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Month: May 2020

Navajo community left to fight COVID-19 with limited resources

Navajo community left to fight COVID-19 with limited resources

ABC News(GALLUP, New Mexico) — BY: MATT GUTMAN, ROBERT ZEPEDA, TENZIN SHAKYA, and ALLIE YANG COVID-19 is surging through the Navajo community, which is suffering one of the highest infection rates per capita in the country. And the peak is still weeks away. Dr. Sriram Shamasunder, co-founder of the HEAL […]

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Greg Zanis, who built crosses to honor victims of mass shootings, has died

Greg Zanis, who built crosses to honor victims of mass shootings, has died

ABC News(CHICAGO) — BY: MEREDITH DELISO An Illinois man who made thousands of crosses commemorating victims of violence in America has passed away. Greg Zanis, founder of Crosses for Losses, died Monday morning, the organization announced on Facebook. Zanis, 69, of Aurora, died of cancer, according to Chicago ABC station […]

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Car fire in Monroe

Car fire in Monroe

Late in the morning on May 4th the Monroe fire department responded to a call about a fire in the back yard of a house in Monroe. According to Sevier County Sheriff Nathan Curtis, “the home owner was burning tree branches and stepped away from the fire for a minute […]

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Tyler Huntley Officially Signed By The Baltimore Ravens

Tyler Huntley Officially Signed By The Baltimore Ravens

BALTIMORE-Monday, the Baltimore Ravens officially signed former University of Utah star quarterback Tyler Huntley as the skilled native of Dania, Fla. seeks to catch on with arguably the NFL’s most talented team. The 6-1 205 pound Huntley completed 67.2 percent of his passes for 7,351 yards, 46 touchdowns and 20 […]

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Police chief’s ban stokes flap over ‘thin blue line’ masks

Police chief’s ban stokes flap over ‘thin blue line’ masks

iStock/traffic_analyzer By BILL HUTCHINSON, ABC News (SAN FRANCISCO) — Face masks emblazoned with a “thin blue line” flag associated with the pro-police Blue Lives Matter movement have ignited controversy in San Francisco after some officers showed up wearing them at a May Day protest, prompting the chief to ban the […]

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Two hurt in hotel boiler explosion

Two hurt in hotel boiler explosion

SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — Two people were hurt when a boiler exploded at at downtown Salt Lake City hotel on Monday. Fire officials said both were hospitalized after the accident that happened mid-morning while they were servicing the boiler at the Little America Hotel. No guests were staying nearby. […]

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Crime down in New York City as residents shelter in place: NYPD

Crime down in New York City as residents shelter in place: NYPD

iStock/william87 By AARON KATERASKY and IVAN PEREIRA, ABC News (NEW YORK) — The NYPD released its latest crime statistics Monday and said overall incidents were down in April. There were 5,121 reported crimes in April, a roughly 28.5% drop from April 2019, according to the statistics. Crime dropped in every […]

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Man allegedly pushed Austin park ranger enforcing social distancing into a lake

Man allegedly pushed Austin park ranger enforcing social distancing into a lake

Austin Police Department By Sabina Ghebremedhin, Cammeron Parrish and Meredith Deliso, ABC News (AUSTIN) — Austin police have arrested a man who allegedly pushed a park ranger into a lake. The incident occurred on Thursday at Commons Ford, a public park that is home to Lake Austin, and was captured […]

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Coronavirus updates: Global death toll from COVID-19 surpasses 250,000

Coronavirus updates: Global death toll from COVID-19 surpasses 250,000

Ovidiu Dugulan/iStockBy MORGAN WINSOR and EMILY SHAPIRO, ABC News (NEW YORK) — A pandemic of the novel coronavirus has now killed more than 250,000 people worldwide. Over 3.5 million people across the globe have been diagnosed with COVID-19, the disease caused by the new respiratory virus, according to data compiled […]

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Utah boy who beat leukemia now faces brain cancer

Utah boy who beat leukemia now faces brain cancer

ST. GEORGE, Utah (AP) — By the time doctors discovered Mac Rogers had brain cancer, he was already a leukemia survivor. The Hurricane, Utah, boy was 3 years old. He’s seven now, and his prognosis is uncertain. But 10 months ago, parents Brittny and Jeremy Rogers decided to take him […]

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