krblokhin/iStock(NEW YORK) — Federal law enforcement is warning of an increase in hate crimes against Asian Americans as the coronavirus crisis continues to grow, according to a new FBI analysis obtained by ABC News. “The FBI assesses hate crime incidents against Asian Americans likely will surge across the United States, […]
Samara Heisz/iStock(NEW YORK) — A pandemic of the novel coronavirus has now infected more than half a million people around the world since the first cases were detected in Wuhan, China, in December. There are more than 533,000 diagnosed cases of COVID-19, the disease caused by the new respiratory virus, […]
ABC News(NEW YORK) — A major storm system will move out of the Rockies into the Plains and the Midwest Friday and into Saturday with a threat for strong tornadoes, huge hail and damaging winds. This storm already brought up to 35 inches of snow just north of Salt Lake […]
MivPiv/iStock(NEW YORK) — Immigrations and Customs Enforcement detainees must be immediately released from county jails where cases of novel coronavirus have been confirmed, a federal judge in New York ordered Thursday night. The 10 detainees asked for their release “because of the public health crisis posed by COVID-19,” their petition […]
Cecilie_Arcurs/iStock(NEW YORK) — As officials at the nation’s nursing homes began to realize their facilities and elderly populations were deeply vulnerable targets for the spread of novel coronavirus, the medical director at one of the largest chains realized he needed a new playbook to take on an outbreak this dangerous. […]
Bill Hutchinson/ABC News(NEW YORK) — By 8 a.m. on Wednesday, the line outside St. Paul and St. Andrew United Methodist Church in New York City stretched around the block. But this wasn’t any ordinary morning. Fixed-income residents like 66-year-old Patricia Sylvester faced an agonizing choice — weighing the risk of […]
Marilyn Nieves/iStock(NEW YORK) — “What if black women, it turned out, really always have been at the forefront of the struggles over American women’s voting rights, and what if we as a nation are just catching up to that?” That is the question posed by Martha S. Jones, one of […]
JHVEPhoto/iStock(NEW YORK) — After a push from states and advocates, the U.S. Department of Agriculture has waived a requirement that children have to be physically present with their parents to pick up meals at closed schools around the country. But in at least one state, schools were still turning away […]
narvikk/iStock(NEW YORK) — A pandemic of the novel coronavirus has now killed more than 24,000 people around the world, including at least 1,288 people in the United States. Worldwide, there are more than 531,000 diagnosed cases of COVID-19, spanning every continent except Antarctica, according to data compiled by the Center […]
Top NBA executives are having their base salaries reduced by 20% for the foreseeable future, a person with knowledge of the details said. The reductions affect the roughly 100 highest-earning executives, as the NBA joins the NHL and NASCAR in cutting salaries while competitions are on hold because of the […]
