US surpasses 400 mass shootings so far in 2023: National gun violence website Sunday, July 23 by ABC News(NEW YORK) -- A shooting that erupted in a Houston park over the weekend that left a pregnant woman dead and four other people injured marked the 400th mass shooting in the United States in 2023, according to a national website that tracks firearm deaths... Read More.
Mega Millions surpasses half a billion dollars Friday, December 23 by ABC News(NEW YORK) -- The Mega Millions jackpot has jumped to an estimated $510 million.After players failed to win the top prize on Tuesday night, the amount rose to $510 million, the second-largest Mega Millions jackpot this year. Numbers for the latest prize will be... Read More.
Midterm elections early voting updates: Turnout surpasses prior years Tuesday, November 1 by ABC News(WASHINGTON) -- More than 23 million people have voted early in the 2022 general election, according to data analyzed by the University of Florida's U.S. Elections Project -- about 15 million more than just one a week ago.As of Tuesday morning, the project counted... Read More.
Early vote count surpasses ordinary midterm turnout Monday, October 17 by ABC News(WASHINGTON) -- More than 2 million people have already voted in the 2022 general election, according to data analyzed by the University of Florida's U.S. Elections Project.The project, which compiles public data on early voting at ElectProject.org, had counted 2,030,730 early votes, of which... Read More.
New York City’s COVID test positivity rate surpasses 10% for the first time since January Friday, July 1 by ABC News(NEW YORK) -- New York City's COVID-19 test positivity rate is skyrocketing, indicating that a sixth wave of the virus could be around the corner.As of June 26 -- the latest date for which data is available -- the test positivity rate hit 10.05%, according... Read More.
‘Unthinkable tragedy’: US COVID-19 death toll surpasses one million Thursday, May 12 by ABC News(NEW YORK) -- What was once unthinkable -- is now a reality.One million Americans have now died from the coronavirus, according to an announcement made Thursday by President Joe Biden, marking a long-dreaded milestone for an incomprehensible tragedy."Today, we mark a tragic milestone: one... Read More.
‘Unthinkable tragedy’: U.S. COVID-19 death toll surpasses one million Thursday, May 12 by ABC News(NEW YORK) -- What was once unthinkable -- is now a reality.One million Americans have now died from the coronavirus, according to an announcement made Thursday by President Joe Biden, marking a long-dreaded milestone for an incomprehensible tragedy.Over the last two years, the deadly... Read More.
US surpasses grim milestone with 600,000 lives lost to COVID-19 Tuesday, June 15 by ABC News(NEW YORK) -- The number of Americans who have died from COVID-19 has now eclipsed 600,000, 15 months since the onset of the pandemic.The milestone is a sobering reminder that hundreds of Americans are still dying each day even as the nation begins to... Read More.
US surpasses 300 million COVID-19 vaccine shots administered Monday, June 7 by ABC News(NEW YORK) -- The U.S. surpassed another milestone Sunday in its efforts to vaccinate Americans against the coronavirus.The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention announced that over 300 million vaccines doses have so far been administered across the country.The Pfizer vaccine is currently... Read More.
White House urges Americans to get vaccinated as B-117 variant surpasses 44% of all cases Friday, April 16 by ABC News(WASHINGTON) -- Just a few days before every adult in the U.S. will become eligible to get a coronavirus vaccine on Monday, the White House stressed how important those shots are to beating back the pandemic -- especially in recent weeks, as the more... Read More.
