Samara Heisz/iStock(NEW YORK) — A global pandemic of the novel coronavirus has now killed at least 12,021 people in the United States.The U.S. has more cases than any other country, with over 383,000 people diagnosed with COVID-19, the disease caused by the new respiratory virus, according to data compiled by the Center for Systems Science…… read more »
Dane County Sheriff’s Office(MADISON, Wisc.) — A judge in Madison, Wisconsin, has set $1 million bail for two teenagers charged with the execution-style murders of a respected doctor and an education coach.During the early morning hours of March 31, two joggers came upon the bodies of Dr. Beth Potter and her husband, Robin Carre, lying…… read more »
Derek Brumby/iStock(NEW YORK) — West Virginia is the last state in the country to record a positive case of COVID-19, and the state’s percentage of positive tests is among the lowest in the nation.Residents, however, are still concerned about the virus.“We have that elderly population,” Chris Lawrence, morning host of 580 WCHS radio in Charleston,…… read more »
motortion/iStock(NEW YORK) — As more than 1,300 New York City first responders return to work after recovering from the novel coronavirus or calling out sick with symptoms of the virus, they’re responding to a rapid increase in 911 calls for cardiac arrest, the FDNY said on Tuesday.The city’s firefighters, paramedics and emergency medical technicians (EMT)…… read more »
ABC News(CHICAGO) — A federal judge on Tuesday rejected a request from R. Kelly to be temporarily released from a Chicago jail over fears that the R&B singer risks contracting coronavirus while locked up.U.S District Court Judge Ann Donnelly of the Eastern District of New York denied the 53-year-old Kelly’s motion for bail, ruling the…… read more »
iStock/onlyyouqj(WASHINGTON) — An ABC News joint investigation with its owned television stations sheds new light on the likely flow of the coronavirus from global hotspots into the U.S. and provides a glimpse the toll the virus has taken on some of the first Americans to interact with international travelers: airport workers.From December through March, as…… read more »
WZZM(DETROIT, Michigan) — The coronavirus pandemic may be forcing millions to adjust to stay-at-home orders, but for Orel Borgesca, this isn’t the first global health crisis she’s had to endure.The soon to be 103-year-old was just a few months old when the deadly “Spanish Flu” outbreak engulfed the globe in 1918, infecting a third of…… read more »
iStock/asiandelight(OAKDALE, La.) — Having served nearly half of a 30-year federal term for a non-violent drug conviction, Patrick Jones poured his heart out in a letter to a judge, pleading that his sentence be reduced and to free him to be father to who he described as his straying 16-year-old son. Locked up in a…… read more »
Inner_Vision/iStock(NEW YORK) — If you’re looking for something cool to watch while staying at home amid the coronavirus, turn off the TV on Tuesday and look up at the sky. A supermoon will grace the skies on April 7. Supermoons occur several times a year when the moon becomes closest to Earth in orbit. This…… read more »
Samara Heisz/iStock(NEW YORK) — A global pandemic of the novel coronavirus has now killed at least 11,008 people in the United States.The U.S. is among the hardest-hit countries with more than 368,000 diagnosed cases of COVID-19, the disease caused by the new respiratory virus, according to data compiled by the Center for Systems Science and…… read more »
