Pediatric COVID-19 infections increase as kids head back to school
Marko Geber/Getty Images(NEW YORK) — As children head back to the classroom for the academic year, new data shows that pediatric COVID-19 infection rates have increased for the second consecutive week.
Last week, more than 90,600 additional child COV…
‘Fat Leonard’ on the run days before sentencing: US Marshals
kali9/Getty Images(SAN DIEGO, Calif.) — A former naval contractor who was convicted of bribing Navy officers with millions of dollars worth of lavish cigars, prostitutes and cash allegedly cut off his ankle monitor on Sunday and is now on the run, acc…
American killed in shark attack while snorkeling in the Bahamas, police say
Obtained by ABC News(ROSE ISLAND, Bahamas) — An American woman was killed in a shark attack while snorkeling with her family in the Bahamas on Tuesday afternoon, authorities said.
A family of five, from the Lake Erie area of Pennsylvania, were on a s…
Mystery as to why new COVID variants have stalled in growth
Carol Yepes/Getty Images, FILE(NEW YORK) — Throughout much of the pandemic, there has been a constant shifting in terms of which COVID-19 variants are most dominant, at a given time, in the U.S.
However, for the last five weeks, federal data shows th…
Bay Area hit with record temperatures, officials ask Californians to conserve energy
Steve Proehl/Getty Images(SAN FRANCISCO) — Temperatures in parts of the San Francisco Bay Area have hit record numbers as state officials warn of blackouts throughout the state as Californians deals with intense heat.
The temperature in Livermore, lo…
Antarctica’s melting ‘Doomsday glacier’ could raise sea levels by 10 feet, scientists say
Andrew Merry/Getty Images(NEW YORK) — One of Antarctica’s most important glaciers is holding on “by its fingernails” as warming temperatures around the globe threaten to cause further deterioration, which could then destabilize the glaciers in the ent…
5 Texas DPS officers who were on-site at Uvalde school referred to inspector general: Communications chief
Michael M. Santiago/Getty Images, FILE(UVALDE, Texas) — ABC News pieced together what happened the day Salvador Ramos allegedly killed 21 people at Robb Elementary School, using maps, video evidence and information from law enforcement.
The action or…
Texas says it spent over $12 million to bus migrants to sanctuary cities
Shelby Tauber/Bloomberg via Getty Images, FILE(AUSTIN, Texas) — Texas has spent over $12 million as of mid-August in busing migrants to New York City, Washington, D.C., and Chicago, a spokesperson for the Texas Division of Emergency Management told AB…
Black and Hispanic Americans are less likely to receive monkeypox vaccines: CDC
Luis Alvarez/Getty Images(NEW YORK) — Black and Hispanic Americans make up the majority of monkeypox cases in the United States but are underrepresented when it comes to vaccine distribution.
According to data from the Centers for Disease Control and…
Scrub up! ‘Grey’s Anatomy’ invites you to meet the fresh meat in a “Meet the Interns” clip
In a new snippet promoting the upcoming 19th season of Grey’s Anatomy, ABC has released a clip showing Ellen Pompeo’s Dr. Meredith Grey addressing a new slate of Grey Sloan medical interns.
“Congratulations, you made it,” she tells the five eager new …