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iStock(NEW YORK) — The death toll amid the novel coronavirus pandemic continues to skyrocket as more than 8,500 people in the United States have died from COVID-19 as of Sunday morning, a day after the […]

Leonsbox/iStock(NEW YORK) — A federal detention center at the epicenter of the coronavirus pandemic in New York City has no in-house ability to test sick or high-risk inmates for COVID-19, according to a letter from the jail’s […]

ABC News(NEW YORK) — A powerful Nor’easter remains lurking well offshore of the northeast coastline. It backed westward on Friday, somewhat closer to the shoreline and as a result, gusty winds, large waves, some heavy […]

polybutmono/iStock(DETROIT) — At a community event in Detroit earlier this month in which a number of Detroit Police Department officers were present, the moderator of that event later tested positive for COVID-19. Although it isn’t certain, […]

Maksim Tkachenko(NEW YORK) — The death toll amid the novel coronavirus pandemic continues to skyrocket as more than 7,000 people in the United States have died from COVID-19. There are at least 278,458 diagnosed cases in the U.S. […]

Courtesy of Isma Zubair(ASHBURN, Va.) — A 7-year-old in Virginia has found a special way to show his appreciation to the hospital workers fighting on the front lines to save patients from COVID-19.Zohaib Begg of […]

barbaraaaa/iStock(NEW YORK) — As the American death toll from the novel coronavirus continues to rise, pressure to impose a nationwide stay-at-home order mounts.President Trump has resisted calls to issue a nationwide stay-at-home directive, despite task […]

Capt. Brett Crozier, commanding officer of the aircraft carrier USS Theodore Roosevelt (CVN 71), gives remarks during an all-hands call on the flight deck, Dec. 15, 2019.Seaman Alexander Williams/U.S. Navy, FILE(NEW YORK) — Videos have […]

CasPhotography/iStock(DETROIT) — A bus driver in Detroit, who had complained about a passenger coughing without covering her mouth and feared people were not taking the novel coronavirus pandemic seriously, has died after contracting the virus, […]

ABC News(NEW YORK) — There was record snowfall in the Upper Midwest Thursday. In Grand Forks, North Dakota, almost 10 inches fell and Fargo, North Dakota, received almost 5 inches of snow. Wyoming saw the […]

marcusamelia/iStock(NEW YORK) — In rural upstate New York, it takes up to two weeks to find out test results for the novel coronavirus. Personal protective equipment is sparse. And there’s no medical facility with an […]

suratoho/iStock(NEW YORK) — Nearly four million gun background checks were performed last month, the highest number since the federal government began tracking them, the FBI said.And gun safety advocates say they’re worried there isn’t enough […]

Nick Gilpin, system medical director for infection prevention at Beaumont Health in Michigan. (ABC News)(DETROIT) — With rapidly increasing cases of the novel coronavirus in Michigan beginning to overwhelm the hospital system, one Detroit doctor […]

narvikk/iStock(NEW YORK) — A pandemic of the novel coronavirus has now infected more than a million people across the globe, a quarter of whom are in the United States.The new respiratory virus, which causes an […]

Amy Shircel(NEW YORK) — Amy Shircel thought she had a nasty cold.The 22-year-old is healthy, active and well below the age considered high risk for novel coronavirus.Then, Shircel’s fever shot up to 102. She began […]