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katifcam/iStockBy JON HAWORTH, ABC News (NEW YORK) — A man was crushed to death in a tragic industrial accident when a manufacturing mold weighing upwards of 25,000 pounds fell on top of him while he was at work. The incident occurred on Nov. 10 at approximately 9:55 a.m. at Romeo RIM in Bruce Township, Michigan, […]
narvikk/iStockBy MORGAN WINSOR, EMILY SHAPIRO and IVAN PEREIRA, ABC News (NEW YORK) — A pandemic of the novel coronavirus has now killed more than 1.2 million people worldwide. Over 51.5 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 […]
ABC NewsBy MAX GOLEMBO, ABC News (NEW YORK) — The threat from Eta is back for the U.S. and the cyclone is strengthening Wednesday morning in the eastern Gulf of Mexico as it moves north. Eta is currently a strong tropical storm with winds of 70 mph, just 4 mph short of being a Cat […]
kororokerokero/iStockBy MEREDITH DELISO, ABC News (NEW YORK) — More than 500 Asian giant hornets have been collected from the first known nest of the invasive species in the United States, officials announced Tuesday. Washington State Department of Agriculture entomologists discovered the nest of “murder hornets” last month in a tree in Blaine, north of Seattle, […]
narvikk/iStockBy MORGAN WINSOR, EMILY SHAPIRO and IVAN PEREIRA, ABC News (NEW YORK) — A pandemic of the novel coronavirus has now killed more than 1.2 million people worldwide. Over 51.5 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 […]
KTRK-TVBy BILL HUTCHINSON, ABC News (HOUSTON) — A suspect was arrested Tuesday in the fatal shooting of a Houston police sergeant, as mournful colleagues marked the fourth Houston officer killed in the line of duty since December and the second gunned down in just the past three weeks. The slain officer was identified as 47-year-old […]
pinkomelet/iStockBy MEREDITH DELISO, ABC News (WASHINGTON) — The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention has provided its most robust guidelines yet for Thanksgiving, as cases surge throughout the United States and several states have issued restrictions ahead of the holidays. The CDC’s guidance, which was first updated on Monday, emphasizes that the safest option for […]
narvikk/iStockBy ERIN SCHUMAKER and ARIELLE MITROPOULOS, ABC News (ST. PAUL, Minn.) — New coronavirus cases in Minnesota surpassed 4,000 for the third straight day on Tuesday, following a record-breaking surge on Sunday with more than 5,900 new daily infections, according to state health department data. The seven-day average for hospitalizations has risen nearly 142% over […]
Clayton Sandell/ABCBy CLAYTON SANDELL, ABC News (DENVER) — More than three months since a mysterious arson fire killed five members of a Senegalese family, the blackened, burned-out shell of a house where they died stands untouched, surrounded by a chain-link fence covered with dry, faded flower bouquets and dirty stuffed animals. The house, located in […]
Myriam Borzee/iStockBy MORGAN WINSOR, ERIN SCHUMAKER and IVAN PEREIRA, ABC News (NEW YORK) — A pandemic of the novel coronavirus has now killed more than 1.2 million people worldwide. Over 50.4 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 […]
