kali9/iStockBy ROSA SANCHEZ, ABC News (LOS ANGELES) — Police officers and community members gathered at a press conference Friday to discuss the recent rise in gang violence in South LA. The Los Angeles Police Department shared a report from the press conference, calling the uptick in criminal activity “disturbing,” “unacceptable” […]
Oleksii Liskonih/iStockBy ERIN SCHUMAKER, ABC News (AUGUSTA) — As frustration mounts over slow COVID-19 vaccine rollouts at CVS and Walgreens around the country, Maine has been shifting supplies away from chain pharmacies to independent ones. This week, the state transferred 975 doses from Walgreens to an independent pharmacy and next […]
Alec051/iStockBy EMILY SHAPIRO and ROSA SANCHEZ, ABC News (NEW YORK) — One lucky person is taking home the Mega Millions jackpot cash. At around 1 a.m. ET Saturday, the list of lottery winners was announced. A person in Michigan won the jackpot, estimated at $1 billion or $739.6 million as […]
Jordan Strauss/Getty Images By MEREDITH DELISO, ABC News (LOS ANGELES) — Legendary talk show host Larry King, whose career took him from local to syndicated radio to global TV stardom, has died at age 87. A statement from King’s production company, Ora Media, posted on King’s official Twitter announced his […]
Boys Basketball Region 12 MONROE, Utah-Dallin Stewart netted 19 points and 6 rebounds as the Richfield Wildcats routed South Sevier 54-37 Friday in Region 12 boys basketball action. Carter Peterson’s 16 points led the Rams in the loss. Region 14 MANTI, Utah-Tanner Justesen posted 15 points and 7 rebounds and […]
Samara Heisz/iStockBy MORGAN WINSOR, ERIN SCHUMAKER and EMILY SHAPIRO, ABC News(NEW YORK) — A pandemic of the novel coronavirus has now infected more than 97.5 million people worldwide and killed over 2 million of them, according to real-time data compiled by the Center for Systems Science and Engineering at Johns […]
Win McNamee/Getty ImagesBy LUKE BARR, JACK DATE, JULIA JACOBO, AARON KATERSKY and ALEXANDER MALLIN, ABC News (WASHINGTON) — Federal authorities are continuing to charge rioters who took part in the siege on Capitol Hill. The FBI and ATF field offices in Washington have also increased the reward to $75,000 for […]
Spencer Platt/Getty ImagesBy STEPHANIE EBBS and CHEYENNE HASLETT, ABC News (NEW YORK) — Governors and state health officials are facing a frustrating reality as they try to make more people eligible to get the COVID-19 vaccine: They can vaccinate only as many people as there are doses and the supply […]
halbergman/iStockBy KELLY MCCARTHY (NEW YORK) — As a few major cities are on track to reopen restaurants for indoor dining amid the COVID-19 pandemic, other food capitals have been left in the dark without plans or timelines of their own. Some cities allowing indoor dining again For the first time […]
Michael Ciaglo/Getty ImagesBy GMA Team (WASHINGTON) — The U.S. Air Force is changing its rules on how women in the service are allowed to wear their hair. Starting next month, women will be allowed to wear their hair in longer braids, ponytails and bangs, Air Force officials announced Thursday. The […]
