ABC NewsBy DANIEL MANZO and DAN PECK, ABC News (NEW YORK) -- Tropical Storm Laura and Tropical Storm Marco are both expected to travel toward the Gulf of Mexico in the next few days, with both storms likely to impact parts of the U.S. coast by the early half of next week.Marco and Laura are not expected to become hurricanes at the same time. Marco currently is forecasted to become […]
JetCityImage/iStockBy ELLA TORRES, ABC News(NEW YORK) -- The cremated remains of a U.S. Army veteran were delayed reaching a Connecticut family in the mail, according to the late veteran's family, and they say Postmaster General Louis DeJoy is to blame.Army Veteran Scot Egan died in July and his remains were supposed to be sent to one of his sisters, according to his other sister, Dr. Jean Egan.However, she said the […]
DenisTangneyJr./iStockBy ARIELLE MITROPOULOS, ABC News(WORCESTER, Mass.) -- Classes have not even started at the College of the Holy Cross, in Worcester, Massachusetts, but there are growing concerns over the students’ disregard of coronavirus safety protocols. Over the weekend, campus police busted a large party at an off-campus apartment renter by Holy Cross students, eliciting growing concerns that such gatherings could turn into coronavirus super-spreader events."Not only did the number of […]
Powerofflowers/iStockBy WILLIAM MANSELL and ELLA TORRES, ABC News(NEW YORK) -- A novel coronavirus pandemic has now killed more than 795,000 people worldwide.Over 22.9 million people across the globe have been diagnosed with COVID-19, the disease caused by the new respiratory virus, according to data compiled by the Center for Systems Science and Engineering at Johns Hopkins University. The actual numbers are believed to be much higher due to testing shortages, […]
kali9/iStockBy KARMA ALLEN, ABC News(LOS ANGELES) -- Police arrested two suspects on Thursday in connection with a hate crime against three transgender women on Los Angeles' Hollywood Boulevard.The violent incident was caught on video on Monday, with a man yelling derogatory slurs, allegedly robbing them and attacking one woman with a bottle. Others in the video could be seen looking on, joking about the attack and filming it. The department […]
LordRunar/iStockBy MEREDITH DELISO, ABC News(LOS ANGELES) -- Widespread fires continue to burn across California, stretching resources and expanding evacuation orders that have forced thousands to leave their homes.A historic lightning siege in the state has ignited hundreds of fires since Monday, and as some are contained, others newly emerge or merge. The fires have also come during a record-breaking heat wave in California.Some of the largest wildfires are in Northern […]
Kiyoshi Tanno/iStockBy CONOR FINNEGAN, ABC News(WASHINGTON) -- The State Department is appealing a federal judge's decision that it must recognize the U.S. citizenship of a young girl born via surrogate to a gay couple -- prolonging one of many legal fights over its controversial policy that was deemed unconstitutional in June.Roee Kiviti and Adiel Kiviti of Chevy Chase, Maryland, are legally married and both U.S. citizens. Their daughter Kessem was […]
DNY59/iStock By EMILY SHAPIRO, ABC News (SACRAMENTO, Calif.) -- Joseph DeAngelo, the man now known as the "Golden State Killer," was confronted in court Thursday by the family members of people he murdered decades ago.'I was the only living witness'On Sept. 11, 1975, DeAngelo, who was a police officer at the time, shot and killed journalism professor Claude Snelling in front of his daughter, Elizabeth, at their Visalia, California, home."My […]
Myriam Borzee/iStockBy MORGAN WINSOR and ELLA TORRES, ABC News (NEW YORK) -- A pandemic of the novel coronavirus has now killed more than 787,000 people worldwide.Over 22.4 million people across the globe have been diagnosed with COVID-19, the disease caused by the new respiratory virus, according to data compiled by the Center for Systems Science and Engineering at Johns Hopkins University. The actual numbers are believed to be much higher […]
