Author Archives: Syndicated Content
Bronze statue of Ruth Bader Ginsburg to be unveiled in Brooklyn during Women's History Month
Nikki Kahn/The Washington Post via Getty ImagesBy EMILY SHAPIRO, ABC News(NEW YORK) -- A bronze statue of hometown legend Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg will be unveiled in Brooklyn, New Yo...
Oct 14, 2020
Amy Cooper, woman in racially-charged Central Park birdwatcher 911 call, expected to plead guilty
Kuzma/iStockBy AARON KATERSKY, ABC News(NEW YORK) -- Amy Cooper, the woman charged with calling 911 and falsely accusing a Black man of threatening her in New York's Central Park, appeared in court vi...
Oct 14, 2020
Protester allegedly assaults officers inside Rochester police station
Ben185/iStockBy WILLIAM MANSELL, ABC News(ROCHESTER, N.Y.) -- Protesters entered the Rochester, New York, public safety building Tuesday and allegedly assaulted two police officers, the department sai...
Oct 14, 2020
Red flag warnings in West as record heat, gusty winds expected in California
ABC NewsBy MAX GOLEMBO, ABC News(NEW YORK) -- Offshore winds are drying air out and heating it up along the California coast as a record high temperature was broken at San Diego Brown Field Airport Tu...
Oct 14, 2020
Marines fire commander after training accident that killed nine
Nick J./iStockBy LUIS MARTINEZ, ABC News(WASHINGTON) -- The U.S. Marine Corps has fired the commander in charge of the unit involved in a deadly training accident off the coast of Southern California ...
Oct 14, 2020
New Pentagon handbook adds confusion, frustration for transgender troops: Critics
icholakov/iStockBy KARMA ALLEN, ABC News(WASHINGTON) -- Lt. Col. Bree Fram said her years in the U.S. military have been some of the best of her life, but she hasn't been able to fully appreciate her ...
Oct 14, 2020
Girl dies after being forced to jump on trampoline in extreme heat as punishment: Police
Odessa Police DepartmentBy JON HAWORTH, ABC News (ODESSA, Texas) -- Two people have been arrested following a capital murder investigation of an 8-year-old girl who died after being forced to continuo...
Oct 14, 2020
Coronavirus updates: Barron Trump also tested positive for COVID, Melania says
Samara Heisz/iStock By MORGAN WINSOR and JULIA JACOBO, ABC News(NEW YORK) -- A pandemic of the novel coronavirus has now killed more than one million people worldwide.Over 38.4 million people across t...
Oct 14, 2020
Santa Fe obelisk toppled during Indigenous Peoples' Day protest
duckycards/iStockBy IVAN PEREIRA, ABC News(SANTA FE, N.M.) -- Santa Fe's leaders are calling for calm after a group of protesters toppled a controversial monument in the city's plaza Monday during an ...
Oct 13, 2020
Sweet 16 party connected to 37 COVID-19 cases in 'super-spreader' event: Officials
narvikk/iStockBy MEREDITH DELISO, ABC News(NEW YORK) -- A Sweet 16 party at a Long Island, New York, catering hall is being called a COVID-19 "super-spreader event" that has now been connected to 37 c...
Oct 13, 2020