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Month: January 2021

Latinos in LA area disproportionately affected by COVID

Latinos in LA area disproportionately affected by COVID

vlvart/iStockBy ABBY CRUZ, ABC News (LOS ANGELES) — With California ending a regional stay-at-home order issued because of strained capacity in the state’s intensive care units, current COVID-19 data suggests that the local Latino community has been hit the hardest of all. The state reported 4,131 ICU-related COVID cases last […]

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Phoenix police release video of officer who took down suspect holding baby hostage

Phoenix police release video of officer who took down suspect holding baby hostage

Phoenix Police DepartmentBy HALEY YAMADA, ABC News (PHOENIX) — The Phoenix Police Department released video taken earlier this month of a fatal shooting between police officers and a man who allegedly took a baby hostage. The deadly confrontation occurred Jan. 9 after police were called to a motel, where surveillance […]

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Prep Sports Roundup: 1/26

Prep Sports Roundup: 1/26

Boys Basketball Region 20 HILDALE, Utah-Treyson Roberts posted 26 points and the Bryce Valley Mustangs routed Water Canyon 90-69 in Region 20 boys basketball action Tuesday. Girls Basketball Region 12 PRICE, Utah-Madi Orth posted 13 points and the Carbon Dinos got past Richfield 43-38 Tuesday in Region 12 girls basketball […]

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Acting DC police chief criticizes ‘tepid’ Army response to Jan. 6 riots

Acting DC police chief criticizes ‘tepid’ Army response to Jan. 6 riots

uschools/iStockBy BENJAMIN SIEGEL, LUKE BARR and JACK DATE, ABC News (WASHINGTON) — Washington, D.C.’s top cop said the assault on the U.S. Capitol exposed “weaknesses in the security of the most secure city in the country” during a closed-door congressional briefing on Tuesday. “I was stunned at the tepid response […]

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Coronavirus updates: Global case count tops 100 million

Coronavirus updates: Global case count tops 100 million

narvikk/iStockBy MORGAN WINSOR, ERIN SCHUMAKER and EMILY SHAPIRO, ABC News (NEW YORK) — A pandemic of the novel coronavirus has now infected more than 99.8 million people worldwide and killed over 2.1 million of them, according to real-time data compiled by the Center for Systems Science and Engineering at Johns […]

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Pharmacist pleads guilty to federal charges for intentionally sabotaging COVID vaccines

Pharmacist pleads guilty to federal charges for intentionally sabotaging COVID vaccines

Grafton Police DepartmentBy IVAN PEREIERA, SASHA PEZENIK, and ALEXANDER MALLIN, ABC News (GRAFTON, Wis.) — A Wisconsin pharmacist pleaded guilty to two federal charges Tuesday and admitted that he tampered with over 500 doses of a coronavirus vaccine, the Department of Justice announced. Steven Brandenburg, 46, of Grafton, Wisconsin, faces […]

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Jazz play the Knicks on 8-game win streak

Jazz play the Knicks on 8-game win streak

SALT LAKE CITY (AP)-New York Knicks (8-10, eighth in the Eastern Conference) vs. Utah Jazz (12-4, third in the Western Conference) Salt Lake City; Tuesday, 7 p.m. MST BOTTOM LINE: Utah heads into a matchup with New York as winners of eight consecutive games. The Jazz are 5-2 on their […]

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All US-bound passengers now need a negative COVID-19 test before boarding

All US-bound passengers now need a negative COVID-19 test before boarding

guvendemir/iStockBy MINA KAJI, ABC News (WASHINGTON) — All travelers flying into the U.S. must now provide proof of a negative COVID-19 test, taken no more than three days before their flight, or they will be denied boarding. The order was initially announced by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention […]

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Some nursing homes struggling to find takers for leftover vaccines

Some nursing homes struggling to find takers for leftover vaccines

kovop56/iStockBy LAURA ROMERO, DR. JAY BHATT, and HALLEY FREGER, ABC News(WASHINGTON) — As officials push to make sure there are enough COVID-19 vaccines to inoculate the nation’s vulnerable long-term care residents, many nursing homes are facing the opposite challenge: how to make sure extra vaccine doses don’t go to waste. […]

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Coronavirus live updates: Global case count tops 100 million

Coronavirus live updates: Global case count tops 100 million

narvikk/iStockBy MORGAN WINSOR, ERIN SCHUMAKER and EMILY SHAPIRO, ABC News (NEW YORK) — A pandemic of the novel coronavirus has now infected more than 99.8 million people worldwide and killed over 2.1 million of them, according to real-time data compiled by the Center for Systems Science and Engineering at Johns […]

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