alexsl/iStockBy ERIN CALABRESE, ABC News (NEW YORK) — There’s a lot that’s been written about disinformation and misinformation recently — the dark new reality of our increasingly connected and technologically advanced world that makes trusting what you see harder than ever. They’re both forms of actual “fake news,” a term […]
adamkaz/iStockBy the GMA Team, ABC News (KEY WEST, Fla.) — A group of Florida high school seniors held their graduation ceremony in a classic Floridian way, on jet skis. The pomp and circumstance for the graduating seniors of Somerset Island Prep in Key West included water and the sound of […]
ABC NewsBy MAX GOLEMBO, ABC News (NEW YORK) — There were seven reports of tornadoes in Illinois Thursday along with widespread scattered severe storms that produced damaging winds and large hail from Texas to the Carolinas as well. In the last seven days, 6 to 8 inches of rain fell […]
Evgen_Prozhyrko/iStockBy ELLA TORRES and WILLIAM MANSELL, ABC News (MINNEAPOLIS) — Authorities have released the 911 call in connection to the death of George Floyd, a black man who was seen pinned down in a video by a white police officer and later died. The video of Floyd’s death has now […]
Samara Heisz/iStockBy WILLIAM MANSELL, ABC News (NEW YORK) — A pandemic of the novel coronavirus has now killed more than 360,000 people worldwide. Over 5.9 million people across the globe have been diagnosed with COVID-19, the disease caused by the new respiratory virus, according to data compiled by the Center […]
Darwin Brandis/iStockBy EDEN DAVID, ABC News (NEW YORK) — Hurricane season is approaching, and this year’s may present unique challenges because of COVID-19. “It’s another heavy lift to think about a second kind of disaster, when we’re all dealing with the pandemic,” Vivi Siegel, senior health communication specialist for the […]
Florida Dept. of Law EnforcementBy JAMES HILL, ABC News (NEW YORK) — Four months after filing a lawsuit against Ghislaine Maxwell, the former companion of deceased sex-offender Jeffrey Epstein, lawyers for an alleged child sexual assault victim say they have been unable to locate Maxwell to serve her with the […]
AntonioGuillem/iStockBy DAVID MILLER, ABC News (NEW YORK) — Teenagers are entering a summer unlike any of us have ever experienced. While adults might take a week or two off in between work, the summer provides teenagers time to spend with friends, get away from their parents, earn money, learn for […]
The National Women’s Soccer League is one of the first North American pro leagues to announce it will begin play after delays caused by the coronavirus pandemic. The league’s nine teams will participate in a tournament in Utah starting in late June. The league’s testing protocol is at the core […]
Ovidiu Dugulan/iStockBy MORGAN WINSOR and EMILY SHAPIRO, ABC News (NEW YORK) — A pandemic of the novel coronavirus has now killed more than 358,000 people worldwide. Over 5.9 million people across the globe have been diagnosed with COVID-19, the disease caused by the new respiratory virus, according to data compiled […]
