LordRunar/iStockBy MEREDITH DELISO and MATTHEW FUHRMAN, ABC News (SACRAMENTO, Calif.) — California will fully reopen its economy on June 15, as long as its COVID-19 vaccine supply is sufficient and hospitalizations remain low, Gov. Gavin Newsom announced Tuesday. The state has been loosening or tightening restrictions by county based on […]
ABCBy HALEY YAMADA and ERIC NOLL, ABC News (DERRY, N.H.) — Three newly adopted siblings held a sign that read, “we’ve waited 4 years, 4 months, and 28 days for today!” Once separated by the foster care system, Jonathan, 10, Madeline, 8, and Benjamin, 6, are finally together again under […]
SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — A new law blocks Utah’s government from requiring people to get COVID-19 vaccines, but companies can use so-called vaccine passports to determine who has been inoculated. The Salt Lake Tribune reported that Republican Gov. Spencer Cox signed the legislation last month. The passports are designed […]
BlakeDavidTaylor/iStockBy KIARA ALFONSECA, ABC News (SAINT LOUIS, Mo.) — About 60 incarcerated people in a Missouri jail escaped from their cells Sunday night in protest of living conditions at the facility. It’s the second protest at the jail this year, and the fourth disruption since December, according to the Associated […]
U.S. Capitol PoliceBy LUKE BARR, ABC News (WASHINGTON) — The family of Capitol Police officer Billy Evans, killed in last Friday’s attack, said Tuesday his death “left a gaping void in our lives that will never be filled.” “The absolute most important thing in his life were his two children, […]
A small earthquake shook Sevier County just before 3:00 p.m. on Apr. 5. The quake was 3.0 in magnitude and the epicenter was three miles southwest of Richfield. No injuries or damage was reported.
vmargineanu/iStockBy Matt Zarrell, ABC News (FREDERICK, Md.) — Two people are in critical condition after a shooting near Fort Detrick in Frederick, Maryland, on Tuesday morning. Police were called for an active shooter situation at 8:20 a.m. in the Riverside Tech Park area, Frederick Police Chief Jason Lando said. When […]
BCFC/iStockBy Bill Hutchinson, ABC News (MINNEAPOLIS) — A key witness in the trial of Derek Chauvin is threatening to invoke his Fifth Amendment right against self-incrimination because his lawyer contends anything he says about his alleged drug activity with George Floyd could leave him vulnerable to being charged with third-degree […]
OGDEN, Utah (AP) — A federal judge has scheduled a trial over whether a Utah county is liable for civil damages after an inmate bled to death in a jail cell in 2016. U.S. District Judge Jill Parrish in Salt Lake City set a trial start date of Jan. 24, […]
Courtesy Lee MerrittBy Kiara Alfonseca, ABC News (ALLEN, Texas) — The arrest and shocking death of Marvin Scott III in police custody have put a spotlight again on the racial disparities for marijuana arrests. Scott, a 26-year-old Black man, was arrested on March 14 on a misdemeanor marijuana possession charge […]
