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New York City set to remove iconic payphones off the streets
Anatoleya/iStock(NEW YORK) — New York City is reportedly planning to remove all of the last remaining public payphones from the city’s streets. About 30 payphones will be removed from Hell’s Kitchen by the end of [Read More…]
Supreme Court set to hear critical Louisiana abortion case
DNY59/iStock(BATON ROUGE, La.) — Four years after striking down a Texas law it said created an “undue burden” on abortion access, the Supreme Court is poised to take up a similar challenge. June Medical Services [Read More…]
Global coronavirus death toll reaches nearly 3,000; RI announces first presumptive positive
XiFotos/iStock(NEW YORK) — The global death toll of coronavirus has reached nearly 3,000 people as countries around the world continue to report their findings to the World Health Organization. At least 70 cases and one [Read More…]
Parent discusses daughter studying abroad in coronavirus-hit area: Podcast
Powerofflowers/iStock(NEW YORK) — What would you do if your daughter was abroad in one of the areas most affected by coronavirus? That scenario became a reality for Tami Kinley, whose daughter, Lily, attends Franklin University [Read More…]
Coronavirus latest: President Trump confirms 1st known death in US from coronavirus
XiFotos/iStock(NEW YORK) — The number of coronavirus cases in the United States is now at 62 confirmed. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention also confirmed Friday night that four more patients tested positive for [Read More…]
Shooting at popular area leaves 1 dead, 4 injured
ollo/iStock(KANSAS CITY) — Police in Kansas City, Missouri, made an arrest in connection to an early morning shooting at a popular area that left one person dead and four others injured. Around 1:30 a.m. on [Read More…]
Coronavirus latest: Ecuador gets 1st case, New York gets approval to use own test
XiFotos/iStock(NEW YORK) — The number of coronavirus cases in the United States is now at 62 confirmed. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention also confirmed Friday night that four more patients tested positive for [Read More…]
An arrest, a suicide and fears of internment camps as India debates new citizenship law
Sadiq Naqvi/ABC News(NEW YORK) — Ajbahar Ali, a 56-year-old small farmer in the northeastern Indian state of Assam, vividly remembers the day he was arrested in May 2016. “For what reason or why they took [Read More…]
US signs historic deal with Taliban, Trump announces, beginning end of US war in Afghanistan and withdrawal of American troops
KeithBinns/iStock(WASHINGTON) — After a week-long deal to reduce violence across Afghanistan, the U.S. and the Taliban signed a historic agreement Saturday that would see U.S. troops start to withdraw, according to a statement issued Friday [Read More…]
Lake effect snow winds down in New York as severe weather and flooding threatens southern US
ABC News(NEW YORK) — Lake effect snow will begin to taper off later Saturday, but additional accumulation will be possible in parts of New York and northwest Pennsylvania, where locally 3 to 8 additional inches [Read More…]
California, Oregon confirm 2 more coronavirus diagnoses from community spread
narvikk/iStock(NEW YORK) — Countries around the world are scrambling to respond to the influx of new novel coronavirus cases outside of China. Here is how the situation unfolded Friday (all times eastern). 9:39 p.m. 3rd [Read More…]
CBS suspends production of ‘Amazing Race’ amid coronavirus fears
Elizabeth Morris/CBS via Getty Images(NEW YORK) — CBS has suspended production of the reality TV series “The Amazing Race” over coronavirus fears, a representative for the network told ABC News. According to a statement, production [Read More…]
CDC moves to rapidly expand COVID-19 testing capabilities in US
Centers for Disease Control(WASHINGTON) — Health and Human Services Secretary Alex Azar said Friday that capabilities for testing for the COVID-19 virus would “rapidly expand” nationwide in the next several weeks as well as the [Read More…]
US stock markets continue to plunge over coronavirus uncertainty
D-Keine/iStock(NEW YORK) — Markets plunge in worst 1-day drop in history on coronavirus fearsThe Dow dropped over 3,200 points in four days and stocks are down nearly 11%, which means the typical 401K that ended [Read More…]
US to sign historic deal with Taliban, Trump announces, beginning end of US war in Afghanistan and withdrawal of American troops
KeithBinns/iStock(WASHINGTON) — After a week-long deal to reduce violence across Afghanistan, the U.S. and the Taliban are set to sign a historic agreement Saturday that would see U.S. troops start to withdraw, according to a [Read More…]
How food and beverage companies are handling coronavirus
Andrei Stanescu/iStock(NEW YORK) — Food and beverage companies have not been immune to the economic impact of the coronavirus emergency. As volatile stock markets and a growing list of businesses report financial insecurities and losses, [Read More…]
Coronavirus is shaking up global business — should brides-to-be worry?
Eva-Katalin/iStock(NEW YORK) — With wedding season right around the corner and brides getting their big day dress selections in order, many are worried if the coronavirus may hold up their gowns. The outbreak has created [Read More…]
She was sexually assaulted and killed in 1973. Now genetic genealogy identified a suspect.
Vallejo Police Department(NEW YORK) — Over four decades after a woman was sexually assaulted and killed, a suspect has finally been identified through the new, but growing, investigative tool of genetic genealogy. Naomi Sanders was [Read More…]
Coronavirus live updates: WHO raises global risk from ‘high’ to ‘very high’
narvikk/iStock(NEW YORK) — Countries around the world are scrambling to respond to the influx of new coronavirus cases outside of China. Here is how the situation is unfolding. (Please refresh for updates.) Noon ET — [Read More…]
Catholic Diocese of Buffalo declares bankruptcy, looks to settle almost 250 child sex abuse lawsuits
FuzzMartin/iStock(BUFFALO, N.Y.) — The Catholic Diocese of Buffalo declared bankruptcy as it looks to settle over 250 lawsuits filed under the state’s modified Child Victims Act law. “We have no more urgent work than to [Read More…]
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