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Month: September 2020

Number of self-reported COVID-19 cases at BYU almost doubles

Number of self-reported COVID-19 cases at BYU almost doubles

PROVO, Utah (AP) — Officials say the number of self-reported coronavirus cases on Brigham Young University’s campus has almost doubled to 146. That figure from Monday is up from 80 cases last week. The school says in a statement that many of the self-reported cases have stemmed from gatherings both […]

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Red flag warnings continue in West as flash flooding expected on East Coast

Red flag warnings continue in West as flash flooding expected on East Coast

ABC NewsBy MAX GOLEMBO, ABC News (NEW YORK) — Hundreds of fires continue to burn in the western U.S. Thursday morning, from Texas to Alaska, but widespread windy weather is ending for the West. However, there are a few spots worth monitoring as red flag warnings have been issued for […]

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Red flag warnings continue in West as flash flooding expected on East Coast

Red flag warnings continue in West as flash flooding expected on East Coast

ABC NewsBy MAX GOLEMBO, ABC News (NEW YORK) — Hundreds of fires continue to burn in the western U.S. Thursday morning, from Texas to Alaska, but widespread windy weather is ending for the West. However, there are a few spots worth monitoring as red flag warnings have been issued for […]

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Paige Winter, her family recall dramatic shark attack and rescue one year later

Paige Winter, her family recall dramatic shark attack and rescue one year later

ABC NewsBy DANIELLE GENET andd KELLY MCCARTHY, ABC News (NEW YORK) — It’s been over a year since Paige Winter lost her leg and part of her hand from a bull shark attack off the coast of North Carolina in which her father jumped to the rescue. But like the […]

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Paige Winter, her family recall dramatic shark attack and rescue one year later

Paige Winter, her family recall dramatic shark attack and rescue one year later

ABC NewsBy DANIELLE GENET andd KELLY MCCARTHY, ABC News (NEW YORK) — It’s been over a year since Paige Winter lost her leg and part of her hand from a bull shark attack off the coast of North Carolina in which her father jumped to the rescue. But like the […]

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Coronavirus news: US daily death toll from COVID-19 shoots back up over 1,000

Coronavirus news: US daily death toll from COVID-19 shoots back up over 1,000

Samara Heisz/iStockBy MORGAN WINSOR, ABC News (NEW YORK) — A pandemic of the novel coronavirus has now killed more than 903,000 people worldwide. Over 27.8 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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Hundreds of thousands of acres burn as California, Oregon wildfires continue to rage

Hundreds of thousands of acres burn as California, Oregon wildfires continue to rage

DaveAlan/iStockBy WILLIAM MANSELL, ABC News (NEW YORK) — At least eight people in Oregon, California and Washington are dead as a result of the devastating wildfires ravaging the West Coast and the destruction and death toll are only anticipated to get worse, according to Oregon Gov. Kate Brown. There are […]

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Inside University of Illinois’ massive COVID-19 testing operation

Inside University of Illinois’ massive COVID-19 testing operation

stefanamer/iStockBy MEREDITH DELISO and DR. JAY BHATT, ABC News (NEW YORK) — As schools attempt to bring students back to school safely, a game-changer might come out of central Illinois. The University of Illinois’ Urbana-Champaign campus has one of the most aggressive COVID-19 testing protocols among institutions of higher education […]

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Army officials reveal new details in Vanessa Guillen case

Army officials reveal new details in Vanessa Guillen case

Jocelyn SierraBy ALLIE YANG and DENISE MARTINEZ-RAMUNDO, ABC News (NEW YORK) — Ryan McCarthy, secretary of the U.S. Army, doesn’t know if there will ever be justice for Army Spc. Vanessa Guillen, but he says “it’s clear” that the Army let her family down. “We have to find answers and […]

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Child killed, parents badly burned in Washington wildfire

Child killed, parents badly burned in Washington wildfire

Toa55/iStockBy MEREDITH DELISO, ABC News (NEW YORK) — A 1-year-old was killed and his parents suffered third-degree burns after attempting to escape a wildfire in Washington state, authorities said. Jacob Hyland, 31, and Jamie Hyland, 26, of Renton, Washington, were discovered with their child on the bank of the Columbia […]

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