Cities across US rocked by Memorial Day weekend shootings Tuesday, May 31 by ABC News(NEW YORK) -- Even as the first funerals of the 21 victims of the Uvalde, Texas, school shooting were commencing, gunfire continued to wreak havoc across the United States over the Memorial Day weekend as police in eight major cities investigated incidents in which... Read More.
From Buffalo to Houston, 8 US cities rocked by violent weekend of shootings Monday, May 16 by ABC News(NEW YORK) -- A grocery store, a park, a church and a flea market were among the locations where gunfire erupted over the weekend in eight U.S. cities, leaving at least 65 people shot, 17 fatally.The shootings came over a violent 72-hour stretch and... Read More.
Still rocked by opioid crisis, West Virginia now dealing with rise in fentanyl overdoses Tuesday, April 26 by ABC News(NEW YORK) -- West Virginia had the highest opioid overdose death rate per capita in the country last year, according to the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.OxyContin, a prescription drug that helped fuel the crisis, was heavily marketed in towns across the... Read More.
Three major US cities rocked by weekend gun violence as cops brace for 4th of July Monday, June 28 by ABC News(NEW YORK) -- Within 2 and 1/2 hours on Sunday, two people were killed and 17 were wounded in a pair of mass shootings in Chicago. A rash of shootings in Philadelphia since Friday left two people dead and 19 injured.And in New York... Read More.
Rocked by pandemic, long-term care facilities face financial crisis Thursday, March 18 by ABC NewsBy LAURA ROMERO, ABC News(NEW YORK) -- After months of battling the deadly coronavirus that claimed the lives of 17 residents, St. John's Retirement Village was forced to close its doors in the middle of the pandemic.The 48-bed... Read More.
Two dead as California neighborhood rocked by fireworks explosion, large fire Wednesday, March 17 by ABC NewsBy EMILY SHAPIRO and IVAN PEREIRA, ABC News(ONTARIO, Calif.) -- A "large amount" of fireworks at a house sparked an explosion and fire Tuesday that left two people dead in Ontario, California, according to the city and fire department.
California neighborhood rocked by fireworks explosion, large fire Tuesday, March 16 by ABC NewsBy EMILY SHAPIRO, ABC News(ONTARIO, Calif.) -- A "large amount" of fireworks at a house has sparked a "large structure fire" and a reported explosion in Ontario, California, according to the city and fire department."Explosions being heard are... Read More.
