ABC NewsBy SAMANTHA WNEK, ABC News (NEW YORK) — The Pacific Northwest will get a bit of a break in the active weather Saturday as the latest storm to drop feet of snow moves further east.Snoqualmie Pass was shut down for a while Friday to allow for crews to do avalanche control work. After re-opening…… Read more »
New Haven Police Department By MORGAN WINSOR and MARLENE LENTHANG, ABC News (NEW HAVEN, Conn.) — Police have secured an arrest warrant charging Qinxuan Pan, a Massachusetts Institute of Technology graduate student, with murder for the death of a Yale graduate student earlier this month.On Feb. 6. 26-year-old Kevin Jiang was shot dead on a…… Read more »
Gainesville Police DepartmentBy ROSA SANCHEZ, ABC News (GAINESVILLE, Ga.) — A small plane crashed in Gainesville, Georgia Friday afternoon, killing three.Gainesville fire division chief Keith Smith told reporters the fire department responded to a 911 call made shortly after 6 p.m. from a passerby who noticed debris from the plane on the side of the…… Read more »
peterschreiber.media/iStockBy WILL MCDUFFIE, ABC News (NEW YORK) — Coronavirus vaccines were allegedly stolen and two children were wrongly administered shots in Shelby County, Tennessee, the state’s top health official disclosed Friday.The incident is the latest in a string of embarrassing hiccups in the county’s vaccine rollout.Lisa Piercey, Tennessee’s health commissioner, said that the state has…… Read more »
kali9/iStockBy ROSA SANCHEZ, ABC News (NEW ORLEANS) — A Tulane police officer was shot and killed outside a high school basketball game Friday evening, the New Orleans Police Department announced.At around 6:15 p.m. a person attempted to enter the George Washington Carver High School gymnasium, where the game was being held, and was refused by…… Read more »
DanHenson1/iStockBy MEREDITH DELISO, ABC News (NEW YORK) — A self-described neo-Nazi and white supremacist was sentenced to over 19 years behind bars for plotting to blow up a historic Colorado synagogue in 2019, authorities said.Richard Holzer, 28, pleaded guilty in October to federal hate crime and explosives charges for planning to destroy the Temple Emanuel…… Read more »
Boarding1Now/iStockBy MINA KAJI, ABC News (NEW YORK) — A passenger is facing a $27,500 fine for allegedly hitting a Delta flight attendant in the face in October.The Federal Aviation Administration announced the proposed penalty for the passenger on Friday.The unnamed passenger was traveling on a Delta flight from Miami to Atlanta on Oct. 19. They…… Read more »
NPSBy MARLENE LENTHANG, ABC News (NEW YORK) — Pamela A. Smith has been named as the first Black woman to lead the U.S. Park Police in the agency’s 230-year history.Smith, a 23-year veteran of the Park Police, officially takes over on Sunday.The appointment comes as the nation has seen a racial reckoning unfold over the…… Read more »
Ridofranz/iStockBy STEPHANIE EBBS, ABC News (NEW YORK) — An increasing number of Americans are anxious to get COVID-19 vaccines as the rollout continues, with more than half of Americans saying they plan to get vaccinated as soon as possible or have already received at least one dose.More than 13% of the adult population has received…… Read more »
MarsBars/iStockBy EMILY SHAPIRO, ABC News(NEW YORK) — Delayed shipments due to last week’s massive winter storm has left New York City with an “extra” vaccine supply, Mayor Bill de Blasio said, prompting the city that never sleeps to add some overnight appointments.De Blasio said the city is adding overnight shifts at three mass vaccination sites:…… Read more »