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Month: February 2021

Detroit faces Utah, looks to break road losing streak

SALT LAKE CITY (AP)-Detroit Pistons (5-15, 14th in the Eastern Conference) vs. Utah Jazz (15-5, second in the Western Conference) Salt Lake City; Tuesday, 8 p.m. MST BOTTOM LINE: Detroit hits the road against Utah looking to break its four-game road slide. The Jazz have gone 8-2 at home. Utah […]

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COVID-19 live updates: Peer-reviewed study finds Russia’s vaccine is over 91% effective

COVID-19 live updates: Peer-reviewed study finds Russia’s vaccine is over 91% effective

Myriam Borzee/iStockBy MORGAN WINSOR, ERIN SCHUMAKER and IVAN PEREIRA, ABC News (NEW YORK) — A pandemic of the novel coronavirus has now infected more than 103 million people worldwide and killed over 2.2 million of them, according to real-time data compiled by the Center for Systems Science and Engineering at […]

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FBI agent shot while serving warrant in Florida: Sources

FBI agent shot while serving warrant in Florida: Sources

Nes/iStockBy EMILY SHAPIRO and LUKE BARR, ABC News (SUNRISE, Fla.) — At least one FBI agent was shot while serving a warrant in Sunrise, Florida, on Tuesday morning, sources familiar with the matter confirmed. The agent’s condition was not immediately clear. Sunrise is about 10 miles from Fort Lauderdale. Story […]

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Nor’easter to linger through Tuesday with more snow expected along I-95 corridor

Nor’easter to linger through Tuesday with more snow expected along I-95 corridor

ABC NewsBy MAX GOLEMBO, ABC News (NEW YORK) — The nor’easter slamming the East Coast is bringing up more than 2 and a half feet of snow, winds of more than 70 mph and coastal flooding. The highest snowfall was in Newton, New Jersey, where a whopping 32 inches of […]

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COVID-19 live updates: US reports over 134,000 new cases

COVID-19 live updates: US reports over 134,000 new cases

Myriam Borzee/iStockBy MORGAN WINSOR, ERIN SCHUMAKER and IVAN PEREIRA, ABC News (NEW YORK) — A pandemic of the novel coronavirus has now infected more than 103 million people worldwide and killed over 2.2 million of them, according to real-time data compiled by the Center for Systems Science and Engineering at […]

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Punxsutawney Phil predicts six more weeks of winter after seeing his shadow at virtual ceremony

Punxsutawney Phil predicts six more weeks of winter after seeing his shadow at virtual ceremony

Jeff Swensen/Getty ImagesBy JON HAWORTH, ABC News (NEW YORK) — Punxsutawney Phil, Pennsylvania’s most famous groundhog, awoke Tuesday morning to see his shadow which means that — according to legend — there will be six more weeks of winter. This year, however, due to the ongoing coronavirus pandemic, the pomp […]

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Tokyo Olympics will take place ‘no matter how the COVID situation will be’

Tokyo Olympics will take place ‘no matter how the COVID situation will be’

CHARLY TRIBALLEAU/AFP via Getty ImagesBy ABC News (TOKYO) — The Tokyo Olympics will take place this year “no matter how the COVID situation will be,” organizers said Tuesday. “We will make sure the Games will be held no matter how the COVID situation will be,” Yoshiro Mori, president of the […]

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Barbara Bush foundation, city of Houston team up to take on illiteracy

Barbara Bush foundation, city of Houston team up to take on illiteracy

David Hume Kennerly/Getty ImagesBy ADISA HARGETT-ROBINSON, ABC News (HOUSTON) — Former first lady Barbara Bush’s foundation is partnering with the city of Houston to increase the city’s jaw-dropping adult literacy rates. “One in three Houstonians functionally illiterate,” Houston Mayor Sylvester Turner said at a press conference last week announcing the […]

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Activists take over Washington hotel to demand housing for homeless during pandemic

Activists take over Washington hotel to demand housing for homeless during pandemic

RapidEye/iStockBy IVAN PEREIRA, ABC News (OLYMPIA, Wash.) — Members of a housing advocacy group were arrested in Washington state Sunday after they allegedly stormed a hotel in Olympia and occupied it while demanding better care for people living on the streets. Olympia police said around 11 a.m., around 45 members […]

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Scoreboard roundup — 1/1/21

Scoreboard roundup — 1/1/21

iStockBy ABC News (NEW YORK) — Here are the scores from Monday’s sports events: NATIONAL BASKETBALL ASSOCIATIONLA Lakers 107, Atlanta 99Houston 136, Oklahoma City 106Milwaukee 134, Portland 106Charlotte 129, Miami 121 (OT)Chicago 110, New York 102Cleveland 100, Minnesota 98Sacramento 118, New Orleans 109Memphis 133, San Antonio 102Phoenix 109, Dallas 108Detroit […]

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