Author Archives: Syndicated Content

‘Suspicious’ circumstances around Black teen found dead in Louisiana
Young Quawan Charles is seen here in this undated family photo. (Quawan Charles' family)By VICTORIA MOLL-RAMIREZ, ABC News(NEW YORK) -- As the rural Louisiana town of Baldwin mourns the death of Quawa...
ABC Audio Nov 13, 2020

Chicago announces new COVID-19 restrictions as Thanksgiving approaches
Gian Lorenzo Ferretti Photography/iStockBy MEREDITH DELISO, ABC News(CHICAGO) -- Chicago Mayor Lori Lightfoot announced new restrictions for city residents as Thanksgiving approaches and COVID-19 case...
ABC Audio Nov 13, 2020

Marijuana legalization successes pave way for national conversation on drug laws: Experts
Nastasic/iStockBy IVAN PEREIRA, ABC News(NEW YORK) -- A majority of voters in five states, both red and blue, passed ballot measures that legalized marijuana on Election Day.This show of support at th...
ABC Audio Nov 13, 2020

Coronavirus live updates: COVID-19 cases tied to Halloween gatherings
narvikk/iStockBy MORGAN WINSOR, EMILY SHAPIRO, IVAN PEREIRA and MEREDITH DELISO, ABC News(NEW YORK) -- A pandemic of the novel coronavirus has now killed more than 1.29 million people worldwide.Over 5...
ABC Audio Nov 13, 2020

Hospital ICUs running out of space due to COVID-19 surges across the country
Myriam Borzee/iStockBy JULIA JACOBO and ARIELLE MITROPOULOS, ABC News(WASHINGTON) -- Hospitals around the country are running out of beds in their intensive care units due to the uptick in COVID-19 ca...
ABC Audio Nov 12, 2020

US Attorney Alex Acosta showed 'poor judgment' when giving Jeffrey Epstein state-based plea deal in 2008: DOJ
Chip Somodevilla/Getty ImagesBy JAMES HILL and AARON KATERSKY, ABC News(WASHINGTON) -- Alex Acosta, then-U.S. Attorney for the Southern District of Florida, exercised "poor judgment" when he resolved ...
ABC Audio Nov 12, 2020

Race-based Harvard admissions case moves step closer to Supreme Court
rabbit75_ist/iStockBy AARON KATERSKY, ABC News(NEW YORK) -- A federal appeals court has found no federal civil rights violation in Harvard's admissions process, in a ruling that upholds a district cou...
ABC Audio Nov 12, 2020

Four teens attack boy at home, run his mother over with a van following romantic dispute
Twitter/Polk County Sheriff's OfficeBy JON HAWORTH, ABC News(NEW YORK) -- Four teenagers in Florida have been arrested and charged with attempted murder after a romantic dispute led them to physically...
ABC Audio Nov 12, 2020

Eta makes landfall in Florida, pummels Carolinas, Virginia with dangerous flooding: Latest
ABC NewsBy MAX GOLEMBO, WILLIAM MANSELL and EMILY SHAPIRO, ABC News(NEW YORK) -- Relentless rainfall is pummeling North Carolina, sparking deadly flash flooding.Flooding in Alexander County has four p...
ABC Audio Nov 12, 2020

Snowplow driver discovers two murder victims on remote stretch of highway
shaunl/iStockBy JON HAWORTH, ABC News (NEW YORK) -- Two murder victims were discovered by a California snowplow driver as they were clearing a remote stretch of highway in the Sierra Nevada.The incide...
ABC Audio Nov 12, 2020