Author Archives: Syndicated Content
Former Harvard fencing coach arrested over college admissions
marvinh/iStockBy AARON KATERSKY, ABC News(BOSTON) -- Peter Brand, the former fencing coach at Harvard, and Jie Zhao, a Maryland businessman, were arrested Monday morning and charged with conspiracy.Th...
Nov 16, 2020
Hurricane Iota makes landfall in Nicaragua as Category 4 storm
ABC NewsBy EMILY SHAPIRO and MAX GOLEMBO, ABC News(NEW YORK) -- Hurricane Iota made landfall in northern Nicaragua Monday night as a Category 4 storm, bringing life-threatening storm surge to the coas...
Nov 16, 2020
Key takeaways from the Justice Department review of Jeffrey Epstein sweetheart deal
Florida Dept. of Law EnforcementBy JAMES HILL, ABC News(WASHINGTON) -- Victims’ rights lawyers who have been battling the U.S. Department of Justice for a dozen years over the controversial &ldq...
Nov 16, 2020
US coronavirus cases surpass 11 million as surge continues
South_agency/iStockBy IVAN PEREIRA, ABC News(NEW YORK) -- The United States surpassed 11 million coronavirus cases Sunday, less than a week after it reached 10 million, according to the Johns Hopkins ...
Nov 16, 2020
New restrictions announced in Washington state amid 'third wave' of COVID-19 cases
smodj/iStockBy JULIA JACOBO, ABC News(OLYMPIA, Wash.) -- Jay Inslee, the governor of Washington, announced new restrictions Sunday on residents and businesses as the state deals with record-breaking C...
Nov 16, 2020
Hiker reflects on being revived after going missing in mountain in freezing weather
Samson1976/iStockBy IVAN PEREIRA, ABC News(NEW YORK) -- The hiker rescued after going missing during a mountain hike praised the team of doctors who revived him after his heart stopped for nearly 45 m...
Nov 16, 2020
Coronavirus updates: Nearly 70,000 Americans hospitalized, ICUs almost out of space
narvikk/iStockBy JON HAWORTH and ERIN SCHUMAKER, ABC News(NEW YORK) -- A pandemic of the novel coronavirus has now killed more than 1.3 million people worldwide.Over 54.4 million people across the glo...
Nov 16, 2020
Tropical Storm Iota forecast to hit Central America at or near major hurricane strength
ABC NewsBy DANIEL MANZO and DAN PECK(NEW YORK) -- With parts of Central America still reeling from flooding and landslides caused by Hurricane Eta, Tropical Storm Iota is now forecast to hit the regio...
Nov 14, 2020
Deadly, major flooding continues in North Carolina and Virginia
ABC NewsBy MAX GOLEMBO, ABC News(NEW YORK) -- Eta’s moisture combined with a cold front Thursday, which resulted in copious amounts of rain that caused some of the worst flooding in parts of Vir...
Nov 13, 2020
'Racial' texts, social media posts read at hearing for suspects in Ahmaud Arbery killing
Kuzma/iStockBy JULIA JACOBO, ABC News(NEW YORK) -- A Georgia judge heard arguments Thursday on whether to release two men accused of murdering Ahmaud Arbery, a Black man shot while jogging in February...
Nov 13, 2020