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Month: February 2021

COVID-19 live updates: US reports under 100,000 new cases for second straight day

COVID-19 live updates: US reports under 100,000 new cases for second straight day

Ovidiu Dugulan/iStockBy JON HAWORTH, ERIN SCHUMAKER and IVAN PEREIRA, ABC News (NEW YORK) — A pandemic of the novel coronavirus has now infected more than 106.5 million people worldwide and killed over 2.3 million, according to real-time data compiled by the Center for Systems Science and Engineering at Johns Hopkins […]

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Arctic air grips Midwest, very active weather pattern in Central and Eastern US

Arctic air grips Midwest, very active weather pattern in Central and Eastern US

ABC NewsBy DANIEL MANZO, ABC News (NEW YORK) — A very active cold and dangerous weather pattern remains locked in place over the central and eastern U.S. At least 28 states now have winter weather alerts for three different weather stories. First, the Arctic air over the Midwest will persist […]

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Louisiana State Police arrests four troopers for ‘use of force encounters’

Louisiana State Police arrests four troopers for ‘use of force encounters’

ablokhin/iStockBy MORGAN WINSOR, ABC News (NEW YORK) — Four Louisiana State Police troopers were arrested Monday “following an extensive and detailed review of use of force encounters in the Monroe area,” the law enforcement agency said in a press release. The troopers — identified as 30-year-old Jacob Brown, 28-year-old Dakota […]

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Florida city’s water treatment system hacked by ‘intruder,’ investigators say

Florida city’s water treatment system hacked by ‘intruder,’ investigators say

turk_stock_photographer/iStockBy IVAN PEREIRA, ABC News (NEW YORK) — A hacker allegedly took control over a Florida water treatment facility’s computer and attempted to tamper with the water supply, investigators said. Pinellas County Sheriff Bob Gualtieri said at a news conference Monday that an “awful intrusion” into the computer system at […]

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Investment in COVID-19 response by Biden’s son-in-law could raise questions

Investment in COVID-19 response by Biden’s son-in-law could raise questions

Joshua Roberts/Getty ImagesBy LUCIEN BRUGGEMAN, ABC News (NEW YORK) — When the boutique tech firm Yosi Health developed software aimed at streamlining the nation’s coronavirus vaccine effort, CEO Hari Prasad sought help from one of its earliest investors — a company with a special government connection. The investor was StartUp […]

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Investment in COVID-19 response by Biden’s son-in-law could raise questions

Investment in COVID-19 response by Biden’s son-in-law could raise questions

Joshua Roberts/Getty ImagesBy LUCIEN BRUGGEMAN, ABC News (NEW YORK) — When the boutique tech firm Yosi Health developed software aimed at streamlining the nation’s coronavirus vaccine effort, CEO Hari Prasad sought help from one of its earliest investors — a company with a special government connection. The investor was StartUp […]

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As more nursing homes receive COVID-19 vaccine, relatives demand greater access to residents

As more nursing homes receive COVID-19 vaccine, relatives demand greater access to residents

Daisy-Daisy/iStockBy LAURA ROMERO, ABC News (NEW YORK) — Before the coronavirus pandemic, Marcella Goheen would visit her husband at a nursing home every day. As an essential care visitor, she would spend about 40 hours a week conducting neurotherapy and other assisted living tasks for her husband, who suffers from […]

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Grandfather gets probation for granddaughter’s 2019 cruise ship death

Grandfather gets probation for granddaughter’s 2019 cruise ship death

Family Photo via Atty Michael WinklemanBy IVAN PEREIRA and DOUGLAS LANTZ, ABC News (NEW YORK) — The Indiana man who pleaded guilty to negligent homicide after his young granddaughter fell from an 11th-story window of a cruise ship docked in Puerto Rico was sentenced Monday to three years probation. Salvatore […]

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Murder mystery rocks Yale University after grad student found fatally shot off campus

Murder mystery rocks Yale University after grad student found fatally shot off campus

sshepard/iStockBy BILL HUTCHINSON, ABC News (NEW HAVEN, Conn.) — A Yale University graduate student described by officials as someone who wanted to use his education to “improve the world” was found fatally shot near the New Haven, Connecticut, campus and police said they are investigating whether he was targeted. New […]

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Scoreboard roundup — 2/8/21

Scoreboard roundup — 2/8/21

iStockBy ABC News (NEW YORK) — Here are the scores from Monday’s sports events: NATIONAL BASKETBALL ASSOCIATIONCharlotte 119, Houston 94Washington 105, Chicago 101Toronto 128, Memphis 113San Antonio 105, Golden State 100Dallas 127, Minnesota 122Phoenix 119, Cleveland 113Milwaukee 125, Denver 112LA Lakers 119, Oklahoma City 112 NATIONAL HOCKEY LEAGUEToronto 3, Vancouver […]

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