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Mars' Perseverance successfully touches down on Mars
Petmal/iStockBy CATHERINE THORBECKE, ABC News(NEW YORK) -- NASA's Perseverance rover successfully touched down on Mars Thursday afternoon, as part of one of the agency's most ambitious deep-space miss...
ABC Audio Feb 18, 2021
Texas' power outages, water shortages put bigger strain on hospitals
Adam Calaitzis/iStockBy EMILY SHAPIRO and SASHA PEZENIK, ABC News (NEW YORK) -- As a historic winter storm knocks out power and bursts pipes across Texas, hospitals in the lone star state are facing a...
ABC Audio Feb 18, 2021
DHS seizes 10 million counterfeit 3M N95 masks, some possibly headed to hospitals
Immigration and Customs EnforcementBy LUKE BARR, ABC News (WASHINGTON) -- The Department of Homeland Security has announced it seized 10 million counterfeit 3M N95 masks, including some possibly heade...
ABC Audio Feb 18, 2021
NY police deploy more than 600 officers to patrol subways after stabbings
AerialPerspective Works/iStockBy MARLENE LENTHANG, ABC News (NEW YORK) -- More than 600 New York City uniformed police officers are being deployed to patrol the subway system in the wake of last week&...
ABC Audio Feb 18, 2021
Florida authorities search nature reserve for missing 21-year-old woman with autism
Hollywood Police DepartmentBy MORGAN WINSOR, ABC News (HOLLYWOOD, Fla.) -- Multiple law enforcement agencies are searching for a 21-year-old woman with autism who disappeared from a Florida nature res...
ABC Audio Feb 18, 2021
South digs out as snow, ice slam East Coast: Latest forecast
ABC NewsBy MAX GOLEMBO and EMILY SHAPIRO, ABC News (NEW YORK) -- The powerful storm that left parts of the South buried under a shield of ice and 1 foot of snow is now barreling through the Northeast....
ABC Audio Feb 18, 2021
Twelve primates die at Texas animal sanctuary after frigid weather causes power failure
Renato Arap/iStockBy JON HAWORTH, ABC News (NEW YORK) -- Twelve primates at a large animal sanctuary in Texas have died after suffering a power outage amid the historically cold weather that has slamm...
ABC Audio Feb 18, 2021
Two men arrested for allegedly posing as US marshals to avoid wearing masks
Gary Brummett, 81. (Broward County Sheriff’s Office)By MEREDITH DELISO, ABC News (NEW YORK) -- Two men face federal charges after allegedly posing as U.S. marshals at a Florida resort and threat...
ABC Audio Feb 18, 2021
How you can help Texas families left in the dark
Montinique Monroe/Getty ImagesBy HALEY YAMADA and ERIC NOLL, ABC News (NEW YORK) -- As catastrophic winter weather leaves millions of Texas residents without power, the community and neighbors are ste...
ABC Audio Feb 18, 2021
How a Texas synagogue got hundreds vaccinated after power outages threatened doses
MarsBars/iStockBy DR. ERIC SILBERMAN, ABC News (NEW YORK) -- After an unprecedented winter storm cut off power to the freezers storing vaccines in Harris County, Texas, thousands of doses were at risk...
ABC Audio Feb 18, 2021