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Texas hospital fighting COVID-19 surge in community with high comorbidity rates

ABC News(MCALLEN, Texas) -- When 21-year-old, first-time mother Samantha Reyna arrived in labor at DHR Health...

Lawmaker’s stroke highlights constraints of evenly divided Senate

Anna Moneymaker/Getty Images(WASHINGTON) -- The absence of Sen. Ben Ray Lujan from the Senate is casting...

4 men charged in connection with Michael K. Williams’ drug overdose death

Rodin Eckenroth/FilmMagic(NEW YORK) -- Authorities arrested four men Wednesday in connection with the overdose death of...

COVID-19 disrupts federal trial over George Floyd’s death

Hennepin County Sheriff's Office(ST. PAUL, Minneapolis) -- The federal trial of three former police officers charged...

CNN president Jeff Zucker resigns, says he failed to disclose consensual relationship with colleague

Mike Coppola/Getty Images for WarnerMedia(NEW YORK) -- CNN president Jeff Zucker announced Wednesday that he's resigning...

City of Little Rock declares violent crime a public health emergency amid surge in shootings

Walter Bibikow/Getty Images(LITTLE ROCK, Ark.) -- The City of Little Rock, Arkansas, has declared violent crime...

Students protest book bans by distributing ‘Maus,’ ‘Beloved’

mrs/Getty Images(NEW YORK) -- Youth-led activist group Voters of Tomorrow plans on distributing hundreds of copies...

Major winter storm strikes from Denver to Chicago before heading to Northeast

ABC News(NEW YORK) -- Six inches to 1 foot of snow is possible, along with sleet...

6 More Weeks of Winter

There will be six more weeks of winter. That’s the prediction made today by Punxsutawney Phil after he emerged…

COVID-19 live updates: US deaths at highest point in nearly 1 year

Catherine McQueen/Getty Images(WASHINGTON) -- As the COVID-19 pandemic has swept the globe, more than 5.7 million...