iStock/Javier_Art_Photography(SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico) — BY: MARIYA MOSELEY and CRISTINA CORUJO, ABC News Amid the ongoing coronavirus pandemic, Puerto Rico is not only enduring a health crisis but also a worsening drought, forcing tens of thousands to go without running water every 24 hours. For nearly a week now, more […]
ABC News(NEW YORK) — BY: GENTRIX SHANGA, ABC News In 2013, the Black Lives Matter movement took form first as a hashtag and then as protests across the country in response to Trayvon Martin’s death. Now, that same cry for justice reverberates once again following the death of George Floyd […]
HERRIMAN, Utah (AP) — Bethany Balcer scored in stoppage time and OL Reign defeated the Utah Royals 1-0 in the National Women’s Soccer League’s Challenge Cup tournament. It was the Reign’s first victory in three group-stage Challenge Cup matches played without fans at Zions Bank Stadium. Balcer’s header came off […]
Courtesy Jessica Carmine(NEW YORK) — BY: BILL HUTCHINSON, ABC News There was no blaze to put out nor an injured victim to treat, but Maryland firefighters responded to a forlorn woman’s call to help her see, in person, her 83-year-old mother, literally giving her a lift to facilitate the emotional […]
iStock/Rena-Marie(NEW YORK) — BY: IVAN PEREIRA, ABC News Words of hate and bias won’t appear on any Scrabble board in official tournaments going forward. Hasbro, which owns the rights to the board game, and North American Scrabble Players Association announced that it will ban slurs and other offensive epitaphs from […]
iStock/TNTbomb_dot_com(RICHMOND, Virginia) — BY: IVAN PEREIRA, ABC News The state of Virginia has eliminated its backlog of rape kits, some of which went untested for decades, according to its attorney general. Attorney General Mark Herring announced Wednesday that the state’s $3.4 million project to eliminate its backlog of 2,665 untested […]
LOGAN, Utah – Utah State senior wide receiver/kick returner Savon Scarver was named to the 2020 College Football America (CFA) Yearbook Group of 5 Preseason Starting Lineup, CFA’s version of a Group of 5 conference All-America Team, it was announced by the organization on Wednesday. Scarver is one of six players from […]
Samara Heisz/iStockBy MORGAN WINSOR, JON HAWORTH and EMILY SHAPIRO, ABC News (NEW YORK) — A pandemic of the novel coronavirus has now killed more than 545,000 people worldwide. Over 11.8 million people across the globe have been diagnosed with COVID-19, the disease caused by the new respiratory virus, according to […]
Samara Heisz/iStockBy MORGAN WINSOR, JON HAWORTH and EMILY SHAPIRO, ABC News (NEW YORK) — A pandemic of the novel coronavirus has now killed more than 545,000 people worldwide. Over 11.8 million people across the globe have been diagnosed with COVID-19, the disease caused by the new respiratory virus, according to […]
SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — A Salt Lake County school board has approved a schedule for reopening that will include a four-day week of class time in response to the coronavirus pandemic. KUTV-TV reported the Jordan School District board voted to require students to be in classrooms Monday through Thursday […]
