled the scene after colliding with him while he was crossing a stre...
Nov 25, 2020
Boeing 737 MAX crash victims' families say they fear the aircraft flying again
the_guitar_mann/iStockBy JINSOL JUNG, JOSEPH RHEE and GERRY WAGSCHAL, ABC News (NEW YORK) -- Despite the recent recertification of Boeing’s 737 MAX 8 by the Federal Aviation Administration, some...
Nov 25, 2020
As Black Lives Matter art is torn down, Minneapolis activists save hundreds of works
Courtesy of Save the Boards to Memorialize the MovementBy DEENA ZARU and ARIELLE MITROPOULOS, ABC News (NEW YORK) -- As protests over the police killing of George Floyd wound down this fall after reac...
Nov 25, 2020
Man uses drone to rescue dog lost for 10 days in the woods
ABC NewsBy HALEY YAMADA and ERIC NOLL, ABC News(NEW YORK) -- The power of the internet was on full display for one family that had lost its puppy Golden Retriever.Brian James, of Cairo, New York, came...
Nov 25, 2020