ABC NewsBy MAX GOLEMBO and EMILY SHAPIRO, ABC News (NEW YORK) — An icy blast is stretching from Dallas to New York City Friday morning — but warmth is finally on the horizon for the South. Friday’s storm focuses on the East Coast, with flooding rain in the Carolinas, an […]
ABC NewsBy MAX GOLEMBO, EMILY SHAPIRO, and MELISSA GRIFFIN, ABC News (NEW YORK) — Friday brought another frigid morning to the hard-hit South, where temperatures dipped into the teens and 20s. The region gradually will warm up throughout the day, melting some ice and snow, but one more night of […]
edelmar/iStockBy EMILY SHAPIRO, ABC News (JACKSON, Miss.) — As power and water outages rock the South, among the hard-hit cities is Jackson, Mississippi, where most residents face little to no water pressure. “We do not have a definitive timeline as to when the water will be restored within the tanks,” […]
33ft/iStockBy JEANETTE TORRES-PEREZ, ABC News (NEW YORK) — NFL cornerback Pierre Desir is stepping up to help residents of Texas who have been affected by the cold weather sweeping the state, which has led to power outages and water shut-offs. The 30-year-old native of Haiti has donated 10,000 meals to […]
Montinique Monroe/Getty ImagesBy SASHA PEZENIK and STEPHANIE EBBS, ABC News (HOUSTON) — Donna Sue Taylor didn’t know the cold was coming. Her blue-gray tent, in one of Houston’s storm drainage bayous, has only enough room for her three dogs: Gigi, Bella and Star. With no television or phone to alert […]
ABC NewsBy MAX GOLEMBO, ABC News (NEW YORK) — Cities from Dallas to New York City will experience icy weather Friday morning. Winter alerts are issued from Texas to Massachusetts. A record-breaking 24-hour snowstorm hit Del Rio, Texas, this week, where up to 11.2 inches fell. Paducah, Kentucky, has seen […]
U.S. Department of JusticeBy ALEXANDER MALLIN, ALEX HOSENBALL and OLIVIA RUBIN, ABC News (WASHINGTON) — As authorities continue to pursue individuals who participated in the Jan. 6 insurrection at the United States Capitol, a growing number of those charged are employing a new defense: blaming the police for letting them […]
Ridofranz/iStockBy MEREDITH DELISO, ABC News (NEW YORK) — Two women disguised themselves as “grannies” in a failed attempt to get a second dose of the COVID-19 vaccine, Florida health officials said. “So yesterday, we realized a couple of young ladies came dressed up as grannies to get vaccinated for the […]
suratoho/iStockBy ERIN SCHUMAKER, ABC News (NEW YORK) — Gun violence has cost hundreds of thousands of Americans their lives. It’s also cost the U.S. trillions of dollars. From 1992 to 2018, the annual cost has fluctuated from $229 billion to $303 billion, most recently reaching $280 billion, according to a […]
babelfilm/iStockBy JULIA JACOBO, ABC News (NEW YORK) — Volunteers in Texas are gearing up to release nearly 5,000 cold-stunned sea turtles rescued from below zero temperatures amid two historic winter storms. Sea Turtle Inc., the conservation group responsible for rescuing sea turtles along the coast of the Gulf of Mexico, […]
