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Month: June 2020

Coronavirus updates: State records over 5,000 new cases for second straight day

Coronavirus updates: State records over 5,000 new cases for second straight day

Ovidiu Dugulan/iStockBy MORGAN WINSOR, ABC News (NEW YORK) —  A pandemic of the novel coronavirus has now killed more than 483,000 people worldwide. Nearly 9.5 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 […]

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Fatal Rabbit Disease Detected in Utah

Fatal Rabbit Disease Detected in Utah

(Salt Lake City) Rabbit Hemorrhagic Disease (RHDV2), is a highly fatal disease that affects rabbits.  The fatal sickness has been spreading across the Southwestern United States and Northern Mexico and  has now been detected in Utah. A positive case was recently confirmed in a domestic rabbit in Sanpete  County.  RHDV2 […]

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Severe weather threats in forecast for Midwest, Northeast

Severe weather threats in forecast for Midwest, Northeast

ABC NewsBy DANIEL MANZO, ABC News (NEW YORK) — Summer storms on Wednesday brought at least four reported tornadoes in parts of the South, including an EF-1 tornado with winds up to 110 mph in Baton Rouge, Louisiana. The National Weather Service office in New Orleans says there were several […]

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Coronavirus updates: US reports second highest number of new cases in single day

Coronavirus updates: US reports second highest number of new cases in single day

Ovidiu Dugulan/iStockBy MORGAN WINSOR, ABC News (NEW YORK) — A pandemic of the novel coronavirus has now killed more than 482,000 people worldwide. Nearly 9.5 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 […]

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At least 25 state fairs have been canceled or postponed due to COVID-19

At least 25 state fairs have been canceled or postponed due to COVID-19

ABC News Photo IllustrationBy MEREDITH DELISO, ABC News (NEW YORK) — Normally this time of year, Stacey Pittroff-Barona would be in the middle of fair season. Her dad would be back from Australia, having run their carnival ride, the Giant Slide, and food stand, Cheese on a Stick and Fresh […]

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Judge blocks removal of Honduran teen being deported under CDC coronavirus rule

Judge blocks removal of Honduran teen being deported under CDC coronavirus rule

Kuzma/iStockBy QUINN OWEN, ABC News (WASHINGTON) — A federal judge on Wednesday temporarily barred the Trump administration from deporting a 16-year-old Honduran boy pending a decision on a controversial public health order that limits opportunities for migrants to apply for asylum. The decision marked a momentary victory for immigrant advocates […]

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Up to 150K coronavirus deaths possible by July 18, CDC says

Up to 150K coronavirus deaths possible by July 18, CDC says

Myriam Borzee/iStockBy MATT GUTMAN, EMILY SHAPIRO, BRIAN HARTMAN and MARK OSBORNE, ABC News (LOS ANGELES) — As coronavirus cases continue to climb across the country, a new forecast from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention says the U.S. could soon see 150,000 fatalities. The number of confirmed cases in […]

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BYU Cornerback Isaiah Herron Decides To Stay At BYU

BYU Cornerback Isaiah Herron Decides To Stay At BYU

PROVO, Utah-Wednesday, several days after entering the transfer portal, BYU cornerback Isaiah Herron has decided to stay with the Cougars. The 6-1, 175-pound Las Vegas native announced he will return to the Cougars, where he is expected to see expanded playing time as a redshirt sophomore in 2020. However, Herron, […]

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Public pressure mounts to revisit 2019 death of Elijah McClain, 23, while in custody

Public pressure mounts to revisit 2019 death of Elijah McClain, 23, while in custody

Andy Cross/MediaNewsGroup/The Denver Post via Getty ImagesBY: CONOR FINNEGAN, ABC NEWS (DENVER) — As the world sees unprecedented protests calling for an end to police brutality and systemic racism in the name of George Floyd, a Black man who died while in police custody, the death of another Black man […]

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White supremacist terrorism ‘on the rise and spreading,’ State Dept. says in new report

White supremacist terrorism ‘on the rise and spreading,’ State Dept. says in new report

Alex Wong/Getty ImagesBY: CONOR FINNEGAN, ABC NEWS (WASHINGTON) — The threat of racially or ethnically motivated terrorism, especially white supremacist terrorism, is “on the rise and spreading geographically,” according to a new report by the State Department, as the threat from ISIS and other radical Islamist terror groups evolves. The […]

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