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'Pharmacy deserts' are new front in the race to vaccinate for COVID-19
Courtesy of Linda MolinarBy SOO RIN KIM, ERIN SCHUMAKER,  MARK NICHOLS, and EVAN SIMON, ABC News(PRESIDIO, Texas) -- Jorge Figueroa was willing to drive eight hours round trip.He wasn't going on ...
ABC Audio Mar 06, 2021
43-year-old hiker falls to his death at Zion National Park in Utah
kali9/iStockBy MEREDITH DELISO, ABC News(SPRINGDALE, Utah) -- A 43-year-old man fell to his death while hiking at Zion National Park in southern Utah, officials said.Jason Hartwell, of Draper, Utah, w...
ABC Audio Mar 06, 2021
New York City's Javits Center offering COVID-19 vaccinations 24/7
TIMOTHY A. CLARY/AFP via Getty ImagesBy MARLENE LENTHANG, ABC News(NEW YORK) -- The Javits Center in New York City is now open 24 hours a day, seven days a week, after the approval of the Johnson &...
ABC Audio Mar 06, 2021
Warmest air since November expected across parts of US next week
ABC NewsBY: DANIEL MANZO, ABC NEWS (NEW YORK) — A late winter cold blast is gripping parts of the Northeast Saturday morning. Wind chills in the Northeast are in the teens and single digits. In ...
ABC Audio Mar 06, 2021
California authorities identify those injured in deadly crash near US-Mexico border
katifcam/iStockBy MORGAN WINSOR, ABC News(HOLTVILLE, Calif.) -- Authorities have begun to identify the victims of a deadly car crash that happened earlier this week in California, just north of the U....
ABC Audio Mar 05, 2021
Water slowly returns to Jackson, Mississippi residents but boil order remains
Oleksandr Filon/iStockBy MARLENE LENTHANG, ABC News(JACKSON, Miss.) -- Water is slowly returning to homes in Jackson, Mississippi, but a boil water order remains for the city's more than 160,000 resid...
ABC Audio Mar 05, 2021
Maryland school district replacing diesel school buses with electric
Courtesy of Thomas Built Buses BY: LEIGHTON SCHNEIDER, ABC NEWS (NEW YORK) -- Maryland’s Montgomery County Public Schools has announced a contract to replace its diesel buses with electric ones,...
ABC Audio Mar 05, 2021
Texas governor on ending mask order: 'We no longer need government running our lives'
Michael Anthony/iStockBy EMILY SHAPIRO, ABC News(HOUSTON) -- Texas Gov. Greg Abbott is opening up about his decision to end the state mask mandate, stressing that he still urges residents to take prec...
ABC Audio Mar 05, 2021
Cold blast hits Northeast as new storm gets ready to slam West, from California to Washington
ABC NewsBy MAX GOLEMBO, ABC News (NEW YORK) -- Winter is back for the Northeast.Upstate New York and New England are seeing below zero-degree wind chills Friday morning, as the I-95 corridor is seeing...
ABC Audio Mar 05, 2021
Body found 465 feet below Grand Canyon rim believed to be missing Kentucky man, authorities say
jose1983/iStockBy MORGAN WINSOR, ABC News (NEW YORK) -- Authorities believe they have found the body of a Kentucky man who disappeared at the Grand Canyon last week.John Pennington, 40, of Walton, Ken...
ABC Audio Mar 05, 2021