narvikk/iStockBy MORGAN WINSOR and ERIN SCHUMAKER, ABC News (NEW YORK) — A pandemic of the novel coronavirus has now infected more than 85.8 million people worldwide and killed over 1.8 million of them, according to real-time data compiled by the Center for Systems Science and Engineering at Johns Hopkins University. […]
CT State Police/TwitterBy NICOLE PELLETIERE, ABC News (HARTFORD, Conn.) — A retired Connecticut state trooper who was a first responder to the 2012 Sandy Hook Elementary School shooting has died after battling COVID-19, according to police officials. Patrick Dragon died Jan. 2, 2021, at Hartford Hospital. The 50-year-old was working […]
Ivan Cholakov/iStockBy MICK MULROY This paper explains covert action, the need for it to be more thoroughly integrated into the U.S. National Security Strategy, and advocates for it to be fully resourced.Covert Action and the CIA Covert action is a tool U.S. policymakers employ to meet U.S. national security objectives. […]
The coronavirus pandemic is changing the way the NBA schedules games and schedules referees. In past years, the policy typically was that officials would go at least 13 days between working games in the same city and six days between seeing the same team after reffing one of its games. […]
narvikk/iStockBy MORGAN WINSOR and ERIN SCHUMAKER, ABC News (NEW YORK) — A pandemic of the novel coronavirus has now infected more than 85.6 million people worldwide and killed over 1.8 million of them, according to real-time data compiled by the Center for Systems Science and Engineering at Johns Hopkins University. […]
MivPiv/iStockBy LUIS MARTINEZ, ABC News (WASHINGTON) — The Pentagon has approved a request by the mayor of Washington, D.C. to activate 340 members of the D.C. National Guard to assist law enforcement ahead of Wednesday’s planned demonstrations scheduled for when Congress is expected to certify the results of the 2020 […]
Kuzma/iStockBy BILL HUTCHINSON, ABC News (KENOSHA, Wash.) — With stores that were set ablaze during a summer of civil unrest still lying in ruin in Kenosha, Wisconsin, business owners and city leaders are bracing again for violence as the local district attorney prepares to say if criminal charges will be […]
npstockphoto/iStockBy MINA KAJI, ABC News (NEW YORK) — Even with the uptick in travelers over the holidays, the Transportation Security Administration (TSA) revealed Monday that it screened 500 million fewer passengers in 2020 compared to last year — a 60% drop. “Between Jan. 1 and Dec. 31, 2020, the agency […]
ake1150sb/iStockBy LUKE BARR, ABC News (WASHINGTON) — As students head back to the classroom after the holidays, the FBI is warning students, teachers and parents that cyber criminals and bad actors are looking to exploit online classrooms. FBI Cyber Section Chief Dave Ring told ABC News the agency has seen […]
Grafton Police Department By SASHA PEZENIK and IVAN PEREIRA, ABC News (GRAFTON, Wis.) — A Wisconsin pharmacist accused of deliberately sabotaging more than 500 doses of a COVID-19 vaccine allegedly told investigators he tampered with the vials because he believed they were unsafe, according to new details revealed Monday in […]
