ABC NewsBy WILLIAM MANSELL, MARILYN HECK and JON HAWORTH, ABC News (NEW YORK) — As a major winter storm batters large parts of the country, President Joe Biden has approved Texas’ emergency disaster proclamation Sunday. The declaration orders federal assistance to supplement state and local storm response efforts, according to […]
iStockBy ABC News (NEW YORK) — Here are the scores from Sunday’s sports events: NATIONAL BASKETBALL ASSOCIATIONWashington 104, Boston 91San Antonio 122, Charlotte 110Detroit 123, New Orleans 112Minnesota 116, Toronto 112Portland 121, Dallas 118Oklahoma City 114, Milwaukee 109Phoenix 109, Orlando 90L.A. Clippers 128, Cleveland 111Memphis 124, Sacramento 110Denver 122, L.A. […]
Myriam Borzee/iStockBy IVAN PEREIRA, ABC News (NEW YORK) — Coronavirus cases and hospitalizations have been on a major decline since their peak numbers from the middle of January, according to the COVID Tracking Project. There were 71,844 new cases reported on Sunday, a nearly 19,000 drop from the number of […]
Courtesy Ben Crump LawBy IVAN PEREIRA, ABC News (LOS ANGELES) — The Los Angeles Police Department announced it is currently looking into reports that its officers allegedly circulated a Valentine’s Day image that mocked George Floyd’s death. The post allegedly had Floyd’s face and had the caption “You take my […]
DanHenson1/iStockBy JON HAWORTH, ABC News (SPOKANE, Wash.) — A man has found himself back behind bars for allegedly carjacking a 16-year-old girl just 20 minutes after he was released from prison. The incident occurred on Saturday, Feb. 13 in Spokane, Washington, when the Spokane Police Department received a call at […]
Stefani Reynolds/Bloomberg via Getty ImagesBy BILL HUTCHINSON, ABC News (PHILADELPHIA) — Vandals targeted the home of one of former President Donald Trump’s impeachment lawyers, spray-painting the word “TRAITOR” in red on his driveway in suburban Philadelphia, police said. The vandalism occurred around 8 p.m. on Friday at attorney Michael van […]
MattGush/iStockBy MEREDITH DELISO, ABC News(NEW YORK) — A suspect has now been arrested and charged with murder in connection with multiple stabbings that left two victims dead on the New York City subway system within a 24-hour period, police said. Rigoberto Lopez, 21, from Brooklyn, is facing one count of […]
SDI Productions/iStockBY: BILL HUTCHINSON AND JOSH MARGOLIN, ABC NEWS (NEW YORK) — Rutgers University officials have launched an investigation into a string of recent “racist and bigoted Zoom-bombings” that have marred student online events with most of the attacks targeting Black History Month programs, according to the school’s chancellor. Chancellor Christopher […]
Ariana van den Akker/Portland Press Herald via Getty ImagesBY: LEIGHTON SCHNEIDER, ABC NEWS (NEW YORK) — The Unversity of Maine men’s basketball team has opted out of the remainder of the season because of the COVID-19 pandemic. The team made the decision of February 12 and it was supported by […]
Ceri Breeze/iStockBY: BILL HUTCHINSON, ABC NEWS (MIAMI) — U.S. Coast Guard crews were searching Sunday for 16 people believed missing in the waters off the Florida coast in two ocean rescue emergencies, including one involving a “makeshift vessel” that launched from Cuba with 10 people aboard, officials said. Both searches […]
