McConnell blasts Biden's voting rights speech as 'rage and false hysteria'
Trish Turner Allison Pecorin and Libby Cathey ABC News
Al Drago/Bloomberg via Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — As President Joe Biden prepared to head to Capitol Hill on Thursday to rally Senate Democrats on election reform, a visibly angry Republican Leader Mitch McConnell fired back Wednesday, saying that he didn't recognize the man who delivered the fiery speech in Georgia on voting rights one day […]
COVID-19 live updates: 91% less risk of death with omicron: Study
MORGAN WINSOR and EMILY SHAPIRO ABC News
JIM WATSON/AFP via Getty Images (NEW YORK) — As the COVID-19 pandemic has swept the globe, more than 5.5 million people have died from the disease worldwide, including over 842,000 Americans, according to real-time data compiled by Johns Hopkins University's Center for Systems Science and Engineering. About 62.6% of the population in the United States […]
Record number of law enforcement officers died in line of duty in 2021: Report
Luke Barr ABC News
SCOTT SERIO/AFP via Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — A record number of law enforcement officers died in the line of duty in 2021, according to a report from the National Law Enforcement Memorial Fund Wednesday, with most losing their lives to COVID-19. In 2021, 458 law enforcement officers died — up 55% from 2020, according to […]
Candidates for top election posts fundraising at record-setting pace: Report
Lucien Bruggeman and Soo Rin Kim ABC News
erhui1979/Getty Images (NEW YORK) — An analysis of preliminary data published Wednesday indicates that many candidates for top election administration roles are fundraising at a record-setting clip, with some of the biggest hauls going to those who have made 2020 election denial a central tenet of their message to voters. In Georgia, Michigan and Minnesota, […]
COVID-19 live updates: West Virginia's governor says he feels 'extremely unwell'
Fatal police shootings appear to dip in 2021 amid calls for reform on use of force
Kiara Alfonseca ABC News
Sean Rayford/Getty Images (NEW YORK) — The Orlando Police Department created a new unit in 2021 that sends behavioral health experts instead of law enforcement officers to respond to 911 calls for mental health crises. It's in an effort — one of a number around the country — to avoid confrontations with law enforcement responding […]
'Absolute miracle': No serious injuries after medical helicopter crashes on way to pediatric hospital
Meredith Deliso and Will Gretsky ABC News
Wolfgang Schwan/Anadolu Agency via Getty Image (UPPER DARBY TOWNSHIP, Penn.) — A medical helicopter that crashed while transporting an infant to a Pennsylvania hospital Tuesday afternoon made a "miraculous landing," with no serious injuries reported, authorities said. The helicopter was traveling to the Children's Hospital of Philadelphia when the accident occurred in Drexel Hill, a […]
Cause of deadly Philadelphia fire likely Christmas tree lit with lighter: Fire chief
Meredith Deliso ABC News
(PHILADELPHIA) — A fast-moving fire in a Philadelphia row house that killed 12 people last week, including nine children, likely started after a Christmas tree was lit ablaze with a lighter, fire officials said Tuesday. The intense fire started Wednesday morning on the second floor of the building in a duplex unit, and all fatalities […]
Smoke inhalation killed all 17 victims in New York City apartment fire, medical examiner says
Morgan Winsor ABC News
Scott Heins/Getty Images (NEW YORK) — An open door to an apartment unit where a space heater caught fire allowed the smoke to spread throughout all floors of a 19-story building in New York City on Sunday, Mayor Eric Adams told ABC News. At least 17 people, including eight children, have died from the incident, […]
Trump, his sister and estate of his late brother ask judge to dismiss lawsuit by Mary Trump
Aaron Katersky ABC News
ABC (NEW YORK) — Former President Donald Trump, his sister Maryanne Trump Barry and the estate of his late brother Robert Trump tried on Tuesday to convince a New York judge to dismiss a lawsuit by Mary Trump that accused her family of swindling her out of at least $10 million. Attorneys for the Trump […]
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