In-Crisis
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Heather Paul via Getty Images (ARKANSAS) — At least 18 people are dead across six states and dozens have been hospitalized after a tornado outbreak moved through the Midwest and South on Friday night, according to local officials and The Associated Press. Dozens of tornadoes were reported across Arkansas, Mississippi, Tennessee, Illinois, Iowa and Wisconsin, […]
Heather Paul via Getty Images (NASHVILLE, Tenn.) — A powerful storm system unleashed violent tornadoes and severe thunderstorms across the U.S. on Friday. At least 23 people were killed in the South and Midwest on Friday and one person was confirmed dead in Delaware on Saturday as the powerful storm pattern moved to the Northeast. Damage […]
Stephanie Keith/Getty Images (MINNEAPOLIS) — A lot has changed in the year since George Floyd’s death at the hands of police sparked a nationwide reckoning. Amid the outcry, Confederate monuments were removed and hauled away. Racially insensitive scenes from popular TV shows, like Golden Girls and The Office, were pulled by streaming services. And, along with all the new racial equity initiatives announced […]
(NEW YORK) — Here are today’s In Crisis headlines: Today is the one-year anniversary of George Floyd’s murder Today marks one year since 46-year-old George Floyd, a Black man, died beneath the knee of white former Minneapolis police officer Derek Chauvin during an arrest for allegedly passing a counterfeit $20 bill at a convenience store. […]
iStock/Michael Valdez In an effort to get more people vaccinated against COVID-19, United CEO Scott Kirby tells ABC News his company launched a sweepstakes that could win you free flights for a year. “Your Shot To Fly” is simple: any new or existing members of United’s MileagePlus loyalty program who uploads their vaccination records to the airline’s mobile […]
ABC/JENN ACKERMAN Tonight, ABC News is marking the one-year anniversary of George Floyd’s death with the special After Floyd: The Year that Shook the World – A Soul of a Nation Special. The one-hour special will be hosted from Minneapolis by daytime talk show host Tamron Hall and GMA3: What You Need to Know co-anchor […]
iStock/coldsnowstorm (WASHINGTON, D.C.) — The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention announced Tuesday that half of U.S. adults — 129 million people over 18 — are fully vaccinated against COVID-19. In adults over 65 years old, that number rises to 73 percent — or 40 million individuals. Even more promising, nearly half of all Americans of all […]
(NEW YORK) — Here are today’s In Crisis headlines: George Floyd’s family meets with Biden, lawmakers on policing reform President Biden met with the family of George Floyd at the White House Tuesday for over an hour on the one-year anniversary of Floyd’s death, as well as with key lawmakers involved in policing reform negotiations. […]
Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images (WASHINGTON, D.C.) — With researchers across the globe trying to accurately pinpoint the origin of the COVID-19 pandemic, President Joe Biden ordered Wednesday for U.S. intelligence agencies to “redouble their efforts” in pinpointing how the virus passed onto humans. In addition, the president wants U.S. agencies to ask “specific questions for China.” President Biden noted […]
