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Month: May 2020

Utah man gets prison after running over boy while drunk

Utah man gets prison after running over boy while drunk

SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — A Utah man with several drunk driving convictions has been sentenced to up to 15 years in prison for running over and killing a 4-year-old boy while driving drunk. Carl Wayne Johnson was sentenced after pleading guilty to automobile homicide involving DUI. Lesser charges were […]

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Tech firm with suspended contracts had outside data deal

Tech firm with suspended contracts had outside data deal

SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — A surveillance technology company that had a $21 million contract with the state of Utah suspended over its founder’s past associations with white supremacists also had a contract with a healthcare company, to track coronavirus patient data. The Salt Lake Tribune reports the contract would […]

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Coronavirus updates: NYC mayor slams White House economic advisor as ‘cheapskate’

Coronavirus updates: NYC mayor slams White House economic advisor as ‘cheapskate’

iStock/mrtom-ukBy: JON HAWORTH, BILL HUTCHINSON and MEREDITH DELISO, ABC News (NEW YORK) — The novel coronavirus has now killed more than 244,000 people worldwide. Over 3.4 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 […]

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What it takes to be a COVID-19 contact tracer in NYC

What it takes to be a COVID-19 contact tracer in NYC

iStock/koto_fejaBy: ERIN SCHUMAKER, ABC News (NEW YORK) — Out-of-work New Yorkers looking to secure employment as New York City COVID-19 contact tracers — tracking the spread of the virus in an effort to contain it during the city’s recovery phase — will need what some might see as a surprising […]

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Record breaking heat in continues in parts of the Southwest

Record breaking heat in continues in parts of the Southwest

iStock/enter89By: DANIEL MANZO, ABC News (LOS ANGELES) — Saturday was another day of record-breaking heat in parts of the Southwest U.S. In Texas, Both San Angelo and Midland hit a scorching 104 degrees, setting new daily records. Lubbock hit 100 degrees, breaking their old record of 97. Abilene hit 100 […]

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Delivering hope: Families share emotional journeys to parenthood in the midst of crisis

Delivering hope: Families share emotional journeys to parenthood in the midst of crisis

iStock/x-reflexnajaBy: JUJU CHANG, KNEZ WALKER, ASHLEY LOUSZKO, ASHLEY RIEGLE and ALLIE YANG, ABC News (NEW YORK) — When Emily Scheer found out she was pregnant with her second child, she never imagined how dangerous it would be – giving birth in the middle of a global pandemic in New York […]

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Coronavirus live updates: US surpasses 65,000 deaths, Fauci will testify before Senate

Coronavirus live updates: US surpasses 65,000 deaths, Fauci will testify before Senate

Gwengoat/iStockBY: ELLA TORRES AND WILLIAM MANSELL (NEW YORK) — The novel coronavirus has now killed more than 238,000 people worldwide. Over 3.3 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 for Systems Science […]

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1 dead after Houston police helicopter crashes into apartment complex

1 dead after Houston police helicopter crashes into apartment complex

kali9/iStock(HOUSTON) — One Houston police officer is dead and another remains in critical condition after the two were transported to a hospital early Saturday morning after one of the department’s helicopters crashed into an apartment complex. The crash happened around 2:04 a.m. in the 17000 block of Imperial Valley as […]

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NYC Doctor worries about re-opening: “We can’t let our guard down”

NYC Doctor worries about re-opening: “We can’t let our guard down”

PeopleImages/iStockBY: LEIGHTON SCHNEIDER (NEW YORK) — Dr. Sujana Chandrashaker, a top ear, nose, and throat specialist in New York and northern New Jersey, started reading about COVID-19 in medical journals and began tracking the virus clinically in early March. She was shocked and scared by what she saw. Dr. Chandrashaker […]

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With rent due, millions of Americans can’t — or won’t — pay

With rent due, millions of Americans can’t — or won’t — pay

AndreiPopov/iStockBy WILL CARR, ALYSSA PONE, AND ELLIE SMITH, ABC NEWS (NEW YORK) — It’s the first of the month — the time when so many start counting their dollars, making sure they have enough to pay rent. “I’ll be able to make rent next month, but then after that, if […]

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